Goodbye Old Friend

Oh man, does that sound cheesy or what? It's pretty silly to get "attached" to a vehicle, isn't it? I'm sorry I haven't added my archive of blog entries here (yet), or I would link back to that day three years ago when we bought out first new car.



We were planning on driving this vehicle until it died and then we learned about a fire risk in certain models, including ours. If it were only me in the vehicle, I might not be too concerned about this risk, but with the time it would take to get someone else and myself out, I can't take that risk.

This weekend we acquired a replacement vehicle.



Yikes! It's a mini-van. This is going to take some getting used to, and when I say that I mean, parking this thing in the city is going to be a challenge. It is very used, drives great and is, most importantly, safe. The more I think about it, the more I can find additional advantages, for example, I had to get into the back seat to get L into the car seat - once there is another car seat, how do I get them in? Once there is another car seat we also run out of room for the cats. I don't want to be in the position of needing to purchase a different vehicle while pregnant, as there are other things we'll need for number two, like a king size bed.

So that is the story of why we have a different vehicle.

I posted a bunch of pictures in May 2007, including a bunch from Sarah's visit. We had a great time, especially Liam and Sarah. It's nice to see them get along so well even though they haven't seen each other in many months.