Do You Believe In Angels?

This was originally written on Monday, February 2, 2009:

Today Logan's angels stepped in for him.

I'm still really emotional because it was only a couple of hours ago. It was definitely the biggest "close-call" I've had with him. Here's what happened:

Logan wakes up every morning at 6:30 AM so then Joe gets up since he has to get ready for work anyway. At around 7:30 AM I get up so Joe can leave.

Seconds after I woke up (still groggy), I heard Joe say, "Oh no! One of the dogs peed and pooped in the closet!" I was like, "WHAT?!" I just had the carpet cleaned on Friday for the first time since July!!! My dogs haven't pooped in the house for years except for when they've been sick (and neither are right now)! As for urinating, that hasn't happened since their first months of life!

Joe asked if I would go get the carpet cleaner from downstairs. Logan was sitting on the floor of our bedroom during all of this. I hadn't even made it to our kitchen yet (where the spray was) when I heard a LOUD THUD and then a 5-second cry. Joe came running out of the bedroom, I came running from the entry way of the kitchen--and there was Logan on the middle step of our stairway of 16. He was sitting upright, as if someone had just placed him there in a sitting position.

I don't even remember running toward him -- I was just there holding him, saying "Oh my God! Oh my God!" I thanked God over and over as I was crying and shaking. Since Logan hardly ever sees me upset, he was smiling at me like, "Why are you acting weird?"

But I couldn't help it--my 9 month old son had fallen down our steps but had somehow stopped midway through! I couldn't believe how lucky we were. I ALWAYS shut the bedroom door when Logan is on the floor, but because Joe was there, and one half of me still not woken up and the other half of me mad at Cosmo (I think that's the dog that pooped & peed), I completely spaced off with shutting the door. Meanwhile, Joe was finishing getting ready so he took his eyes off Logan for a second.

Logan must have immediately followed me (which he always does from room to room) but since he doesn't know how to go down the steps, he toppled down them. Ahh!!!!! I still don't see how he didn't just fall to the bottom. He doesn't have the logic yet to stop himself, or the strength to grab and break his fall. As an adult I've slipped a couple of times on steps and fallen all of the way to the bottom (on my butt)!

I keep trying to focus on the "relief" happy part of this story rather than the "what if" but the hard part is that it didn't have to happen, stupid carelessness on my part could have caused something fatal or at least a serious injury. But it was a lesson learned. I'll be even more careful than I already am as far as doors open or dangers around.

I'm so glad my baby is all right.