Forward, ho!

Yes, our little munchkin is now facing forward in the van! I feel like we had to wait forever. Our little one is JUST 20 pounds. Being that she is almost 16 months, around she went. You know, there are many places in the world that keep littles rear-facing MUCH longer than we do in the states. In fact, I think it's until around 30 lbs! Lacy JUST hit that marker at 4 years old. While rear-facing, the kids just sit criss-crossed as they get bigger. It does haunt me a little, but at the end of the day, we went with forward facing at 20 lbs.

I told Lacy when we woke up, there was something new in the van. Immediately she said, "well, I got a new car seat, maybe Ashley has a new one." Wow, she was right! We also bought a new seat from a co-worker of Eddy's and it's really nice. Ashley's current one was definitely needing to retire. 

All of us were leaving at the same time yesterday morning. All us girls were headed with Lacy's preschool class on their field trip to the fire station. So, eddy was able to watch as Ashley sat in her seat for the first time. Her response? 

A slow and drawn out "WOW" and big smiles. Then, while driving, she kept repeating 'HI!', since she could see me in the driver seat:)