What is that?

I have this ridiculous irrational fear that Ellis will fall out of the crib. I have no idea why. He is certainly not tall enough to do it but I often imagine that he has accomplished this impossible feat while I am ignoring him or sleeping. This morning was no different. I was asleep and ignoring the fact that he was awake. Sometimes it works. Sometimes he falls asleep to 9:30 (I have my kids ridiculously sleep trained). This morning he was making this weird noise. At least I eventually convinced myself it was coming from him. It sounded like a scratching. Now we have two cats so that noise is not an uncommon noise but I was fairly certain it was coming from the monitors and since the kids' doors are routinely closed, I did not think it was that. I heard it through my dream, rolled over, opened an eye and thought that I was imagining the noise. But it was SO persistent! Eventually it freaked me out enough that I got out of bed and saw what the culprit was. My son, of course. He was laying on his back and had his two legs up against the wall. He was wearing footy pajamas and was dragging his feet up and down the wall. He was very content doing it that when I walked into the room, instead of popping up like a jack in the box like he normally does, he continued with his odd noise because it was amusing him so. What a silly little kid!