It's All About Timing

Anyone knows that the key to comedy is timing. And nobody seems to know this better than Tai. His comedic instinct became apparent during our trip to Texas. Friday evening, our plane had not been off the ground 10 minutes when he took a nice big poop. Unaware of the presence of a changing table in the plane's bathroom (we found out about that much later) we opted to change him right there at our seat. Luckily we were in a row of three seats, one of which was empty. (If anyone out there needs a reason to breastfeed, this type of situation would have been MUCH more embarrassing with stinky formula-poop).

After Tai and I skipped out on the first of three (yes, three!) wedding ceremonies on Sunday, we caught up with Minh and his family in the hotel conference room for the second event of the day. Tai was dressed up in his little khaki pants and sweater-vest and spent a good 45 minutes being held, kissed, and photographed by everyone in Minh's extended family. Then we all took our seats so that the Vietnamese wedding ceremony could begin. And Tai took another big shit. So, back up to the hotel room we went. And by the time we came back down, the short-and-sweet ceremony was over. He and I were batting 0 for 2 with wedding ceremonies.

This morning he took his comedy to a whole new level. We were due to be taken to the airport by a car service at 7:15am. So I was giving Tai a "last call" on milk in the lobby at about 7:05 when it happened again. That unmistakable noise emanated from his bottom and that oh-so-satisfied look spread across his face. Off to the lobby bathroom we went. I laid him out on this fancy glass table (hey, that's what they get for not providing a changing table!) and opened is diaper and found....nothing. And I swear he laughed when he saw the look on my face. He hasn't fooled me like that in months. I have a good ear and can always tell a poop from a fart. He must have worked really hard to make this one sound authentic.

So I closed him back up and we headed to the airport. Two hours later, and 15 minutes after take-off, you guessed it. The real deal this time. Once again we were fortunate to not be sitting with anyone else and we changed him right there. Again, I was thankful for the nearly-odorless breast milk poo. An hour later when Minh went to pee, he noticed a large changing table suspended over the toilet in the lavatory. Oh well, now we know for next time.

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PS - For the record, Tai was truly amazing during the whole trip. He was calm and quiet for almost all of the 6 hours he spent in airplanes. And he was in good spirits at the rehearsal dinner and the wedding(s), despite being kept up way past his bedtime. Several people actually had to ask us if he EVER cries. We're so proud of him.