Wow. I do not even know where to begin- my heart has been through so much trauma in the last 10 hours. It's crazy how one event can replay in your mind... over and over... and over! Get ready for Zoee's crazy adventure!
Much of our family "free time" is spent with the Burke's and their growing family. We all get along so well and even though the kids sometimes seem to outnumber us, we are still able to keep everything under control and have a great time. Yesterday, though, Zoee through us all for a loop. Zoee is not yet crawling but she is rolling like crazy and she is a huge wiggle-worm. I will lay her down on the floor to play and if I step into another room for just a minute and come back- she has sometimes rolled a few feet away from the spot I left her in.
At the Burke's we usually end up staying pretty late- talking, playing games, eating, etc and Sonny and I will sometimes put the kids to bed there so we can get more time with the adults. Last night Asher was doing pretty well so we let him stay up but Zoee started to get sleepy around 8. Usually I will put her in a pack-n-play or on a pallet in either Kaitlyn or Kraig's room. The only thing that stinks is waking her up when we leave and trying to transfer her to her carseat without her getting really mad. So, last night I thought I would skip that step and just let her fall asleep in the carseat. I decided not to strap her in yet (I thought she would be more comfortable just resting in there and I would strap her in before we left to drive home). I did her usual bedtime routine- I swaddled her and wrapped her tightly in a blanket (she likes being nice and snug) gave her hugs and kisses and Kaitlyn put on her "rain" music. I set her in her carseat which was on the floor next to a pallet we made her (in case she was not able to fall asleep in the carseat, we would just put her on that). I left the room and listened at the door for a few minutes to see if she would fall asleep. Since she was quiet, I went down to hang with everyone else (this was about 8:30pm). All of us would take turns going up and listening at the door of the babies to make sure they were sleeping still (Kinley was sleeping in the room next to Zoee). We never heard even a small peep from Zoee. We actually do not even need to go upstairs to hear her because with her pipes she can be heard from downstairs WITHOUT a monitor (maybe we have a Martina McBride in our little family =) ).
About 10pm, we decided it was time to head home. We packed up everything and got Ash ready to go. All we needed was Zoee. I asked Sonny to go upstairs and get Zoee. I let him know that she was in her carseat in Kaitlyn's room. Sonny comes downstairs with Zoee's carseat and a weird, baffled look on his face. The carseat was empty. He thought we were playing a cruel joke on him. I thought he was playing a joke on us. We were all so confused. Who was the creator of this awful joke? Where was Zoee? "Sonny, are you joking? Where is she?" I said. "No, you guys are messing with me. Where did yall put her?" Sonny said. This went on for about 20 seconds before I realized that Sonny was NOT joking and Zoee really was GONE from her carseat. Sonny and I dashed up the stairs and I was in complete panic-adrenaline rush mode. I actually do not even remember going up the stairs- I am not sure my feet even hit the floor. We got to Kaitlyn's room and flew open the door. We looked around- no Zoee. There was a little pallet Kaitlyn and I had made her. It was empty. My heart sank. Sonny's heart sank. Where was she? Did someone manage to sneak in and take her without any of us noticing? It couldn't be possible. I fell to the floor in utter panic. The Sonny said- "Here she is!!" my first question in tearful panic was "Is she alive!?" Yes! She was fine! Even smiling as she always does when we wake her up!!
Our little rolling wiggle worm had managed to
1. Wiggle out of her swaddle
2. Escape from her carseat by wiggling
3. Roll about 3 1/2 feet until she was UNDER Kaitlyn's bed
4. Find Kaitlyn's MAC computer cord to hang on to while she slept under the bed very peacefully until we woke her up with our bursting into the room.
I broke down and cried when I saw Sonny holding our little joyful girl on his lap. She was smiling so much. All I remember was seeing her with Sonny- content and healthy- and I remember Kaitlyn kneeling behind me reassuring me that everything was okay. It was such an emotional rollercoaster of events. My entire body was shaking from fear, adrenaline and eventually joy. It took me a few minutes to regain my composure. Sonny handed our smiling little girl to me and I just hugged her and cried and thanked the Lord for His grace and protection.
Who thought a 5 month old was capable of all of that?
One final picture before you regain your composure from hearing this crazy event! Little Zoee and her great friend, Kinley Beller (the Burke's grand-daughter).
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