around the house

this one is my climber

let's see you climb that...
no, it's a joke... PLEASE don't!

Finn is definitely our climber! He's not even a year old, and I find him on any toy he can stand on to get a better view out the window, or climbing his and Cullen's chairs to pull at the maps, and climbing over the gate we lay at the foot of the stairs (you know, to prevent him from climbing the stairs!). Just for the record, Cullen gave up when we laid the gate over the bottom few stairs... he'd move on, but not Finn! We had many challenges with putting a gate at the bottom of our stairs... the railing was too long and low for anything to fit there. Sean and I (read: I) got so sick of chasing Finn up the stairs that we (obviously meaning: I) finally decided cutting the railing was worth the alternative. It was a long process involving circular saws, hand saws, spackle and paint... but it's been wonderful to finally have Finn contained!

what a mess!

seeing some improvement!