Thursday, August 18, 2011

New car seat

Yes I know, a lot of people would argue that a 9 month old is WAY too young to be turned facing forward but as most of you know Korbyn is not an averaged sized child.  She surpasses the weight and height guidelines before she even turned 9 months for what a one year old would be!  She was also so ready to get out of her infant seat.  I think her infant seat said it could hold up to 40 lbs....sorry, there's is absolutely no way I could fit a 40 lb. child in there even if I tried!  The straps on Korbyn were already way below her shoulder blades and she was so uncomfortable.  So we all went to Target and got her a brand new car seat.  I did research of course before we went and I'm kind of skeptical when things are advertised as "three-in-one" but the Graco Nautilus is the one we went with.  It was under $200, I couldn't find a single bad (safety wise) review online about it, AND it is a forward facing seat, a high seat booster, and then it can be used as a regular booster too!  We have a friend who is a state trooper and he is a car seat technician as well and this is the one they have their child in and the one that he recommends to everyone (I got this information AFTER we bought it, so that made me feel even better!).  I'm looking for a cover for it so it will last as long as we hope it to, because technically we won't ever have to buy another seat for Korbyn. 

When we got home with it we were supposed to head over to a friend's house right away so I told Colton to just set the box inside so I can read the instructions (I get it from my mom), wash everything I can and take time to figure it all out.  Well I went to change clothes and by the time I got back he already had it out of the box ready to go and wanted to put it in the truck NOW.  So I said fine, whatever!  He was SO excited.  After he got it buckled in and got Korbyn in it he sat beside her and said "here, take a picture of us and put it on the blog!"  I about died!  He's never said anything about wanting to take a picture and have other people see it...EVER. 
 She even looks big in the new seat!
 She didn't know what to think about it at first.  I'm sure it was really weird for her to be able to see everything now.
 We (I picked it out) bought her a pink, wooden pistol at Gander Mountain that same afternoon.  She loved it of course.
 This was after her dr. appointment.
I have a feeling this picture sums up Korbyn now and forever!

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