OUR DEAR PRAM

When I told my husband I was pregnant, one of the first things he did was create a google document with a list of everything we would possibly need. His middle name might as well be googledocs. We have one form of spreadsheet or another for almost everything. lol. We used this document to buy stuff in preparation for Allys arrival.

2.5 months in her New Born Pod

One of the last things we bought was a pram. (A Pram is a four-wheeled carriage for a baby, pushed by a person on foot. Can also be called pushchair; baby carriage, stroller, pushcart, baby buggy...)
We just couldn't find one with all our specs. We saw several ones but each time it wasn't quite 'there'. I was the one with the plenty specs as I would be pushing this thing around most of the time. We eventually bought Allys pram after she had arrived and we were out of hospital.

4 months in her New Born Pod

We got the Icandy Raspberry Package. It was perfect. It cost a bit more than your regular pram but it was so worth it. Nice and compact, small tyres, suitable from birth till baby is 25kg. You can read more about it here. I would highly recommend this pram. When she was born, she used the new born pod which was warm and cosy, this meant we didn't need to get a pram with a carry cot and we wanted her car seat to remain in the car. It folds into one and so was easy to handle. The pram is light weight so we walked all over the place during the summer months, and I dropped a lot of my baby weight during this time.

6 months less of 8 days.

I knew I loved this pram but my love for it became even more glaring after we got back from Nigeria. Ally and I were walking home from Tesco one afternoon and I realised the brake was not working. I thought It was cause we had a bit of shopping in the tray but even after it was emptied, the brake didn't respond. We took it to Mothercare where we had ordered it from and they sent it off to Icandy. We were given a replacement pram and uhhggg, It was so annoying. I had to keep praying for grace not to be upset by this temporal inconvenience and to be thankful that we had something we could use. We didn't go out as much cause pushing it was a lot of work, it was heavier and the dimensions where just weird. I kept bumping into things.  I was constantly calling Mothercare to check if our pram was back. When It got back, they called me and you could tell the lady was so happy to be making that call. lol. Our pram was back and we were happy!

Quick Selfie before one of our many walks!

Two weeks ago Ally and I were going to visit a friend and her children. As I walked towards the car, the pin was up, I opened the door to put Ally in her car seat but it wasn't there. I opened the boot and her pram was also gone. Jesus! Confusion. Shock. Fear. Dread. I looked around the road as I said several times 'God NO'

Shopping!

I don't even know how I composed myself, I was just in shock, I went back into the house, messaged my friend that I wont be able to come explaining what I had just discovered. God Why Now? I cried, called my husband and cried again. lol, I was so upset. What is wrong with these oyinbo people now?
We thought we must have left the car door open over night but when we spoke to the police, they told us that there have been similar thefts without forced entry to that brand of car. Chai. God, who has money to buy another pram? They gave us a case number but there wasn't much they could do as there was no CCTV to cover what had happened. The case is still with the police and I pray we find the person or persons, I would just love to slap them. lol but the Jesus in me has been helping me pray 'God forgive them and save them'

Winter! 9 months in her footmuff

So our much loved pram is gone, what shall we do? With the car seat off course it was painful but Ally was due to change her car seat soon, so it wasn't as painful as this pram we had carefully selected and hoped to use for a long time. We had several kind gestures, my friend offered to give us a pram to use, others suggested we keep an eye out at second hand shops and Ebay incase someone tries to sell our stolen pram so we can possibly buy it back.

We decided to buy another pram... I will write about how we came to this conclusion and the deal we got in next weeks post.

xo.