firetrucks!

we started out with a nice quiet evening... bundled penn up and went for a late evening walk...

she looked adorable in her jacket from gma d.

then back home for a nap and a little playtime...

she is focusing very hard on trying to grab daddy's hair..not as easy as yanky out mommys...

then things got interesting....

we had penelope in bed for about an hour or two when the carbon monoxide detector went off.  it had never happened before and scared kris and i. we both felt fine but since you cant smell carbon monoxide and we have a little one - we didnt want to take any chances.  i took penelope and gatsby outside - kris rounded up jackets phones and the carseats and we h ung out in the car while we called laclede gas - who sent the fire dept.  gatsby and penn were a bit confused but overall pretty pumped about the change in plans.  penelope - woken from a dead sleep - was soo excited. smiley adn chatting and thinking it was play time.  then the giant fire truck with the huge lights came and baby and dog were both spellbound. pretty exciting stuff for those two!

the fire dept was awesome - they were very thorough - checked everything and even brought kris throug to show him the readings.  after a an okay from them, and after we assured all the neighbors that we are all okay, we finally headed back inside.  where daddy left right away to get a better carbon monoxide detector, as recommended by the fire dept. :)  i put penelope back in bed - where she went right back to sleep - but thought it was morning at about 2:30.... so she was definately thrown off.

we were all safe and no problems but it definatley scared us a bit - and we are now going to be the talk of the neighborhood!

we got a printout from the fire dept about the visit, that they checked the monoxide levels, etc - it's totally going in the baby book! I just wish i'd gotten a pic of penn on the truck! :)

a special thank you to the Affton fire dept.  they were awesome. showed up fast, were very thorough and made us feel very safe going back in. plus one guy even played with my dog and showed me pics of his on his iphone.  you dont get much nicer than that!

thanks Affton FD. (and laclede!)