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New Blog

A new, updated, and facelifted blog will be coming soon. I'm sad that I've let this fall to the wayside. My life hasn't slowed down any since July, surprise, surprise! There will be a new domain name and all! :) Can't wait until it is ready for the reveal. LOL! I'll be paying for our own domain name, so that should keep me motivated to keep this blog updated!!!!

I suck.....

at trying to keep this thing updated. Our lives are every so busy and when I do finally sit down at the computer, the last thing I want to do is recount the insanity of our schedules. Although, our schedules are slowly starting to slow back down, now that Tristen's school sports are over for the year, thankfully. Although we love watching him participate and compete, the boys' schedules started conflicting.

Tristen wrapped up his school sports with Track. He competed in the 800m and the 1600m, coincidentally, what I ran in track. He did fairly well, considering that he really wasn't 'excited' to be in track. It was one of those things that he started, but didn't want to finish. We have a rule in our house that once you start something, you have to finish it. I think in the end, he is glad he stuck with track. The track meets are a lot more fun than practice, which I think he quickly learned.

Colby's baseball is now in full swing which keeps us busy usually 4-5 nights a week between practices, weekday games, and weekend tournaments. Colby continues to excel in baseball, even playing an age group up. He has consistently been lead off batter all season long. He still mainly plays 2nd base, but does play catcher on occasion. He is about to play 16 games in 10 days!!! How crazy and assinine is that?!?!? Several of them are makeup games from rainouts we've had, so I CANNOT wait for May to be over!!!

Baby Corben is still cooking away. Tomorrow, I will hit 29 weeks. He'll be here in 11 weeks! Hopefully, those weeks fly by. Jason primed the nursery and he has one wall painted. Originally, we were going to do one wall orange and then the other 3 walls a light brown, but have since changed our mind that the orange may be too much. One wall will be a darker brown and the other 3 will be a light brown. I'm ordering wall vinyl ciricles to put on the darker wall, along with his name in wall vinyl. I have 2 showers coming up and possibly a 3rd at work. It has been mentioned, but not sure if it will happen as I said it wasn't necessary - STUPID...I know. (I have a really hard time with people doing things for me....and I have no clue why!!!) Jason and I did finally register, so that has been marked off my to-do list. I did order Corben's baby book and I absolutely LOVE it. It is the same exact fabric that I picked out for his custom bedding. Speaking of the bedding, I did get in back from the seamstress and I love it! I can't wait to get the entire room put together! Our search for a childcare provider and a pediatrician have begun. I'm pretty sure I've already found the pediatrician, but the childcare provider is going to probably be a daunting task. I do have a couple of leads for in-home providers, which is what I want. Jason and I just need to find a time to go meet with each one of them individually. We've chosen our pediatrician and so things seem to be progressing right along. We are in the downhill stretch and the next 11 cannot fly by quick enough!!!

We recently had to replace our stove b/c one of the burners (which has been giving us problems since we moved in) finally became dangerous. We called our Home Warranty company and they sent a company out to look at it. Well, the Home Warranty company didn't want to pay for the repairs since it was the same cost as a new stove. So....we had the option to either get a comparable model with no charge or to use the amount of the comparable model and upgrade (pay the difference) and purchase what we wanted. We chose the upgrade option and were able to purchase the stove through our Home Warranty company at their cost, which saved us about $200 (+ no tax, delivery or installation charges). So...........we get the stove but then we still have our yucky, white, builder grade over-the-range microwave. I found exactly what we wanted at Best Buy, but it was on backorder. Long story short, I finally found a Best Buy in Frisco that had the microwave in stock. Jason installed it and it looks fabulous. Now our kitchen is complete with all stainless steel appliances and looks fabulous. I'm so thankful that we've continued to renew our Home Warranty each year. While some people don't reap the benefit of a Home Warranty, we sure have. It has been benefical and saved us so much money. Our Home Warranty has replaced our garage door springs, water heater and now stove. Next up on our home renovation list are counters, backsplash and cabinets. We've pretty much made up our mind that we will be moving in 5-6 years - once the boys have graduated from high school. We aren't sure where, but most likely somewhere that we have have some land. We are contemplating buying a piece of land in the next few years and then building on it once we are ready to move. Not sure that this will really happen, but those are our current thoughts.....which I'm sure will change b/w now and then.

Here's a pic of the new stove/microwave and backsplash Jason installed! Love it!

Bug Updates

The bug is still coming along. We are closer and closer to having it done.  Well, not we, but Jason is closer to having it done.  It is now running.

