I was woken up this morning the normal way - I heard Gabriel babbling over the baby monitor that we have in his room. Normally, I let him do that for about five minutes, just to give myself enough time to fully wake up and give him the chance to change his mind and go back to sleep for a little longer.

Not this morning.

After a few minutes, I didn't hear his talking anymore, so I figured he just woke up temporarily then dozed off again. Nope. Definitely not the case - Gabriel was indeed wide awake.

And standing next to our bed.

Yep, our little gymnast has figured out that he can now climb over the railing of his crib and lower himself to the ground. Good for him, he came right in to see mommy and daddy instead of doing something far messier (playing in the cat's litter box comes to mind), but probably in the next few days we'll be changing out the side of his crib so that it's a toddler bed. It's easier for him to get out of, but if he can do it anyway, at least the risk of him falling from a greater height isn't there.

No more crib for our little guy. Man, he grew up fast.