A royal mess

It is so embarrassing to have to write about this, but we know it will make many of you laugh, so why not bring a little laughter to everyone's day :) I think this happens to even the best of parents, so I don't worry too much about our ineptitude; this is after all our first time through this parenting thing.

Aaron and I have laughed since becoming parents about how openly we talk about Alyssa's bodily functions. For two people whose stomachs turn with foul smells and gross things, this is quite a change. And we have no problem telling others about her bodily functions either, so here it goes (for the weak of stomach, stop reading now!).

Alyssa is not a baby who poops every day. When she was younger (you know, a couple weeks old as opposed to a few months), she pooped every few days, and we'd be soooooo excited when she did because that meant we didn't have to give her pear juice (which works as a laxative). We did give it to her once and vowed after doing so to never do it again! As of late, she's been becoming a bit more regular, usually going every other day. So, I knew yesterday would be the day. Between Alyssa going to day care and Aaron being away last weekend, I also knew it had been quite a while since Aaron had changed a poopy diaper, so I kept whispering to Alyssa all day long "Wait to poop until your Daddy gets home." She tried really hard to listen to me, but at 4:05 she couldn't wait anymore, and out it came. I thought to myself, "Sure, you couldn't wait 10 more minutes til your Daddy got home." So, off we went back to her bedroom, to start changing the diaper. When I took off her pants and opened her diaper, I thought it wasn't too bad, but then I happened to look at her back. I swear there was more poop on her back than in her diaper! Her poor onesie was just oozing with it-

I did the best I could to get that onesie off her without getting poop all over, but no luck...it was everywhere...on her arms, on my sweatshirt, and I think she even ended up with some in her hair! So it was straight into the bathtub! Aaron of course came home to a happy baby, splashing around in her baby tub (which she loves by the way!). I did have him change the changing pad cover, but he missed the worst of it yet again. Alyssa was just laughing the whole time, probably thinking "ha ha, I got you mom!" We've been trying to figure out if I didn't have the diaper on tight enough or what but it was a royal mess to say the least! Good thing she's so cute otherwise. Someday when Alyssa is older, she'll be so embarrassed that I wrote about this, but I thought I'd try to make everyone laugh at least once.

So yesterday I dealt with a stinky mess while Aaron dealt with a white mess outside. We got about 7 or 8 inches of snow yesterday, and most of it came during the afternoon, probably snowed at the rate of an inch an hour, but it's over now, and I got the last of it up this morning so the sun can melt what's left on the sidewalk and driveway.

That's it from her in Minnesota. I'll try to post some new photos and video soon, and I'll be posting a link soon to vote for Alyssa. We entered her in the Star Tribune's (Minneapolis newspaper) Cutest Baby contest. There are 2000 babies, so I'm not sure how they'll ever decide on a winner, but we thought we'd throw Alyssa's smiling face into the mix, so we'll need you to vote when the time comes...stay tuned for more details. Hugs to every one!