The end of an era...

Well, we finally broke down and bought Zoey her bigger carseat. I was hoping to make it through the end of the winter because it's been nice to be able to use the snuggly carseat cover and not have to worry about bundling her up too much in the cold. Even though she isn't quite over the weight limit on the infant carrier yet, it was getting way too heavy to lug her around in it, so I decided to make the switch. We bought the Evenflo Triumph, and I really like it. It's really easy to loosen/tighten the straps and she seems very comfy in it. The only thing is that now we actually have to put a coat on her since we can't use the carseat cover anymore. It's a big of pain, but she looks so cute in her snuggly furry coat all cuddled up with her blankie! :)

The only other thing about the new carseat is that it does not work well at all in the two-door car. I went and had it installed by a technician because I was nervous about getting it in there right since the backseat of the Tiburon is so tiny. I knew that having a 2 door car with a baby was not going to be ideal, but it really wasn't so bad with the infant seat because I could get her all buckled in and settled while we were still in the house and then just have to snap the seat into the base. I was actually thinking to myself for these past 7 months "hmmm....2 door cars with a baby really aren't that bad, I think the people who told me so were exaggerating"
But.... since having the convertible seat installed on Monday and now getting her into it is such a HUGE pain! There is no way to get into the back seat on the passenger seat where her carseat is, so in order to go anywhere we have to go through this big process - I have to climb in the backseat behind the driver seat, while holding her and being really careful not to bonk her head on the ceiling since it's such a tiny car with not much room inside. Then I have to manuever her into the carseat sideways which is really awkward, buckle her in, then climb back out of the car, and then readjust my seat and get myself settled. Ugh, it SUCKS! I really don't know how long I am going to be able to deal with this. I have a feeling that we are going to be going car shopping as soon as the we get our tax return. I really wanted to wait until Sept when I go back to work to buy a new car, but I really don't know if I can deal with the hassle until then.
I guess when I bought myself a cute little sporty car to celebrate my first teaching job, I wasn't really thinking of carseats at the time - lol! That was 2001, so I guess I have gotten my money's worth out of the car, and it's time for something new!