Happy Mothers Car Seat

After reading and researching and asking moms and dads what they thought we finally decided on a convertible car seat. Originally, our thought was to get the Alph*a Ome*ga by safety 1s*t but our car has side impact air bags and we felt there wasn't enough on the seat to protect baby's head from the air bags should they go off.
Then we thought we would but the gra*co seat but learned it is only tested by US standards which is impacts up to 35mph. Everyone kept telling us to get a Br*itax. Listen people - those are expensive! We resisted. Then we learned that they are made in the US but they are made to the European standards tested to 55mph of impact. Humph.
After looking online we found a Bri*tax Roundabout for the same price as the other seats I mentioned previously. Nice! We ordered the seat online through Amaz*on from a company called Happy Mothers. The seat got here in a very timely manner and I opened it yesterday to find they sent the wrong color. Shoot.
Then we call the company, who says their hours are 10am to 6pm Eastern time (New Jersey). We call at what is 5:30 their time and get a recording that says they are closed, please call back during their regular hours. WHAT?! Hello, who decided to leave work 30 min early????? We have an issue!
Today my husband called in the morning. A very nice lady helped him and said they would send us a shipping label and send the shipping company to pick it up. We are to call Happy Mothers as soon as the seat is picked up and they will ship the correct color. When asked why no one answered the phone last night the lady said, "Really we close at 5pm but occasionally we are here until 6pm so that's why the recording says that."
In what world does that make sense? Sounds like they run on Island time or China time or something.
Results are still pending if this company is a place of their word. I will let you know if they make the black list or if they are reputable.

Oh becareful little eyes what you see...

Yesterday I was telling some friends that Baby K is so silly, she has started licking her plate after she finishes her meal. My friend says to me, "Oh no, how much time has she been spending around [my husband]?" I just laugh. Her husband has fed Baby K so many random things, chicken between her toes, lemon wedges, jalapenos, etc. She LOVES Mr. J and Mr. J loves her.
My friend goes on to say that her husband likes to teach kids two things, to lick their plate and to eat spray whip from the can. We laugh.
Just over 24 hours later while I was preparing a snack for my sweet baby and she was "cleaning the fridge" (she loves to empty the bottom shelf when the door is open), I set the snack on the table and came back to the fridge to find she had put the spray whip can in her mouth!
Just so you know, I don't think Mr. J taught her this. I think it just looked like a bottle to her. And also for your information she did not get any out of the can, it has been washed and placed on a higher shelf. And finally no, we will not be serving the spray whip to any guests.

Baby K Draws a Picture

Last night while I was writing some cards Baby K picked up a pen and started writing on a piece of paper. Smart girl! I remembered she has some cray*ons given to her from an art teacher. We gave Baby K a blank piece of paper and to start with just one cra*yon. She did pretty good and it was awhile before she started trying to eat her crayo*ns and we had to stop the creative process. :)
I hope you will enjoy these fun pictures of Baby K's 1st drawing. It is of course posted proudly on our refrigerator.

Playing Catch Up

My husband took all last week off, so we have been having lots of family time and now I'm playing catch up. I should have used the opportunity to have extra hands around the house to clean and do laundry and start the week off with a clean slate, but instead we had lots of quality time together and did a few chores that have been at the bottom of the list for a long time (cleaning out the laundry room storage! Thanks Husband!).

The 1st two days of vacation we spent in Omaha. We went to the Omaha Zoo, ate lots of food and tried to take in as much of Nebraska Furniture Mart as Baby K would tollerate.

I still have lots to do but I know there are some waiting to see pictures so here are a couple for ya until I have time to put up a proper post. :)