our little climber

Today while the kids were napping, Ryan & I went back outside to cut down the tree limbs. After working for about an hour I went to check on the kids. I opened the door from the garage and didn't hear any screaming which was a good sign, but I did hear Trace talking. I started taking off my shoes to go check on him when he walked around the corner with a toy in hand and a huge smile on his face! He had managed to climb out of his crib and come down the stairs all by himself - Trista was still sound asleep. Looking at the evidence - he is a pretty smart little guy. All his blankets were thrown on the floor of the corner of his crib to break his fall (he showed me exactly how he got out) and he even shut the door to his sister's room so she wouldn't hear him playing. Who knows how long he was up - we are just thankful he wasn't hurt and we lowered his mattress immediately.