Warning! Warning!

Monday night, about 10:45, the kids were all asleep and Sam and I were in bed getting ready for sleep, and all of a sudden the loudest noise ever - Warning! Carbon Monoxide! Warning! Carbon Monoxide! - over and over. We have three carbon monoxide alarms in the house, two downstairs, and one upstairs, and all three were beeping and talking, flashing and whistling. For a minute I thought it was the alarm system and somebody was trying to get in the house. When we realized it was for carbon monoxide I called the fire department to find out what we should do. The guy I talked to said if we don't feel sick, its probably a false alarm, but if it happened again call 911 and they would send the fire department out (the phone number I called was not our district.) A few minutes later the madness began again. I called 911, and the lady, though she sounded bored to death and irritated I woke her up, said she would send them out. So here comes the fire truck, alarms and all. Thankfully, they turned the sound off before they got on our street. The alarms went off a third time while they were here. It was so loud!! I couldn't believe it, but Shaye was the only one who woke up. All 3 other kids were asleep through the whole thing. Even Paige, who wakes up if I even think about going in her room to check on her, slept all night long. There was no CO2 to be found when they tested the house, so we unplugged the alarms and sent Shaye back to bed. It was an eventful night, and I am just grateful it happened the day Sam got back.