Killing time and spending money...

We got this in the mail today.

It is the Britax Marathon Carseat. My Mom and Dad, my sister and her partner and my brother and his wife purchased it for us. We love it. Its very highly rated for safety and it is good up until 65lbs.

We also purchased this highchair.

It is the Combi Hero Highchair in Wasabi. It is great. It reclines to three positions( a hint I got from my best friend Kim, so that if Ava falls asleep eating we can just recline the chair and clean up around her without interrupting her sleep) and when Ava is older the seat comes off and we can use it as a booster seat.

We are on holidays this week and next so we have been trying to enjoy this last holiday as a family of two but it is hard not to be thinking of Ava. We did some clothing shopping for our trip to China. Apparently it is going to be HOT! and HUMID! so we were advised to pack light clothing that we can layer. Of course this called for a shopping spree. We went to Toronto to visit my sister and her partner and found a few things for each of us.

We had to take the car to the shop today. It had an engine light come on so we thought we'd better check it out. We were under the impression that we had warranty still left as it only has 19,000 kms on the car but were told that the warranty was only good for 3 years and that expired 2 months ago. And we wonder why GM is going under.... Anyway the light apparently meant that there is a purge cylinoid gone so we have to get that fixed. They will have the car until Tuesday and it will cost us around $300 to fix. Not alot but it makes me nervous. What else can happen on this vehicle if things are breaking after only 19000kms.

That's it for now. Not much to say but this...

IN 3 WEEKS WE WILL BE IN CHINA!!!!!!