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A grandfather in California took a tumble when he attempted to place his granddaughter in her crib - and the moment, which he vowed never to let anyone see, went viral on Tiktok.
A year and a half ago, Ramon Aranda was putting two-year-old Lenna to bed. He picked up the toddler, who stared at her feet while sucking on a pacifier, oblivious to what was soon to come.
The toddler had been climbing out of her crib, so her mattress was lowered to keep her inside.
Ramon misjudged the distance as he leaned forward, and one of his legs began to lift off the floor.
This was followed by his other leg before all 165 pounds of him went toppling over the side of the crib, his knees narrowly missing Lenna's face.
Ramon Aranda was putting his granddaughter Lenna to bed when he misjudged the height of her mattress and took a tumble
As he was placing Lenna in her crib, Aranda fell forward, his knees nearly missing the two-year-old's head
He pulled himself up, adjusted his glasses and climbed out while Lenna watched, unperturbed
In the fall, Aranda's phone went careening from his pocket and flashed a few times before turning off.
Lenna simply watched, motionless, as he pulled himself up, adjusted his glasses and climbed out of the crib.
He retrieved his granddaughter's bottle and placed it in her grasp, then haphazardly covered her with a blanket before leaving.
'I would've been embarrassed if somebody saw me,' Aranda told CNN's Jeanne Moos, chuckling.
However, Aranda's daughter-in-law recovered the footage from the camera in Lenna's room and posted it to TikTok - where it went viral, sparking amused reactions from netizens and racking up over 25 million views.
'I just love my granddaughter to death,' Aranda said. 'That’s for sure, cuz that’s the only one we have.'
He got to relive the moment Tuesday as he was shown the footage by his son, Marcos, in another moment shared to TikTok.
Aranda broke into laughter as he recognized himself on screen.
The video was captioned: 'Showing grandpa he's gone viral...glad we're able to make so many laugh, happy holidays!'
The footage was rediscovered a year and a half later, and Aranda's son, Marcos, showed it to him. The video went viral on TikTok, racking up more than 25 million views
Aranda and his daughter-in-law, Kelsea, appeared on CNN, where Aranda said: 'I would've been embarrassed if somebody saw me'
He vowed never to let his family know of the mishap, but Kelsea and Marcos discovered the video when they were helping him search for his phone, which had fallen in the crib
Despite the momentary embarrassment, netizens commented that the video was 'so fun to watch' and said they'd needed the laugh (pictured: Lenna in July 2023)
Lenna's mother, Kelsea Aranda, noted that she kicked her feet up at the end of the video, waiting for her grandpa to take her shoes off ... but he was too rattled to notice.
Aranda didn't disclose the accident to his family and was only discovered later when he was searching for his phone, which lay forgotten in the crib.
Despite the embarrassment it may have caused at the time, the video turned him into an overnight Internet celebrity.
'So much fun to watch. It was on our local news tonight,' one TikTok user commented, adding: 'Nice save, grandpa.'
'Grandparents are life's greatest joy,' another woman wrote.
Others remarked that they'd needed the laugh and wished the family a merry Christmas.
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