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Today I did something I have been putting off since November. I have walked past it multiple times a day, yet I would see it and do nothing. I kept telling myself I needed to get on the ball and do something with it, but I didn't. It was easier to keep walking. Your Dad and I would comment every once in awhile about how we needed to do something with it, but we didn't. Joey would bark at it sometimes, but that didn't get us moving any faster.
Until today. I finally decided I needed to do something about it. I opened the box to your car seat. Yep. We got one car seat back in November and like every good Mom, it came in from the car and was placed in the sun room. Like every good Mom, I have walked by the car seat multiple times a day and just looked at it thinking I would do something later about it. At the beginning of the month we ordered a second car seat. We had it delivered and it went into the sun room. I know, great Mom skills.
Well, taking advantage of the day off school, after running errands, I came home and stared at the box. I looked at it and thought, "If we get the call tomorrow to go back to Ethiopia and have to leave yet this week, are we going to have time to figure out how to install and actually install a car seat?" The answer was simple, "No." So Joey and I decided we were going to tackle the car seat. (Okay, we didn't literally tackle the car seat. I opened the box and got it out. I stared at it. Joey sniffed it. I moved it into the living room while reading the directions, Joey barked at it. He knows car seats don't belong in the living room.)
Why the living room? I wanted to figure out how the buckles worked and the "auto" adjusting harness straps. (Yep. The one we ordered was a step up from the one we registered for. The harness straps adjust without removing anything. Your Dad and I thought you might like that. Plus, we are lazy and didn't want to deal with it on two seats.) Plus, I had an image of us in the airport parking lot trying to figure it out while family and friends stood there either offering suggestions or laughing. Luckily your hockey monkey was willing to help out again. I am thinking he took going in and out of the seat, adjusting straps, and buckles a lot nicer than you will take it.
So after mastering how the harness works, at least I think I have it mastered, the car seat went out to the car. It was time to find the latch system things. It was a little difficult, but I got it.
So your Dad and I are starting you out rear facing. We know you are over a year and above the minimum height and weight, but it is about safety.
Your seat is reclined to the proper angle. I had it latched into the seat before I remembered to recline it, so I had to unlatch it, recline it, and then latch it again. Lesson learned before we put the other seat in your Dad's car.
So I am thinking it wouldn't be safe to have your hockey stick in the seat with you, but hockey monkey was okay with it. Note the chest buckle is at arm pit level. The harness straps are also at or below his shoulders.
So I am not sure about the height of the mirror, but here's your mirror. It lights up, plays music, speaks multiple languages, and has a timer. What more could you want?
The US Embassy is open only three days this week due to Martin Luther King Jr Day and an Ethiopian holiday on Friday. In about 7 hours and 30 minutes they open for the week. Praying we get word to come get you in these three days.
Love,
Mom
PS- Hockey Monkey is still out in the car seat. This way I can practice when I go out to the car. I promise I won't leave you out in the car.
Today I did something I have been putting off since November. I have walked past it multiple times a day, yet I would see it and do nothing. I kept telling myself I needed to get on the ball and do something with it, but I didn't. It was easier to keep walking. Your Dad and I would comment every once in awhile about how we needed to do something with it, but we didn't. Joey would bark at it sometimes, but that didn't get us moving any faster.
Until today. I finally decided I needed to do something about it. I opened the box to your car seat. Yep. We got one car seat back in November and like every good Mom, it came in from the car and was placed in the sun room. Like every good Mom, I have walked by the car seat multiple times a day and just looked at it thinking I would do something later about it. At the beginning of the month we ordered a second car seat. We had it delivered and it went into the sun room. I know, great Mom skills.
Well, taking advantage of the day off school, after running errands, I came home and stared at the box. I looked at it and thought, "If we get the call tomorrow to go back to Ethiopia and have to leave yet this week, are we going to have time to figure out how to install and actually install a car seat?" The answer was simple, "No." So Joey and I decided we were going to tackle the car seat. (Okay, we didn't literally tackle the car seat. I opened the box and got it out. I stared at it. Joey sniffed it. I moved it into the living room while reading the directions, Joey barked at it. He knows car seats don't belong in the living room.)
Why the living room? I wanted to figure out how the buckles worked and the "auto" adjusting harness straps. (Yep. The one we ordered was a step up from the one we registered for. The harness straps adjust without removing anything. Your Dad and I thought you might like that. Plus, we are lazy and didn't want to deal with it on two seats.) Plus, I had an image of us in the airport parking lot trying to figure it out while family and friends stood there either offering suggestions or laughing. Luckily your hockey monkey was willing to help out again. I am thinking he took going in and out of the seat, adjusting straps, and buckles a lot nicer than you will take it.
So after mastering how the harness works, at least I think I have it mastered, the car seat went out to the car. It was time to find the latch system things. It was a little difficult, but I got it.
So your Dad and I are starting you out rear facing. We know you are over a year and above the minimum height and weight, but it is about safety.
The US Embassy is open only three days this week due to Martin Luther King Jr Day and an Ethiopian holiday on Friday. In about 7 hours and 30 minutes they open for the week. Praying we get word to come get you in these three days.
Love,
Mom
PS- Hockey Monkey is still out in the car seat. This way I can practice when I go out to the car. I promise I won't leave you out in the car.
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Praying you get the call this week!!!! Lil started laughing @ the pictures, & then stated that is her carseat. :)
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