Friday at the bike trail.

When we had Cooper, one of the first things I did was run out and buy a bike trailer to tow the little guy around. Although we did use the trailer a couple times, it really wasn't the greatest for an infant. He was too small to use the trailer seat, so I just put him in his carseat and strapped the seat down in the trailer. It was ok, but he really was too young to enjoy it, plus I quickly noticed that the crushed limestone on the trail was kicking up and hitting Cooper. So we haven't yet really enjoyed the trailer.

This past Friday it was 70ish and sunny. I was off work so we decided to hit the Arrowhead Trail in Peters Twp. Steph and I decided to pick up a bike seat, thinking Coop would enjoy that more. I go to Walmart and they had 2 types of kid's seats....the traditional seat that goes behind you and they had this neat one that goes infront of you. I had seen them online and thought it was neat, but never seen anyone use one. I was skepitcal, but I thought what the heck..it was 50 bucks and if it didn't work, I could return it.

The non-traditional seat is AWESOME! I highly recommend it. Coop gets to sit infront and see what is going on instead of looking at my back and missing everything. He laughed, pointed at every dog we past yelling "duug". I was able to keep an eye on him, point out different things to him, and enjoy him much more. Not only did Coop and I enjoy it...I'm pretty sure everyone on the trail commented on it and how cute Coop was being. He seriously had a blast. He even tried to bounce up and down when the trail was to smooth....so sometimes I would ride in the grass to give Coop the bumpy ride he was looking for.