Baby not included

That's what the box said that our new stroller came in.  We finally got it last week.  We had selected one, but there was no point in getting it before we got a new car because the stroller wouldn't fit in my old car.  So once we got the car, we just waited for the stroller to go on sale (because when Jerel starts researching things, we usually end up with the be$t there is, and since the stroller cost more than some cars I have owned, I insisted on waiting for a sale) and then we ordered it right up.  I had tried to go on a walk recently with Isaiah in the single stroller and Liza in the baby bjorn carrier, but then the next day I couldn't stand up straight because my back was so sore. 

Here's a picture with the kids in their normal seating arrangement.  The back seat has less of a view, so I let Zay have the front because I figure he'd whine more (or at least louder) than Liza if he couldn't see anything.  Zay really seems to like it, and Liza seems to really not care much.  My favorite feature?  The white wall tires.  I have always liked white wall tires on cars and seriously wish they'd come back in style (or at least be available to purchase, since I don't require things to be in style in order for me to use them), so I am delighted every time I see these ones.

Here are the cool things:  the back seat is removeable so you can use it as a single stroller if you want; it has really big, fully adjustable sun shades, which comes in handy when I go on long walks and the kids fall asleep; the handle is super adjustable so even shorties like me can push it comfortably--some strollers have such a high handle that my arms are way up high, like a little kid pushing a shopping cart; it has a much smoother ride because of the jogging stroller wheels so the kids get jostled less; it is so much easier to push than our old stroller--no more getting stuck everytime I hit a bit of uneven pavement!

Here's a picture with the sunshades up.  I love that there is a shade on the back seat too.  When I have that up I feel like Liza is pretty well insulated from the elements.  Zay hates having his sunshade up, but when it's sprinkling he doesn't have a choice.  The side/back of his sunshade also has a pocket on each side which is really handy for my water bottle, keys, iPod, etc.

  Here's another way you can arrange the seats, although Zay hates it so much we'll probably never be able to use it.  You can put a baby in the main seat (the one Isaiah is in in the previous pictures) and lay the seat flat so the baby can sleep.  Then you take the back seat off the back and attach it to the front, sort of on top of the baby.  It makes the baby a bit hard to access--you can see Eliza's little foot poking out under Zay's feet--but I guess if the baby was sleeping it would be fine.  Mine tends to be screaming and needing her binky popped back in every few seconds, so this arrangement probably won't work well for us at this point.

And here's our old stroller with the new stroller behind it.  One of my favorite things about the Phil & Ted's stroller design is that it takes two kids without being that much larger than a single stroller.  Many of the double strollers are either super duper wide so that you'd never fit through a doorway, or they have one kid in front of the other and the stroller is so long it feels like you're pushing around a train.  With this one since the front kid sits higher and the back kid is sort of underneath a little bit you don't end up feeling like you're at the grocery store with one of those enormous carts made to look like a school bus or something.

And that, my dear friends who actually read this whole post about something as boring as a stroller, is the latest excitement in our lives.  I love it so much already.  I think I've walked about 15 miles with it so far and it's great!  Tomorrow we're getting a rain cover for it so I'll be able to use it even more.  The rain cover is for the kids, in case you thought I was worried about my fancy new stroller getting wet, I'm not, I'm worried about my fancy new kids getting wet.