ethan escaped today

neesernicole

The doors are always locked and 99% of the time our garage door is down. This a.m., i was taking down some halloween decorations and left the garage door up.

Ethan and i came inside, i was cleaning up some stuff downstairs and after a little bit he went up. Not thinking much of it, i walk upstairs to see what he was getting into and he wasn't there. The door to the garage was open and of course, the garage door was wide open.

Ladies, i have never screamed so loud in my life. One neighbor was outside in his yard and i ran over to my other neighbor and they began helping. The 2 minutes felt like 2 hours. One little boy that goes to a montesorri (just a few houses down outside of our cul de sac) was out of school today and found Ethan trying to get across the street. (Our street isn't busy but it doesn't matter.)

I just wanted to share b/c i learned this lesson the hard way. I was so stupid and careless. I am so, so, so lucky.

shopgirl78

Yikes!  I can see it happening to us too and I can't imagine Jake (DS2) in the big world alone.  I'd be scared shitless...I am so glad he was alright!

joseysbride

Ugh!  How scary!  I'm glad it all turned out okay.  I know, I am totally paranoid about C doing the same, and I've been known to double check every door in the house before jumping in the shower for five minutes.  Now, I don't feel so crazy for doing that. 

mattswife91805

How scary, glad he's ok!

Dougsgirl4ever

So scary glad everyone is okay!!

Rebekah1021

Oh my...how scary.

neesernicole

joseys, you're not crazy to double check that stuff. we are 100% proof of that. my throat still hurts from yelling his name.

femmegem

Man, that must have been terrifying. I feel sick to my stomach just thinking about it. I'm so glad all is well.

r9stedt

oh honey.  how scary

ghm

Wow, that's scary. I've lost my kids before--M in public (my mom found her yelling from the bathroom that she was pooping), and B in our house in the middle of the night (she climbed in my bed at the foot of the bed, under the covers and was sound asleep snuggling with my dog). It's absolutely terrifying.

I keep the alarm set because Maile is an escape artist. She doesn't do it as often now, but you just never know with her.