Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

The husband and I received a very generous gift from his parents to buy our stroller for the baby. Now, this is something that you would think would be easy as 1-2-3...but it is in fact not! Everyone has their opinion and every friend, family member or new-mother you talk to has an opinion on what's good, what's bad and what you should buy.

At first, my husband was pretty set on the "three wheel" jogger type stroller. He was sure that it would be ideal for our Canadian winters. He had a definite vision, I kept asking which one of us was actually going to jog with this kid, since neither of us jog that much as we speak...but I digress.

Yesterday we finally ventured out to the big bad world of stores and sales people and looked at strollers. Our first stop was Walmart. I really wasn't impressed with the selection or the fact that the strollers were bolted down so we couldn't even take it off the shelf to move around and see how easy it was to collapse and lift and carry. I mean, I'm barely 5ft tall, so it needs to be something that momma-bear can actually handle.

So, we left Walmart behind and moved on to Babies'r Us. This store definitely had more options and we were able to push, collapse, open, yank, pull on, push on, and attach car seats to. This was where we finally got to see what fit "us". Not what fit my friends lives, our families lives, or the random person from the work cafeteria.

It came down to two strollers. One three wheel, and one four wheel. So we took our "notes" an left the store so we could see what better prices the inter-webs could give us. This morning I happened to see our three-wheel stroller on a used website that was 1/2 price and only six months old! We would just need to buy the car seat to go with it. Finally! A decision....

So once again, we ventured out to Babies r' Us to check out the car seats and which one would work.....but, a very knowledgeable salesperson named Iris happened upon us and everything changed. The more I played with the three wheel stroller the more I realized that it was a little bulky for our tiny car and was difficult to lift when it was folded down....so we turned our sights back to the 4 wheel. And friendly Iris shared some information with us that in 9 days that stroller was going to be $150 cheaper! And it would come with the car seat.

Decision made! We have chosen our stroller/car seat and we're both pretty happy with it. I think the husband is most surprised at how much he liked the 4 wheeled stroller. Not to mention that in 9 days the matching swing goes on sale too! With the savings, we can get that as well!

And there you have it, we're ready to roll!