Adelyn's New Ride

We decided to go ahead and move Adelyn out of her baby carrier and into a new car seat. Mainly becasue it seemed she was outgrowing it, wanting to be upright and see things legs poking out the back ect. Even though those seats say up until 30 lbs I don't see how. Addie was 18 and pushing it! We made the decision to "upgrade" to a seat that can be both rear facing and will eventually turn to be front facing after she reaches 20 lbs. We went to our favorite place to go for car seats and baby gear Buy Buy Baby. We love them becasue they are so knowledgeable. They can tell you all the features of every seat and make good recommendations based on the products and personal experience. We were really impressed with them when we registered for our infant carrier and so we knew we wanted to go back for the new step. The guy we talked to was really helpful he recommend a couple different brands and walked us though all the features. He was even really patient with us as we asked all kinds of questions. After much deliberation we went with the Recaro brand for several reasons.

1. The safety standards are higher than in other brands becasue it is a European company
2. The straps are easily adjustable with just the turn of a knob (no retreading!)
3. The seat goes up to 70lbs with means that it will have a long life
4. It had all the features of the Britax high brand for the mid-brand price
5. They have made racing seats for a long time- I figure if they can keep race car drivers safe in high speed crashes they must have this safety thing figured out.

We are really happy with the choice. Adelyn seems to like it a little better than the carrier. I'm thinking she will really like it once she can be turned around. I think the meme says it all lol

I think I kinda go sidetracked becasue what I really wanted to talk about it Addie's new stroller. I started with the seat becasue once she moved to a new car seat my old stroller which was just a stroller frame for our carrier became obsolete. We needed a new stroller so on our trip to Buy Buy Baby we also looked at strollers. Now I am not that big into all the features I really just wanted something lightweight, easy to fold and carry, and something that would fit in my trunk. I told this to the guy and he said well you want this one then and walked me over to the City Micro stroller. He showed me how to collapse it with one hand pulling up on a handle and I was hooked. I knew it was the one for me.

I did not however like the price tag. A whopping $250! I have never understood why strollers are so expensive... but that is another story. Strollers are something I have no qualms about buying second hand. I would never buy a car seat second hand but a stroller I think is a perfectly acceptable thing to get used. I decided to find one cheaper second hand or online. Really this was my original plan to go to the store find the one I wanted and then find it cheaper online or at a consignment shop. As it turns out I am so glad I did.

A few days later I was at my parents house showing off Addie's new car seat and we started talking about the stroller we found. I decided to search the web while Addie was getting some grandma time in. I went to Amazon usually my first stop for things like this and saw to my great surprise a new City Micro in gray for $130. I couldn't hardly believe it I clicked and read the fine print just in case. I checked to see that it was the lowest on Amazon and then we jumped on it. I usually shop around more before but that was a deal. All together including shipping it was about $150 that is still $100 off the original and it was brand new!

I was a little worried while I was waiting for it to arrive at the house thinking maybe it was too good to be true, but it came in a band new box never even opened. I had to assemble it and everything. We got it in gray the only color they had. I wasn't crazy about it in the pictures online but I really like it in person. Plus its an added bonus that it is gender neutral for any other babies we might have in the future.

This is all you have to do to fold it. Isn't this the most brilliant thing ever!

So far I really like it. It was super easy to assemble (I did it all by myself!) and Addie seems to like it pretty well. We have taken it out a few times for rides around the neighborhood at night when it cools off. She fell asleep the first night. It rides smooth and is easy to turn and control. Most of all I love that I can open and close it with one hand and that it fits in my trunk so easily. It folds up even smaller than our stroller frame did. I am really happy with our new investment and I think Adelyn is enjoying her new ride too.