"Mom, we have a real emergency out here!"

Those are words that no mom ever wants to hear, especially when she is in the shower. Adilyn came in the other day just as I was finishing up in the shower and yelled that very sentence, "Mom, we have a real emergency out here!" I had left Brooke on the couch with Adilyn and Kacy, and Brooke is getting more squirmy, so I panicked! I ran out in the living room, and Kacy was literally holding Brooke around the neck between the ottoman and the couch. Brooke had a look of fear on her face, and the look on Kacy's face was shear pride. She said, "Mommy, I saved Brookie!" I grabbed Brooke up from Kacy's gentle "saving", and then I told Kacy how proud I was of her for rescuing Brooke. After Brooke was safe in my arms, I assessed the situation. I realized that Kacy had pushed the ottoman, and Brooke fell in the crack. So, yes, Kacy did save her, but she would not have had to perform the high-stakes rescue mission had she not pushed the ottoman away from the couch! :) I did not have the heart to scold her for that because she was just so proud. Even Adilyn was impressed. She said, "Mommy, Kacy really did save her, but she did grab her around the neck, which is not so safe for babies, but still really she did save her! I didn't even know she could do that!"