Here’s what it started out as….. – THE BUG.

 

Working on the new floors

The other side of the floor

Inside of the car with no floors

 

Inside of car with lots of rust and seats removed

 

Ummm….i’m not sure what this is. Maybe where the motor goes.

 

The fenders removed so the dents can be repaired.

Rebuilt motor, transmission or whatever makes the car GO.

Taking it for a test drive

Test drive with no windows and one seat barely bolted in.

 

 

Next up, he will be putting all new interior in, which he has, but just has be upholstered. The windows and windshields need to be put in,  bumpers put on, and something about lowering the back end more. Eventually, he will get it painted, but for now, I think he is going to roll with the original paint.

Spring Break - Camping

During the boys' Spring Break, we took them camping. We took them camping with 5 other sets of our friends. In total, I think there were 21 of us out there (including kids ranging in age from 2 1/2 - 13). Overall, the camping trip with this many people went MUCH better than I expected. Usually, we there are that many people together, something goes haywire and pisses someone else off or whatever. Fortunately, nothing like this happened and it was a fun trip.

We headed up north to Ray Roberts Lake - Johnson Branch Unit, which is only 45 minutes from our house. I like camping relatively close to home just b/c packing and unpacking is such a beating. I swear we were loaded down like we were moving out of our house. We had the Acadia packed to the rim and borrowed a friend's trailer which could not hold anything else. We packed so much stuff, I think it took us 2 days to get it unloaded.

I failed to really take any pictures but here are a few random pictures.

 

Tristen & Colby setting up their tent…..that only Tristen slept in. Colby decided he was going to sleep in ours.

 

Tristen & Chopper (Kate & Allen’s dog)

 

Hanging out on the playground

Good ‘ole tire swing….

Whooooppppppsssss!

Baby Updates

Well, since it has been over a month since I've updated this blog with anything, I'll start with some baby updates.

Baby Hopper has been determined to be a BOY! While we were not so secretly hoping for a girl, we've been blessed with another boy. My gut feeling was that it was a boy. I was born to be a BOYMOM. Baby Boy Hopper has been named. His name is Corben Keith Hopper. Corben has been Jason's boy name pick since I was about 8 weeks along. Originally, we were going to spell it with a "K", but Colby and Tristen's names. Keith is after Jason's dad. Both Tristen and Colby have part of Jason's name as their name, so it was only fitting that we carried on the tradition.

My pregnancy thus far has been so smooth. I really can't complain about it. The past 12 weeks have been blissful and I've felt great. More recently, I've had more aches and pains, but nothing to cry about or complain about. Today, I'm 23 weeks along and I can't believe a week from today I'll be 6 months pregnant. People at work are finally starting to feel comfortable asking me - when are you due? I don't see a lot of people at work and it isn't like I've made some big annoucement that I'm pregnant. The people I work directly with (which is only 4 executives) have known since I was 13 weeks. In the last 2 days thought, I've had 4 other people stop my and congratulate me. It is kind of funny to see their face when I tell them I'm almost 6 months pregnant. Here is a snapshot of how my bump has progressed:

 

We have started on the nursery. Well, I say started, we've purchased the furniture and it has been delievered, and I've ordered and shipped the fabric for our bedding to be custom made. I'm pretty sure I searched every baby bedding website out there and nothing really struck my fancy. I didn't want any characters or a specific theme. I'll post pictures of the bedding once we get it back from the lady who is custom making it. I can't wait to get it back so we can start painting the room and putting everything else together. I found the perfect lamp today, but didn't buy it just yet b/c I'm not sure what color we are painting the room. I may just go back and buy it anyways. Here is an idea board of what our plans are:

I guess I've now reached the nesting phase. Although, I don't know that I'd call it nesting b/c I'd still be doing it if I wasn't pregnant. I've cleaned out closets and organized crap that should've been organized a long time ago. I usually clean out the boys' closets every 3-4 months b/c they outgrow things so quickly. Yes, just like a baby, these boys are growing like weeds. Tristen has out grown 2 pairs of jeans since the end of January. What is that...a month and 1/2? Seriously? The kid won't quit growing. He's grown 3 inches since last year and I don't think he's stopped yet.

