World Record Baby!

Did that title get your attention? Good. It should. This little baby Madelyn is a world record holder now, I'm convinced of it. I haven't received confirmation yet from the Guinness Book of World Records, but I think they will be knocking on my door any moment now.

Though, I'm pretty sure Madelyn will wish that she hadn't won this title as she grows older in life. She'll wish that I never opened my mouth about this moment. But I have to. I just have to. I have to tell the world of the fantastic disaster that occurred yesterday.

It was time to change her diaper. Yep, that's right. You guessed it. How did you know what this was about before I even started typing? You must have been a baby at some point or something to know this kind of stuff.

Back to the diaper. So Teressa looked at me. I looked at her. She looked back at me. She won. I grabbed Madelyn and headed to the changing pad we had so ignorantly set up on the couch. I changed the diaper, but heard some rumbling. I used my incredible wit and thought I would hold that diaper and wait it out. Sure enough, a few minutes later, some more came. I cleaned that and thought surely it's safe to make the diaper transition now.

Let this be a lesson to all future dads. It only takes 1/5 of a second. That's the amount of time it took for me to look up at Teressa, take my eyes off Madelyn, and have poop shot at at me as I sat there completely unaware. I saw the gasp in Teressa's face, so I looked down. Madelyn cleared the diaper, the changing pad, a portion of the couch, and covered my shorts, thigh, and calf. It was like two racing stripes that traveled all the way to my shorts and all the way back. I have never seen anything like it and hope to never again. I think that's enough said about this particular subject. On to happier moments with the new little Miss Rizzo.

Ava and Mama

Our Rings on little Madelyn's toes

These toes are just waiting to be tickled

Hitting the single bicep pose like an old pro

Ohhh... so this is what they mean by "I hope you sleep like a baby."

These are those same rings on Ava's toes (now 25 months old)
I tried to get my ring on her big toe, but it just wouldn't budge.

Loving this sweet cinnamon goodness

Madelyn had her 2 week Dr. appointment today!
She passed with flying colors.
Were so grateful to Jesus for how well she has been doing.
She is now 8 lbs and 5 ounces and 22 inches long!
They also said her brain has grown 3 times larger.
They said that is why she hums Mozart sometimes.
I'm just kidding about some of that.
But about which part?...

Please put the camera away Dada

She has been sleeping pretty good. Sometimes 3 hours at a time at night and sometimes she'll do 4 hours. Come on 6... come on 6...

Ava and I decided to tackle some more puddles on a recent rainy evening.
This little girl enjoys water.
And I mean... ENJOYS it.
So walking around the neighborhood for an hour in the rain, you can imagine some of the crazy activities we found to do. Her favorite may have been the inflatable dolphin on the tarp game. We have a little inflatable pool toy dolphin that has handles on the side. We had a tarp on a little hill in the back yard that was filled with water. She would sit on that thing, grab those handles, and hold on as long as she could!

Taking pictures in the rain is always a bit tricky...