Climber!

Welp, it's official. Our little boy is now climbing out of his crib. It's like second nature for him now. He's got this whole rhythm that makes it look like he's been doing it all his life.

He starts in the corner of the crib and puts his hands on the short end of the crib (the foot of the crib, if you will) and hoists his right leg up so that his little foot rests on top of the railing. Through pulling himself up with his hands he's able to get his other foot over the railing and he just pushes himself over until his feet are on the mattress from the outside of the crib. He dangles after grabbing the side railing for a second and then drops.

It was really impressive for me to watch because I think I saw him do it live for the first time he did it ever.

Silly mama, I was on the outside of the crib trying to lay down and pretend to be asleep so that he'd feel comforted by the fact that I was nearby. Nope. Clearly that was an invitation to scale the walls of the crib to freedom.

In response to this I've been on baby proofing duty to make his room as safe as possible for any overnight escapes. A quick google search gave me a few things that I needed to do:

• Put covers over the windows so he can't climb out (his room is on the 2nd floor!)

• Close his closet doors with a latch

• Remove his end table (this one I did myself rather than at the suggestion of google)
• And finally, anchor the crap outta his heavy dresser!

So my thing about anchoring my dresser is actually probably bordering on obsessive. The dresser I got for Nolan's room is heavy duty, legit wood, and solid. It spans the width of 4 studs in the wall and it's got an anchor for each and every stud. 

Of all the things I'm scared of, it's that dresser falling over on Nolan. I would never be able to forgive myself if that was something that hurt him ever. So it was extremely important that I get that thing anchored even moreso than it was before. I already had 2 anchors on it... now we're up to 4. Anything beyond that would be ridiculous... no - just kidding. 

Parts of me just wants to take the dresser out of his room entirely knowing that it's so heavy. My fear is that Nolan will use the dresser drawers as a step ladder to get up top and the weight distribution will be off and it would fall over. 

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In a little less heavy news. We're doing some refreshing of our house! 

• Painting our master bedroom
• Getting the drywall fixed in our basement and repainting
• Adding a shower or bath to our basement bathroom (still deciding on which one we'd like to do)

The previous owners did a great job painting our home, but the master bedroom is just this deep chocolate brown which totally makes all of our furniture in the bedroom sink into the walls. It looks a little dungeon-y if you ask me. 

Remind me to clean my room and take some before pictures so you can see the transformation later on. :)