Thursday, September 26, 2013

Jeep Ride

It's been a while. Instead of trying to catch up, I'm just going to jump right in with a good Keely story! 

So when I first tried moving Keely to a booster seat (the kind with a high back) she wouldn't stay in her seat. She would slip under the seatbelt and I ended up having to go back to the harness type. I remembering panicking thinking what if this was always a problem. What would I do if, at 12, I couldn't keep her in a seatbelt?? Would she start trying to open the doors while we were driving down the road? I drove myself crazy worrying about it. I remember looking up devices to block the release button on the seatbelt and other devices to keep bigger kids in their seats.

Things eventually, slowly got better. She has made tons of progress since those days. I've wanted a Jeep forever! I've waited and waited and then finally, I thought I'm just going to go buy one. So I did. Not really sure how Keely would do and feeling pretty guilty for buying something that was totally for me, I brought her home and immediately stripped her top off.  Keely lit up! She thought it was the coolest thing ever. I've heard her say "Jeep ride" more times than I can count. I'm sure I will be in trouble when I put the top on in colder weather! But, the point is she has come so far! Sometimes it's hard to tell, but times like these I realize this is huge! She can ride in the jeep in her regular booster seat (with no back), with the top off and windows down, and I can relax and not worry about her trying anything crazy in the backseat. So this is a picture of Keely enjoying her "Jeep ride".....good times!!