The Grover Chair

Ok, let me start by offering a piece of advice.....order any and all furniture you need for the baby no later than 20 weeks into your pregnancy. I learned this the tough way, and we are STILL waiting for our swivel/glider/rocker and ottoman to come in.

So, 11 weeks and 1 day ago, I placed the order for the "Best Chair" that we picked out to use with Connor. It was a generous gift from Brian's parents and sister. We (okay, I) chose a nice light aqua color that will coordinate with our living room. Connor's nursery is small, so I thought it made more sense to invest that sort of money in piece that will be enjoyed by the whole family for years to come. Anyway, I knew that it probably wouldn't make it in before Connor was born, but the store told me 8 weeks...max. So, The week after C was born, I started calling to check on it. I was told that it was coming out of production on September 22 and would be shipped to the store warehouse, and then delivered to us. Well, this was after the 8 week point that they told me. The lady then informed me that they consider 8 weeks like 2 calendar months. Don't they realize they work with pregnant people all the time that definitely calculate anything to do with baby in WEEKS...not months. Anyway, for the past 2.5 weeks I've been calling just about every other day to get a status report on if they'd received the chair and when I could expect to get it. I don't always harass people like this, but the chair is WAY late and my back and stomach muscles could really use some relief. Connor has gained so much weight that air rocking is now tough!

Ok, getting to the point. This week I was told that the chair was arriving Monday evening and that it would be delivered to me on Thursday. Even this was a little disappointing because the owner of the store, Jim, originally told me I would get it the day after it arrived to them. But I digress. No one ever called me on Wednesday to set up a time for delivery. I thought this was a little fishy. Well, at 8:30 am yesterday I got a call from Jim. Our chair was not on the truck. He just found out when he got to work that day. It is backordered. How in the world is a made-to-order chair backordered?! And if something happened, why didn't anyone contact the store or ME over the last 11 weeks?! Apparently the company was out of our fabric....what the heck? I seriously couldn't believe it when he told me. I just said, "You've got to be kidding me." I'm sure when he got the note on his desk that said which chair was missing (of about 50 or so) he probably freaked out a little bit and then dreaded calling me....."it had to be the chair of the woman that has been calling every 2 days for a month...." Well, before I could get upset or react in any other desperate way, he said he was bringing me a chair. It wasn't our chair, but a "loaner" since he obviously knew how much we want/need it and have been waiting. He also said that our real chair would be here in 2 weeks....I'll believe it when I see it.

So, he brought us a "nice blue chair". It is nice, but it currently looks pretty funny in our living room. I've named it the "Grover" chair because it is blue and fuzzy. And Grover is on about half of Connor's diapers, so I thought it was appropriate. Toonces LOVES the chair and has tried to take it over as her own. I am still very very anxious to get ours (especially because we are getting an ottoman too), but I'm thankful to have a loaner, even though this is the first time the company has ever "loaned" furniture before.

Oh, and when he got here with the chair, he changed from his 2 week tune, to "the end of the month". I'll be sure to post a picture when it finally does get here. :)

This is our swatch: "wedgewood".

For the picture at the top: That pillow will match OUR chair, but is sure does clash with the Grover chair! I don't know if you can tell how fuzzy it is in this picture...think muppet. I'm sure it would be really cute in the right room....just not in ours. :)