Big Boy Car Seat

Today was a big day for our little man. We decided to move him over to his big boy car seat. We have had both seats since January, and since he's so squishy in his infant seat and we were going to have him ride backwards anyway, we decided to go ahead and change him.

Here is his last ride in the infant seat

And just for fun, here was his first ride in the infant seat

Seriously, I'm wiping tears from my eyes now!

We made an appointment at the fire station for their tech to show us how to correctly install his seats into both of our cars. We debated on whether or not this was overkill - it's just a car seat right? Wrong! Have you seen these things? They're like spaceships! In the end, even JZ said he was glad to have someone trained in installing these puppies showing us how to do it correctly. The tech told us that fire fighters have to take a 40 hour course to become certified in car seat installation ( I'm sure that certificate is hanging on his wall!). I'm not sure why that is so shocking to me - that is pretty precious cargo!

Here is our GFD friend, Robert, helping JZ put the first seat into my car

While we were waiting, the nice GFD guys opened the bay for Caden and me and let us play on the fire trucks. The last time Caden got his picture taken on a fire truck was at Buffalo Bill Days. Little squidget was only 2 months old!

Caden was such a good boy that they said we could come back anytime. Maybe next time they'll let us slide down the pole!

In the end, our trip to the fire station was very successful

The jury is still out on whether or not he loves the new car seat. He has to face backwards until he is at least one, but we may be back there in two and a half weeks to turn him forwards. He didn't yell all the way home, but it's tough to say if that is because he was diggin' his new ride or because I let him have his pacifier. Either way, it was a lovely trip.