Little Houdini

Our little princess scared the bejesus (is that how it's spelled?) out of me today! Background: Our laundry room, actually it's really just a closet, is upstairs right off of the playroom. So I was putting clothes in the dryer and reloading the washer and Gaby was playing with her toys in the playroom. Now really how long does that take? Two, maybe three minutes? Once everything was started and I turned back into the playroom Gaby was GONE! Now I thought- Oh she must of gone into her room. So I go into her room and NOTHING! I'm not panicked at this point. She's probably in my bedroom (which is upstairs, too). She likes to go in there and play in our bathroom. So I go in there and NOTHING. At this point I'm running- in the bathroom, the toilet room, the closet, behind my bed. There really isn't that many places to hide! Then I walk out of my room and stand at the top of the stairs. With doubt, I think- there is no way is there? But I say to myself, there really is no other place to look. So I start going down the stairs and round the corner and low and behold there she is!! Three steps from being on the first floor!! She went all the way down BY HERSELF and was just tickled with her accomplishment. She gave me the biggest smile ever! As if to say- Look what I did! There's no stopping me now! So there you go the princess is fearless and able to go where she wants now. What I am most proud of, though, is that she scooted all the way down on her belly, feet first. My child is a genius :) !!