A Few Things I Hope To Never Hear Again...

Honey, I've done something stupid...

followed by

I've locked myself out of the house...

followed by

I hope you're on your way home...

followed by

because our little girl is inside...

followed by

alone on the floor (i.e. not self-contained)

followed by

I can't see her, but I think she's crying.

This is the message I listened to from Devin as I got into my car yesterday after a baby shower.  Instantly, I panicked.  When left to play in the open, Finley is constantly getting stuck under the coffee table and couch (since she's better at going backward than forward).  She has also started trying to pull herself up on stuff and though I doubt she would be strong enough to pull anything on top of herself, I couldn't help but picture something huge crashing down on top of her.  She also loves to play with the cord to my computer and images of her choking herself with it flashed in my head.  It's amazing how quickly our minds can concoct the worst case scenario!

Regardless, I called Devin back and let him know that I was a good half hour from home and with construction, it could be longer so we agreed he should do this:

(View from garage)

(View from laundry room)

To rescue our daughter who looked something like this (only crying her little head off and please ignore how messy our coffee table is):

It was an expensive ($200 plus for a new door) lesson to learn that we need to have a backup plan for locking ourselves out of the house.  I should also clarify that our back door is notorious for locking behind us.  We used to lock ourselves out all the time, but because it hadn't happened in awhile, we hadn't worried too much about it since Finley was born.  Poor Devin spent about 6 hours last night reinstalling the door, but I'm so thankful that Finley was alright and that my husband knows how to put in a new door!

Also, just a funny story from this weekend that proves that Finley is most definitely her father's daughter...  I went into Finley's room around 10 last night to change her diaper and found her on her stomach propped up on her elbows with her head in the air COMPLETELY asleep!  I laughed out loud because I am always finding Devin asleep with the remote control way in the air as if he fell asleep mid-motion!  I so wish I could fall asleep so easily!