Exciting Things in Our Lives

Said goodbye to this babe...

And welcomed this gem to our family.

So tons of great (and a few not so great) things have happened in our little family I've the last month. I guess that's my way of announcing a post that will probably be too long...

So here it goes...

We finally sold Bella! My car which was a 2003 Eclipse. We loved her while she was around, but a few things about her were a little bit hard to love

1. She only had 2 doors
-- aka she was not family friendly, and anyone who knows me knows that I've been baby hungry since Tay proposed. So that was a big reason why we had to let her go.
2. She was TERRIBLE in the snow.
--And considering that we are moving to a place that gets 3 feet of snow overnight, we chose life.
3. She was low to the ground.
-- this really wasn't that big of a deal to us, but we did not like having to do a deep squat to get in and out of her every time we wanted to go somewhere. Also, I'm pretty sure I pulled a hamstring while getting out of her one time. Not ideal.

That being said, we knew we wanted something different. Four doors and 4wheel drive were our only two real requirements. We wanted good gas mileage so we were leaning towards sedans like a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord, but we didn't really are. We started looking around and I sort of fell in love the idea of a Honda Pilot. I felt like it was perfect because it was reliable, great in the snow and gave us plenty of growing room. Turns out those babies are expensive(!!!) and really hard to find with a decent amount of miles on them. So we kept looking and stumbled upon the Honda CRV. It was also great in the snow, great on gas mileage, and I think it's super cute. We looked at dealerships and they were all super over-priced (shocker, right?), but that allowed us to get in a few and test drive them. Let me tell you- we found love that day. As much as we hated the guys trying to sell us the car, and the awkward sales pitches where they tell us what a killer deal they are giving us, it was nice to get thrum down on our new dream car.

Fast forward a few days and a few hours of searching KSL and we got ourselves a new CRV! We go it from a private seller, which is rare, but we love it! It has been the perfect addition to our family.