Car Seat

Last week, we finally decided that it was time to buy a new car seat for Henry. He is very rapidly approaching (if he hasn't already reached) the upper limits for his infant seat. After much discussion and internet research, we decided to get a Britax Marathon. The frugal part of me resisted this decision, as this car seat is rather "trendy," having been generally declared the safest and best car seat out there (and therefore on the expensive end). However, I reconciled this with myself by finding a great deal on a seat... in the clearance section (online). Unfortunately, the only model on clearance was the one with this pattern:



You can see how this might be a problem. I bought it anyway, though, and promptly ran out to the fabric store to design a new cover. After a couple days of Mommy's craftiness, this is what Henry will now be riding in:

Closer: (Don't you love the monkeys?)

Yay! I'm excited that this worked (and wasn't TOO difficult). I figure that for the price of a real cover, I can make at least 3 or 4 of my own and change things up whenever I feel like it.