Nate's New Ride

Well, it's finally over. We closed on the house Friday and the nightmare that is real estate is behind us. Then about 24 hours later, we dove into another far worse nightmare... car dealerships. Yes, we had money for a whole day before blowing the lot of it on a new (used) minivan.

We've really needed one for a while now, but didn't want to buy one while carrying 2 mortgages. When Drew graduated to the big car seat a month ago and pushed his mother's legs into the dashboard of the car, it became apparent that we couldn't wait much longer. So God provided us a buyer for the house and Dodge provided us a minivan. Can you guess which Dodge in this picture has 20,000 miles and which one has 220,000 miles?

When we got home with it, we were pleased to find that it met Nate's approval.

It fits 2 Dudley tots and a Nana with room to spare.

Nate and his neck weasel like the improved view over what they had in the car.

It still has a little over a year's worth of warranty left, and only has a few minor blemishes. We like it an hopefully it will be a good move for us.

Changing gears (no pun intended), what does a normal 2 year old do when he finds his mom's "bustenhalter". Not having a normal 2 year old to test this on, I'm left only with what my 2 year old would do... put it on his head of course!

Drew is mobile and starting to pull himself up on things. No laundry is safe now.

I don't even know what this one is all about...

And finally, no post is complete without a shot of Drew's bare hiney...

We're so proud.... but not as much as him apparently.