With the increase in Isaac's weight and height we discovered it was time to upgrade the car seat. This would seam like an easy enough task to complete. So, we ventured off to Babies-R-Us to pick out a car seat. Simple, right? Well, that's what I thought until we arrived at the car seat isle. Oh my goodness. Talk about being overwhelmed. There are so many different brands, different styles, different colors and even different weight limits to consider. Frazer had even conducted his research, as usual, on consumer reports but even he was overwhelmed. At one point, Isaac and I left Frazer alone with this task and we ventured around the store for a bit and when we returned Frazer had narrowed the selection. Ultimately, we'd like for this to be the last car seat for Isaac until he only needs a booster seat. And then, we found it. Imagine the clouds parting and the sun shinning brightly on the chosen car seat. :) The only thing missing was the singing choir.
The selected car seat has it's very own cup holder, the cover is washable and it has lots of cushion. So, it would seem like the hard part was over. The next hurdle, was getting the newly purchased item into the car. The boxes for these things are huge! It's hard to image a stroller and a large box will not fit in the back of an SUV but it didn't. The stroller was moved to the back seat so the box could fit in the back. But, it fit and we headed home.
As for the installation, easy right? Most new items come with a book of instructions with half of the book in English and the other half in a different language. Not this one. The entire book was full of instructions. Let's just say it wasn't installed that night and wasn't even put together the next day. No, two days later and it was finally installed! Whew! Glad that's over! Isaac is now riding in style and loves that he can sit up and see more of what's going on even though he's still rear facing. He still doesn't care for being strapped in though. ;)
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