End of an Era...Everybody In

We've had this Eddie Bauer harness car seat since the beginning of time.  Well, since the beginning of time being parents.  Graciously given to us by family (I think it was from Unca Penn and Aunt T)...we've put this seat through the wringer and it has served us well.

Honestly, it still looks great and works fine.  But it was time to go and it took it's leave of us a couple of weeks ago.  funeral music here

But just for posterity's sake, everyone gave it a last go just one more time...

The memories of the kids in this carseat are varied.  

Some are stinky...surprise diaper explosions not 10 minutes after you just changed them.

Some are gag-inducing...fabulous vomit-in-the-car moments where you cringe at knowing you have to clean the straps, pull off the cover for washing, and wipe out the chunks that dribbled into the bottom.

Some are sweet...tucked in with a blanket, head down sleeping away on a long car ride. 

Some are tender...watching one of the big kids reach over the edge of the seat to hold the hand of the younger one.

Some are nostalgic...remembering each time a child has taken his or her turn in it for the first time and then each time a child has outgrown the seat and graduated into a bigger kid booster seat.

Au revoiur car seat!  You may leave us, but the memories never will.