Woot!

Our of all the baby things that we need to buy, there has been one thing that I have been researching ever since we were considering trying to get pregnant.  I have been looking at strollers for for.ev.er.  I didn't realize how overwhelming the number of possibilities there are out there!  I've been cruising forums, and reading blog posts, and consumer reports on what's out there, and last month, Luke gave me the green light to pick which ever stroller I wanted if I could find it for a good deal.  Well, that good deal came around this week!

Originally, I had wanted to go for the City Mini (they're light, compact, come in fun colors), but I didn't want to have to spend too much time having to figure out what infant car seats were compatible with the City Mini.  Lucie's List convinced me that the Britax B-Agile was going to be my best choice, especially since it doesn't need any sort of infant seat adapter, and I could purchase the carseat, the base, and the stroller as a travel set.  Apparently, the Britax was sued for copyright infringement due to the shocking similarities between the two strollers, so I didn't feel like I was missing out on much by not getting the City Mini (besides picking between more than two colors).

I put the Britax 2014 B-Agile + B-Safe travel system in my cart and waited.  On Wednesday, I was doing some more research on baby things, and found that I was able to get one of the better deals on it!  The set retails for $399, and I was able to snag it for $244, so I was pleased as punch to save over $150 off retail price, plus I got free shipping with Amazon Prime.

Fast forward to this afternoon- our travel system has arrived!

 It feels a bit strange to have a stroller and infant carseat hanging out in the house without really anything else for the baby, but since Luke and I decided that we want to spread our larger purchases out over the next 5 months, it makes sense that we'd start collecting these must-haves for Baby Lorenz.  We have no expectation that anyone will purchase our big ticket items for our baby showers (my experience with baby showers is that people buy clothes, toys, books, and feeding and bedding items, and I rarely ever see anyone buy a crib for the expecting parents), so it feels nice to be able to start checking some of these things off our list. 

March's big purchase?  Probably the crib (and a few outfits once we find out what the sex of the baby is after March 19th- provided that baby cooperates!).