Going for Mo

You might remember that back in December, when we took our anniversary trip up toward Chicago, we went to IKEA for the very first time in our lives. We had a great day there...a great day made better when we encountered what we believe to be the perfect couch for Shafferland.

We loved that thing so much, we canceled buying Christmas presents for one another and came home to list our own living room furniture {the part Ryan had before we got married} online to sell it. We pooled Christmas money, saved money, and sold furniture money so we could return to IKEA and bring home Mo. Yes. We named him. The couch model is called the Moheda, so we shortened it to Mo..and Mo he is!

We discovered the IKEA in Cincinnati is actually closer to us than the one in Schaumburg, where we went originally, so Friday night, we both got off work an hour early and scurried home to get on the road. Well. I TRIED to scurry. Right before I got on the interstate, I found out it was closed halfway home because of a car fire. So I had to take the back way, which takes longer. So guess who held up the departure? THE GIRL WHO SAID, "I DON'T CARE IF ANYONE ELSE MAKES US LATE, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU I WILL NOT BE LATE." Famous last words.

Ryan's mom had never been to IKEA and wanted to check it out, so she came over and brought Allen's big pickup truck, which is bigger and sturdier than ours, and the three of us packed ourselves in that little cab and set out on a three hour tour.

It was get-to-know-ya time in that truck! I rode in the middle, which meant I could not move my feet AT ALL. Nita and I had our suitcase purses on the floor on her side, and there was some sort of gear thing on the floor between my feet and Ryan's, plus if I bumped my knee up, I could knock us into reverse!

So there I sat!!! Allllll the way to Ohio.

This IKEA was a little older and not quite as big as the one in Schaumburg. But we didn't care. Cause you know why? MO WAS INSIDE!!

So happy to be out of the truck with my legs moving!

And Ryan was so happy for his mom to meet IKEA!

We scurried upstairs and ran to the living room section. Some other people were {mistakenly, I'm sure} sitting on Mo when we arrived, but they left, and oh, baby! Reunited and it feels so GOOD!

We were pretty hungry, because it was almost 8:00 by this time, so we found our way to the little restaurant and got some dinner!

And then...time to buy Mo!! We made our way to checkout with our trusty little paper, so we could make him officially OURS.

*Ahem* might have also purchased some coffee beans.

After we paid for him, Ryan had to take a slip to furniture pickup so they could go get the monstrosity that was Mo and bring him to us.

We sat in the waiting room while they went to fetch him:

And then...he was there!

OUR BOY!!!!! Our little Mo. He's really not very little, is he?

Then to get it in the truck...oh sweet goodness.

They were supposed to have helper guys outside but they were nowhere to be found, so Ryan tried to wrestle it into the truck while I sat in the cab {making sure the doors didn't lock us out in the cold and also getting the GPS set up to get us back home} and Nita bought cinnamon rolls inside.

Thankfully a really nice couple happened to exit with their own purchases and kindly stopped to lend a hand. BLESS YOU, sweet strangers!!

Before we headed home...it's possible we were just MOMENTS from a Sonic.

Be still my beating heart.

Ryan and Nita had their first cream slushes. All is right with the world.

And then it was back to Indiana. This picture looks a little like we felt by the time we got there:

We arrived home about 12:30 in the morning and had to bust through the plastic wrap holding the four boxes of Mo together. Ryan and I hauled it in one box at a time, and Nita held the door for us. She went home and we collapsed into sleep!!! What a great date night!