Riding in Style

After Corey made it back from Knoxville with no major injuries other than a bruised ego (Vandy blew a great lead and barely managed to lose the game), we got two major things accomplished. We ordered new carpet for the upstairs rooms (other than the master and the bonus room, which will be refloored probably in wood) and worked a bunch on the baby registries at Target & Babies 'r' Us.

I got over my adverse overwhelmed reaction to Babies 'r' Us (I actually got dizzy in there without Corey on Saturday!) and took a stab at picking out some baby items. We're still working on the Target registry as well, but we hope to have it all finalized very soon. While we were at Babies 'r' Us, we picked out the stroller and car seat that Barb & Larry bought for Charlotte! They aren't part of a "system", because we preferred being able to pick out each of the pieces separately. They also don't really match, but we're cool with that. The stroller is super light - about 9 lbs. The car seat has all of the safety ratings Corey wanted, and the baby will only use it until she reaches 30 lbs. anyway. The next car seat up will be used for a whole lot longer, so we're going to do a bunch more research before we pick that one out.

Thank you so much to Barb & Larry for helping us get Charlotte traveling in style! We tried to test out the stroller with Pacey, but he was having NONE of it. Connie barked at the stroller and ran from it, but our friends Austin & Kelly assured us that this is not an uncommon thing for goofy dogs who are afraid of things with wheels. Duke had no reaction whatsoever to the stroller, other than to sniff it and roll over for a belly rub. No surprise there.