Reality Check

I had my 1st real reality check the other day.  I realized that there is no safe rear-facing car seat that will fit in red.  My wonderful, perfect, favorite dream car is the least practical car to have with a newborn.  As my lovely husband pointed out, you cannot fit and baby and a stroller in the car at the same time, unless the top is down.  This could stand to be problematic....  Based on this new discovery, I am officially going to be saying goodbye to my mini cooper convertible (temporarily)  

We did an inventory of just a random trip to the beach house for the weekend would entail, and realized that this family needs to have at least 1 SUV.

-Baby

-Rocko 

-Carseat

-Dog Crate

-Stroller

-Something for Baby to Sleep in

-Mike & I's Clothes

-Quoit Boards

-Diaper Bag

-More inevitable Baby Stuff

-Groceries

-Beverages

Unfortunately, the mini is not equipped for such a challenge, so I am thinking about getting one of these:  

We will see.....

SPLURGE now SAVE later!

Upon finding out we were expecting, Mike and I had some real decisions to make.  Before the wedding, there were some items that we were going to splurge on, and purchase once we received our gift money...... oh how times have changed (in just one week!)  Mike and I decided that we were going to buckle down and start saving, but before we do we each got to get one thing on our splurge list.  I went with a 4 inch memory foam topper, and mike went with the PS3.  

Are we bad parents already???