our new alarm clock

Matthew is our new alarm clock. He learned how to climb out of his crib last week. I'm NOT thrilled. The first couple of days he would wake up and sing or talk for a minute before climbing out, closing his door, opening our bedroom door, closing it behind him and then jumping up onto our bed. Now he's much more quiet about things -- he doesn't make any sounds when he wakes up -- he just quietly and sneakily climbs out of bed, shuts his door, opens & shuts ours, and climbs up on our bed. This little scenario happens anywhere between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. If he's not satisfied with getting us up, he runs into Jacob's room yelling "Jacob! Jacob!" and then climbs into bed with him!

Matthew is the first one of our kids to learn to climb out of the crib by himself. He'll be getting a big-kid bed soon. In the meantime, we've really got to teach him to entertain himself at 6:30 a.m.!