Showing posts with label bicycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bicycle. Show all posts

Monday, May 3, 2010

Coupla...

Coupla cool things happened this weekend.

First we went for our very first bike ride as a family! Brian was paranoid, as he always is. It almost wasn't fun because of it, but he loosened up. Brianlily did great! I kind of expected her to be more excited, but she didn't cry which is really all that matters! HA The child carrier felt fine, and my bike did well. I really like having Brianlily so close to me. I know a trailer is THE most safe, but I can't get over her being so low and so far from me. Brian really thinks we should just get a trailer. Not too sure what we'll do yet. It's hard enough trying to store my bike inside, let alone a trailer! All in all we had a good time, and baby girl did wonderfully!



The we finally had our picnic table delivered. I was having trouble deciding on what patio set to get, seeing as our patio is small, and I found this guy on Craigslist (you know me an my CL addiction!) who was selling hand made picnic tables. I told him the size I needed and it was only going to be $80, plus I liked knowing it was going to be super sturdy...not like the Ikea set I was thinking of purchasing. Here it is!



We'll seal it sometime in the next few weeks, but I'd like to do something special to it before we do. Maybe carve our initials into it, or have Brianlily paint all over it. We are soooo in love with it! The weather needs to get a little warmer so we can eat out there!!!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

My New Riiiiiide...

I finally have my wheels!!! lol Brianlily and I have been patiently (not really) waiting for our bicycle to come together so we can get on the road! Here it is!



Isn't she the cutest!? It ONLY took me 5 hours to put it together! It's my early Mother's Day gift from Brian, and I'm so in love! Can't wait for some sun this weekend!

I was originally going to go with the Schwinn Southport bike from Target, but found out the shipping and tax would be an extra $80 & I freaked! What the hell!? The point of purchasing this bike was because of the price. So I checked out Walmart and found, what looked like the same bike just different name and some fenders, the Schwinn Landmark. I purchased it for $129, plus $2.97 for shipping! Can you believe that!? The price has actually gone up for the bike, it's now $148.54! Pretty cool that I got it for such a steal! The reviews were pretty good too. Although I had the added stress of wondering if the child carrier I purchased for Brianlily would fit on the bike, it worked out just fine. I went with this Bell Cocoon Carrier from Target. The price was ok and the reviews were good. I see this carrier on the road a bunch, so I figured it would be good. This too gave me hours of work to put together, but it could just be the nerves; knowing that you're putting something together that you have to trust with your child's saftey.

We're going for our inaugural ride this weekend, so I'll be sure to get back with some reviews of both!