Missy

It is very frustrating to be so far away from family when there is an emergency. I can imagine your sister was frantic. I'm glad he'll be okay. From now on when you see him you can say "Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's SuperNephew!"

When my son was around that age, just learning to walk, I considered myself an excellent mom. I was out on my 3rd floor balcony cleaning off a chair, and I had him right beside me. As I was scrubbing, I noticed the tone of his voice changed to a "look at me" sound. I look behind me and he had wriggled between the bars and was standing on the air conditioning unit of the apartment below me. We were on a hill, so it was a BIG drop to the bottom.

I was afraid if I gasped or made a sound it would startle him, and he could fall. I casually turned around, picked him up, and brought him inside. Then I shook out all the willies I had inside me knowing what could have happened.