This is how we {will} roll.

Bob, Carter, and I made a trip to Buy Buy Baby this weekend to look at strollers {among other things!} I had never been to a Buy Buy Baby before, so I was very excited to make the 40 minute trip to the only store that we have here in South Jersey.

Oh. My. God.

If you've never been, this store is owned by the same company as Bed, Bath and Beyond. It looks exactly like a BBB on the inside, except it's filled with all things baby. I loved it! We slowly looked at some clothes and bottles {I picked up the 4oz Dr. Brown's BPA free that weren't out yet when I had Carter!} and then over to the diaper bags we went. They had all the styles I blogged about last week, but I still haven't settled on one yet. Sigh.

We then headed over to look at cribs and bedding. Even though we've already settled on both, it's still fun to look =) We also looked at highchairs {we need a new one} and the new pack-n-play's what are out {which we do not need!}

And then it happened. I swear the seas parted and I heard glorious music as I spotted the stroller section of the store. I was in heaven. Stroller heaven.

They had a million different single and double strollers all set up and ready to be tested. I was playing around with the single strollers first {even though we obviously don't need one... this is fun for me, people!} and then moved over to the doubles. They had everything that I had been considering all wrapped up into one corner of the store. I swear, Bob and Carter could have gone to get something to eat across the street and I wouldn't even have noticed they were gone. I was that happy.

I tested out some tandem doubles first. After talking to a few people, especially my older sister who already has two kids, I had heard that tandem's are not the way to go. But I wanted to give them a fair shot and started strolling them around the aisles.

And then I saw it. :::cue glorious music:::

The Baby Jogger City Mini Double Stroller.

It was beautiful. I immediately ran over to it and started trying it out and looking at all of its features. It was so light and easy to push. It also turned all the way around so easily without even moving from its spot. It's light weight {only 22 lbs!} and holds two children at a max weight capacity of 100 lbs total. It's 30" wide and fits through a standard size door very easily. It folds super easy and is small compared to other doubles. The two seats recline all the way back with a simple adjustment. The canopy's are huge. It met all of my requirements. It was.... perfect.

When Bob and Carter came back to find me in the same spot 30 minutes later, I tried Carter out in it. Doesn't he look adorable? ;)
Now comes the hard part. Color. The red and gray that I liked originally was the one they had in the store {along with the plain black}. I wasn't a big fan of the gray material, which knocks out about half of the color choices they have available. Here they are:
The stone color is nice, but I think it would look dirty really fast. And, after seeing the plain black stroller in the store, I wasn't a huge fan of the solid color. After all of that, I've narrowed it down to this one:
The Baby Jogger City Mini Double Stroller in Red/Black.

Now, it comes down to cost. I got a call from my mom this weekend and she told me that her and my dad would like to purchase our double stroller. :::gasp!::: I swear, the generosity of our families never ceases to amaze me. I told my mom that the stroller was on the expensive side, so whatever she felt comfortable paying was absolutely {more than} fine and that we'd pick up the extra cost. Nope. She wants to pay for the whole thing and said that she liked the City Mini best out of all the strollers I blogged about last week. :::gasp!:::

The standard price of the stroller is $399. The Red/Black option is the most difficult to find, which means that buying online is likely the only option. Most places offer free shipping, so that's not an issue... but I'd love to find a coupon somewhere to lower the cost.

After searching high and low for the best price, I've decided that we would purchase the stroller from Albeebaby. It's $399 with free shipping, but they also offer 15% off! So the total price of the stroller would be about $340! YAY!

Whew. So glad that that's decided on. =)