You see gentle reader (I was just informed that outside the victorian era- nobody writes or says "gentle reader" anymore- but #immagonnabringitback!( I'm not what you would call a recliner person. As a matter of fact, since we didn't have one growing up I had no recliner experience. (Except in college we had a LAZY friend BOY {*wink*wink- not getting sued because I named names again!} that bought a fancy name brand recliner and the salesman told him he could pee on it and it would just roll off. +1pt for the fancy recliner sales techniques)
Next month we will have had this monstrosity for 4 years. In those 4 years I have rocked and nursed two babies in that chair. (ok la leche league, I didn't technically "nurse"- I pumped but the same thing so shut up) Chris has performed countless concerts serenading the boys while in the rocker. We've rocked while reading, watching SEC football, and we've rocked while watching 37 million yo gabba gabba episodes.
The eyesore supported me when I was pregnant with #2 (who I will call LITTLE) when I couldn't fall asleep in my bed. It provided comfort to BIG when he woke up in the middle of the night wet or from a bad dream. There were countless mornings when we found him curled up in the big ugly chair. It provided comfort and stability when BIG had a broken femur last summer. You see pretty people, big ugly chair has been very good to us. Both BIG and LITTLE would curl up in what I call egg man position on my chest while I rocked them to sleep- while rocking in that chair. I had such a wave of love, warmth and comfort rocking my boys in that chair.
So Big ugly chair- thank you for the last 4 years. IT's with a heavy heart that I say goodbye and welcome new sleek rocker into our house. That being said, last night Chris and I were a little frowny faced about getting rid of the big ugly recliner. (how did I get this far without telling you gentle reader that this chair is totally THE MOST COMFORTABLE CHAIR IN THE WORLD- like sit on your dupa (@$$ in Polish!) all day long comfortable!) So we may not get rid of it. But we may. Or we may not. Our choice. But I will tell you one thing though. IF we keep her, I will never apologize for her again. She helped me sooth my babies and that's more important than anything in the world.
She better look out though, these two look really comfy in the new chair...