just to get your blood pumping

since matt is around in the mornings more often now, i take a shower and get some work time in before he leaves. so madelyn gets tag teamed as she moves around the house. this morning we found a flaw in this system - madelyn.

i was working in my office and matt was in our room getting ready. i don't worry about maddie as long as i can hear her and she was babbling and giggling away this morning roaming around with "bear". so i was sort of surprised when matt came in and asked where madelyn was this morning. i said "what do you mean? isn't she right there? i can hear her". we both had an "i thought she was with you" moment and then matt noticed that the screen door to the deck was open - and madelyn wasn't on the deck! she was still 'talking' so i knew that she was fine, but we couldn't figure out where she was.

she went down the stairs with bear and was playing in the backyard with the dogs! as you can see from the photo this is a tall set of stairs with a concrete landing at the bottom so things could have been much worse. and madelyn doesn't like to go down stairs normally so this morning's events were scary and surprising. i still can't believe it happened, but at least she was safe. bear on the other hand got some good morning kisses from the dogs and needed a bath in the washing machine before his company was required for nap time.


we will no longer leave the sliding door only covered by the screen door when she is not in our line of sight. what a morning...

in other updates, madelyn has added "grrr" for tiger to her animal noises and identified matt's watch as a "clock". the "clock" one was a total surprise because that isn't really a word that she has much exposure too and then to connect that matt's watch was a "clock" was pretty impressive.

that is it for tonight - i've got to get some work work done yet tonight. love.