Oh To Be A Fly

Griffin usually starts stirring about 6:15 or so in the morning. We typically do not go into his room until the initial talking and babbling turns into frustration, whining, and whimpering. This usually buys James and I and hour or so. This morning was no different. When the sweet sounds of Griffin turned into “I am ready to get up. Someone come get me,” I got out of bed and headed into the kitchen. While in the kitchen I listened to Griffin’s voice. I noticed the whiny tone changed back into babbling. Since it was a school day, I decided to head upstairs anyway. As I went up the stairs I heard a door stop being played with. Instantly I thought it was strange that Nolan was playing with a doorstop since this is something usually Griffin loves to do. I decided to peek in Nolan’s room first and saw him lying in his bed stirring. I greeted Nolan quickly and proceeded to Griffin’s room. I instantly had a strange feeling in my stomach. I opened Griffin’s door to see him sitting on the floor reading books. To say I was shocked, overwhelmed, horrified, scared, confused, and concerned was an understatement. Griffin looked at me, smiled, and went back to ready books like nothing was wrong!!!

After the initial shock wore off we had some time to reflect on what happened. Basically each morning Griffin throws his blankies out of his crib. Even though his crib mattress has been dropped as low as it will go, he is tall and towers over the front of the crib. We assume he leaned so far over he just fell out. The ironic part is that he NEVER cried. I was listening to him the entire time through the monitor. We have always known he has a high threshold for pain, but this really raises the bar.

He seemed so happy when I walked in on him. I would love to know what he was thinking when he realized he was out of the crib. Based on the evidence as I looked around the room and what I heard, I know he opened his dresser drawers, read books, and played with a doorstop. The rest we will never know.

Griffin only turns 15 months tomorrow. This is really early for these kinds of tricks. I think we are going to have our hands full!

If only we had been a fly on the wall.

A reenactment of him in the crib. See how tall he is!

This is how I found him. Does not look like a child that just fell out of his crib does it?

And this is our temporary solution until we get him a new crib!