A Whole New World

I was on my morning walk with Gabe yesterday and I came across a garage sale here in my complex. Keep in mind that i haven't been to a garage sale since i had the baby so it was a whole nother world when i saw their baby stuff. I literally felt like i hit the jackpot!!!!! My neighbor has 2 boys - 3 and 5 years old so she's just a step ahead of me. Honestly, if i had the cash i think i would've bought her whole lot. The one thing that originally caught my eye was a jogging stroller. Everytime wil and I take Gabe for a walk we always talk about how we want to invest in a jogger. How lucky was I that there was a jogger there for $20!!! How could i pass that up?

image via www.ibabycouture.com

We got some other great deals, i got the cutest seersucker kenneth cole suit - perfect for Gabe next year. Did i mention it was $3??? I got some toys for Gabe that are bigger than him. I got him a 10 pack Baby Einstein DVD which is perfect since he loves his baby Einstein DVD that we currently have.

I got him a froggie pool for next summer since we don't have a pool. I got tons of stuff.

It really opened my eyes to a new world.

I can't wait to look for more garage sales. As much as I don't mind splurging on my little baby, I know that he's only going to be using these things for a few months so why not get them secondhand?

Buckle up and Boogie

Graco Quattro Tour Travel System

Wil and I attended another class at Babies R Us called Buckle Up and Boogie. I have to say it was very informative since I had NO clue what the difference was between all the baby carriers, car seats, etc! This baby business really is a whole nother world. So this class was meant to inform us on the different types of car seats as well as the proper way to install it into the car.

2 two main differences are:

1) baby carrier (as pictured above)

2) baby booster type seat (back is used for smaller kids) when the kids get older, the backs can usually be removed so the kids can just use the seat portion

Wil and I got the stroller travel system above which comes with a stroller, carrier, and car base already. When we picked it, we just looked at it for color, weight, practicality of the stroller, we didn't even think to look at the carrier as a car seat. Thank God, after today's class, its still a good choice. We went with the travel system pictured above, The Graco Quattro Tour Travel System. You can definitely purchase the carrier and car seat on its own, but we needed a stroller anyway so this was worth it for us.

We learned that some hospitals require you to have a carrier with you at the hospital before you can take baby home. So even if you have one of those booster seat types in your car, it doesn't matter - some require this carrier.

Once baby is ready for a booster seat, we were impressed with the Graco Nautilus.

Anyway, if you're expecting, I recommend this class. It shows you where to loop the seatbelt for the seat base, it shows you the proper way to tighten the 5 point buckles on the car seat itself, yes 5! Cars makes that are 2002 and older have different features and the rep shows you how to secure the base for both options.

They recommend that you take your car seat to your local fire department because they are certified and can tell us if we are placing the seat properly.

Its so scary thinking that baby's life is in our hands. And its even scarier thinking we can't control the other drivers on the road. What an amazing task at hand to take care of and protect this little life. I'm sooooo excited. Going to these classes just makes it more and more real. I can't believe wil and I are going to be a mommy and daddy!!! I'm so proud and blessed to be in this position. We've been wanting it for so long. And now he's finally coming! :) :) :)