What I would do for my one year old

A couple  of weeks ago, as the girl's and I were about to leave for Church, I found myself in a situation no mother ever wants to find herself in.

Being helplessly separated from her child and not able to do anything about it. Serious, yes, but in this case also absolutely hilarious.

It was Sunday morning, and the girls and I were about to leave for church. I left Juliet playing on the floor while I took Natalie out to the car. I shut the door behind me so JJ wouldn't come out onto the porch. What I didn't realize was, the person who had last left the house had "pre-"locked the door from the inside, so when I shut it, I couldn't get back in. I went out to my car and realized it was locked too. And my keys and purse and phone were in the house. I panicked. I sat Natalie down on the porch, kicked off my shoes and ran as fast as I could around the house looking for an unlocked door or open window. I peeked in a window to see what Juliet was doing, and she was sitting in a big pile of electrical cords from the computer and printer. She has a habit of unplugging cords and sticking them in her mouth, so at this point, I could only imagine the worst case scenario. I started praying and crying out to God to show me how to get in to her. I was about to throw some sort of large object through a door or window, when I noticed a window that was cracked open about 10 feet off the ground. I ran to the back of the house and grabbed a ladder and drug it to the front of the house and propped it up. My fear of heights completely vanished as I climbed up the ladder and tore off the screen. I pushed the window up and flopped my 7-month-pregnant body over the windowsill and onto the floor. (If anyone had see it, they would have died laughing. Great day I picked to wear a maxi dress...) I ran into the living room and scooped up my precious baby and kissed her and cried and told her I loved her. Yes folks, she was sitting in the living room floor for a grand total of about 20 minutes, but to me, it felt like forever. If you don't have children, you will probably think I'm crazy, but wait until you do- you will know exactly how I feel.

This happened at some point during the morning... I don't remember it at all.

My sweet Juliet Joy safe and sound!