Minor panic. I was in the kitchen fixing dinner. DH was watching Owen in the baby gate. DH came into kitchen to get a snack to ruin his dinner. He either didn't latch the gate or didn't close it completely because he walked back to the living room and said, "I can't find the baby."
A few moments of rushing around the not-very-large house didn't turn him up. On the ground floor. I ran up the stairs to find Owen happily pulling items out of my underwear drawer.
He climbed the whole damned set of stairs without our noticing! My mind can't even go to the place where he could have FALLEN DOWN THE FUCKING STAIRS.
If anyone needs me, I'll be at Babies R Us buying more baby gates.
eek! I guess this is where the fun starts, Cashmere...
Yikes, Cashmere! And, go, Owen with the mad climbing skillz--but don't do that again for awhile, please!
Ooof, Cashmere. My heart goes out to you. I'm so glad he was still in your house, and unhurt. You poor thing.
Dear Owen,
Please dont scare your Mommy and Daddy to death, ever again.
Yeah, yeah. I know,
Auntie Cindy
Buy sleigh bells at a craft store, and tie them onto your baby gates (and door knobs to the outside). We did this after the Great Escape of '03.
Dear Owen,
Let me explain. No, no, it is too much. Let me sum up: DO NOT SCARE MOMMY AND DADDY LIKE THAT AGAIN (anytime soon).
Also, whatever you do, don’t ask Auntie Cindy’s son about door locks.
Narrator
Wow, Cashmere!
t feels glad to be living in a 1-storey house
Owen! Don't you be doing that!
It's the worst gut wrenching, panic-inducing feeling ever. However, I'm somewhat calmer. Even though I wish we'd bought a ranch style house now.
How did I end up with an infant Papillon?
One story houses are easier for them to sleep walk out of, during the middle of the night (cf my best friend K's son, B).
Nice letter, Narrator. You should have thrown some legal jargon at him though, too.
Too much stuff to worry about! Owen isn't meeting Christopher until they're both in college. Wait a minute. Make that until they're both old men.