Ikea Trip

I've had a plan for a while now of things I wanted for the baby's room from Ikea. The problem was that I needed Travis to be able to go with me, and Ikea is over an hour from us. He told me that this past Saturday was the only day he'd have off until right up to my due date, so it was our day. Unfortunately, we had to miss a friend's birthday party, so the kids were none too happy about that, but this had to happen. I had been to Ikea one other time, and it was after American Girl for Sage's 6th birthday. I was pretty overwhelmed then, but not this time. I had a definite plan and list, and I am pleased to say that we got it ALL.

Let me tell you how God smiled upon us. Jaggar had had a really long day before that, and he had just fallen asleep as we were parking. Normally, you get him out of the car and he's instantly awake--especially if we are in a place that has a lot of people and noise. But that didn't happen as Travis carried him in. So we got a cart, and I suggested putting some pillows in to lay him on. I pretty much knew he'd wake up instantly, but again that didn't happen.

Folks, he slept through the ENTIRE store like this. For HOURS. We were right at the warehouse part where you pick up what you saw in the store that you liked, and that's when he was up. Based on how he was then, it made us even more thankful that we got that trip done with him asleep. It was truly a miracle.

Sage was especially upset that she'd missed the party. It was a skating party, and she was really looking forward to it. But once we got to the store, she thought it was great. She said, "I really liked that store. I want to go back."

That is one dresser in 2 boxes with 2 kids on top. Travis LOVED carrying that upstairs. All 200 lbs of it.

I was so relieved that they had everything in stock that I went for and that it all fit in the car. It's a good thing that we took out our 3rd row, or it wouldn't have happened, but I knew that beforehand.

After our shopping trip, we ate dinner at The Varsity, which I'd heard a lot about but never tried. It was pretty good. I'm not normally a burger and fries kinda girl, but I liked it. Their onion rings were awesome, and I don't even like onion rings! All in all we had a really nice day, and Travis assembled /hung ALL that we bought on Sunday in about 5 hours. I was worried that it'd be a pain, but he said it was one of the easiest, stress free things he'd ever built. Everything fit perfectly...and I just have to say, the room is looking awesome. I can't wait to show the final product.