Current mood:Proud
Today marks a big day for little Mia. Today was the day she said goodbye to her rear facing "baby newborn-ish" car seat! Thats right she is now a proud owner of a nice Evenflo forward facing big girl car seat!
We have been planning on the upgrade for awhile now, especially since her tiny feet always hung out of her old car seat. However, what really got the ball rolling was what happened to her the day she got her shots and how she over heated BAD in the seat while we sat in traffic. She is ALWAYS overheating in her car seat, especially since it craddles her so tight and she can't even get the air from the vents so it was time for a change. We also wanted to do it before this weekend since we are planning on going back to Oxnard for her Cousin Gianna's 1st birthday. So I made it point to research the heck out of carseats last night.
Just when my head started spinning from all the different carseats with all the different bells and whistles I FINALLY found the one I wanted for her. It was the Evenflo Triumph Advance DXL. It has good material that supposedly helps her from not overheating so much, it has a recline position and it sits high so she can see out the window. It was also under $200 which really helps since our budget really can't even afford this expense at the moment.
So today we decided to get it. First the three of us went to Target (yes it was 105 today) but we didn't find the car seat there... we had to hit Babies R Us anyways for diapers and other supplies so we decided to go there for the car seat as well. Plus I had a 15% coupon on a single item I wanted to use. Once we got the Babies R Us, I ran around like I always do and loaded up the cart with TONS of supplies, baby wipes, diapers, creams, oatmeal etc then we went to look at the car seats and sure enough they had it!!! I took it off the self so Mia could go on a test run. She seemed to like it and it fit perfectly. So we decided to get it. We shopped a bit more and we came across something we just couldn't put back.. it was a little San Diego Charger Cheerleader uniform!!!! Granted I was born and raised a SF 49ner fan, and her Daddy doesn't really follow any team, we decided to get it anyways since she is still a San Diegan at heart. I thought it was really cute since her Mama was a cheerleader in both Jr. High and High School... so the tradition continues! haha I am going to take her picture with it on after I dig up my old blue and gold pom poms from my old varsity years! haha Ok back to the story.. I went off track there a bit...
So we shopped some more and I came across a cup where you can put snackies in it and they can feed themselves without spilling them all over. I remembered her Cousin April having one and I always wanted to give Mia one once she could feed herself snackies. Since she recently became addicted to Cheerios I thought it would be perfect for her to snack with, so we picked it up. Finally it was time to go and off to the register we went. Mia was getting tired of being in the basket so we had to hurry. We bought our stuff and it came out to $250!!!! thats including coupons!! YIKES! Ah well we did save $38 though.
Then it was off to the car. By then it was cooling down and was only 100 (ya thats cooling down around here haha) but what saved us was the sun was setting and there was a breeze. Once we got to the car we realized our dilemma... how would we fit both the huge car seat box and the dipaer and wipee box in the car?!?!?! It took some time but eventually Adrian, aka the tetris master (I call him), managed to work his magic and got everything to fit... barely... and it only took about 10 mins of standing in the heat to do it! haha Anyways once we were all loaded up it was homeward bound we went. Why didn't we just use the new carseat you ask? Well we would have to ditch the box somewhere and there is still a slight chance we might want to return it, plus the idea of reading the instruction manual in the heat and fiddling with it just didn't seem appealing at the time haha
Once we got home I fixed Mia some dinner and afterwards gave her a cup of Cheerios using her new Penguine Snackie Cup. After showing her how to use it she took to it fast. Soon she was munching on cheerios on the couch just hanging out, then when she would finish it she would walk over to me and hand the cup to me to refill it. So did and she was as happy as can be walking around eating her snacks all over the place. Then came time to take it away and BOY she got MAD!!!!!! She rather carry the empty bowl with her everywhere. I eventually had to wait for her to put it down and turn away before I snatched it up and hid it. She really doesn't like her things taken from her, she gets MAD and I don't mean crying mad I mean full on screaming tantrum mad. This has been happening more, especially with her new bracelette her Cousin Brianna gave her for her birthday. She LOVES wearing it and jingles her hand all the time, but sometimes it falls off and she just blows up! She gets so mad and brings it to me to put it back on and if I don't do it fast enough she gets ANGRY! I take it off before bed and bathtime and she gets so mad at me. She just loves her little bracelette, she even looks for it when its not on her. Sigh.. little Mia! haha
Well overall the day has been good. She has not shown any more signs of being sick from her shots or in any kind of discomfort. As for now its time for me to rest, I have a bad headache.. darn that sun! haha We will see what kind of adventures we will have tomorrow...
