Breathing again

Our CIS fingerprints are taken care of. I found an email address, they responded quickly that they were very overloaded but (I assume because we had a specific date) said we'd have our updated I 171H within 5 days and we got it in 2.

We got our fingerprints and money order to the SBI along with a picture and a note asking (begging) to please do whatever they can to rush the process so we'll have time to get it and have it apostilled before we are supposed to travel. My mom asked what happens if it's not done in time and I told her that it just has to be.

Next quandary is the car seat that we ordered is on back order until after we leave. We have 2 options:

1. We've found a store here that has it in stock but it costs about $40 more than ordering it online.
2. A friend's mother has an extra car seat that we could use until we can order ours.

The debate is whether it's worth $40 (which is really a drop in the bucket in the whole process, right?) to have her very own car seat from the beginning. Or is it worth standing on principle to not pay extra when you KNOW it's available cheaper, just not right now. I may let my husband decide that one. He feels like he gets to make so few decisions right now (what will she wear for her homecoming outfit, how many pairs of tights she needs, are the C*rters socks warm enough or do we need others, etc.). But then, isn't that the way it is with pregnancies too?

For the time being we're breathing a little easier. We're assuming our visas will come in time, we'll have a car seat one way or the other and the state police clearances will be here by...Wed.? Please?!