Thomas my Climber

The SMILE should say it all!

It all started Thursday afternoon, when I sent Matthew upstairs to wake up Thomas from his nap. However Matthew found Thomas in the hallway instead of his crib. Matthew quickly called for me to come see. Matthew had asked Thomas how he got out of his bed and Thomas quickly ran to his crib, grinning ear to ear. When I got upstairs, Matthew had lifted Thomas into his crib and said to Thomas, "Show Mommy how you got out of your crib." Thomas quickly lifted his leg high over his head and rested it on the end rail of his crib. He then used his upper arm strength to pull him up to the top of the arch rail. Once he had his whole body over the railing, he simply let go of the railing with his hands and dropped to the floor laughing. By now all the boys had gathered in Thomas' room and were rolling with laughter. Mistake #1 on my part, Thomas had an audience and was thrilled to be showing off with his newest trick.

When bedtime finally rolled around we could not contain Thomas in his crib. As soon as we put him in the crib and pulled the railing up, he would climb out of the crib before we could get out of the room. Each time he would get out of his bed, he was grinning ear to ear. Needless to say, he was very PROUD of his new found freedom.

I spent hours the following day trying to get Thomas to take a nap in his crib while he continued to do the same routine from the night before. I finally gave up. For bedtime that night, he ended up falling asleep in the car while we were out getting last minute things for my trip to Vegas and looking for shoes for him.

Ryan being the best husband ever, dropped me off the airport the next morning at 4am. I wished him "GOOD LUCK" on getting Thomas to bed for naps and bedtime. I was leaving on a girls trip with my mom and sisters to Las Vegas and would be gone for the next four days.

HEE HEE, PERFECT TIMING ON MY PART!