So, there you have it. A baby update. :)

Busy, Busy Weekend

We have a busy, busy weekend ahead of us. It is the start of the neverending Baseball Season. Colby's tournaments start this weekend. Tonight Colby has practice. I'm going to hang out with my baseball mom friends. Tomorrow Colby has a 9am game and I have a 10am dentist appt. We'll all head BACK to Grapevine for Colby's 1pm game. I just found out about a surprise b-day party tomorrow at 5:30. I'm not sure if we'll make that.

Then, tomorrow evening, my sister-in-law, Haylee and I are heading to Divine Cosign, which is a huge baby consignment sale. We actually get to go to the First Time Mom's pre-sale. I'm super excited. Although we don't know the gender yet, I can at least look for some things that are gender neutral. I'm not really looking for clothes. I'm more looking for the gizmos and gadets Baby Hopper will need. In other baby news, we had the name discussion again last night. Boy this is going to be hard. I thought we had made some progress the last time we talked names, but we are pretty much back at square one. I have a boy name that I like and he has a boy name that he likes. Neither one of us are crazy about the other's. Then there is a boy name that we both like, but isn't our #1 choice. Girl names.....is pretty much the same way. I'm 99% sure we already have the middle name for either one down.

Jason is making a lot of progress on his Beetle. My guess is it will be close to complete within the next month. I really hope I'm right. I'm ready for that thing to be FINISHED and I'm pretty sure Jason is ready for it to be done, too.

Other than baseball, babies, and the beetle, not much else is going on. We are planning a camping trip with several friends for the first weekend of spring break. Yes, I will be camping when I'm 5 months pregnant. LOL!

Dallas Snowpocalypse 2010

Snow started falling early in the morning on Thursday, Feb 11th. I think it began falling around 2am. No, I wasn't actually awake, but that is what the oh so trusty weatherman said. (Actually, I probably was awake either readjusting my pillows to get comfortable or to empty the ole bladder that happens numerous times a night.) Alarm clock goes off at 6:20 for Jason to get up. I usually try to sleep for another 10-15 minutes, but I decided to turn on the news. Within 10 minutes of watching they announce that our school district has closed for the day. Not really sure why they did bc it wasn't that bad out. Jason and I both went on to work. It snowed ALL.DAY.LONG. I swear it was like I was teleported to Colorado or something. The flakes were HUGE.Jason's work closed early...around 315. I could hear my bosses at the end of the hall making calls to our branches advising them of procedures for the morning. The procedures - be at work on time. Sad, but true. I was told that b/c I wasn't 'essential staff' I could come in when I felt it was safe. I took my laptop home so I could do a few things that I needed to get done before 10am. The snow continued to fall and was still falling when I went to bed at 9pm. It was soooo pretty. DFW airport got 12.5" of snow. We don't live far from DFW airport, but my guesstimation is we got right around 9". The boys had an absolute blast playing in all of the snow. I think they changed clothes 3 times yesterday and went through 15 pairs of socks. Guess who is folding the laundry basket today........the boys! HAHA! Their school along with probably EVERY OTHER school in DFW is closed today, so they are enjoying a snow day with Dad. Colby was supposed to have a baseball tournament this week, but it obviously has been cancelled. (I'm secretly excited about this!) Below are a few pics from my phone.

View from my 8th floor window at work at 9am

Trees by my work on the way home

Colby's snow man - with a mouth made of beer caps and pennies. Really? It isn't like we didn't have oreos or fruit snacks or SOMETHING else in the house besides BEER CAPS?!? LOL!

Backyard - morning of Friday, Feb. 12th

Picture of our neighborhood as I'm leaving for work

View from my parking garage at work on Friday.

-- Post From My iPhone

Text Conversation with Jason

I'm at work while Jason and the boys are enjoying a snow day at home. I'm sitting at work and my back is seriously killing me, so I decided to let Jason know. LOL!

Me: O-M-G....My back hurts sooooo bad!!!
Jason: Sorry baby. I can rub it when you get home.
An hour later.....he responds:
Jason: This will make your back feel better......You might have to sit down for this.......... (with a lot of space in b/w this).......................................... I'm doing laundry!!!!

I literally busted out laughing! I honestly don't mind doing laundry. I know, I'm strange, very strange, but I'm thankful J is helping on his rare weekday off.

Caution - Busy Times Ahead

The whirlwind of our busy lives that typically begins after 5pm is about to start back up. We have enjoyed the nice break. Although, we have remained fairly busy with Tristen and all of his extra-cirricular activities.


Tristen's basketball season is coming to an end. He and his team have done AMAZINGLY well and we are so proud of Tristen. His team's record is 5-2!!!! They have 2 games left and I really think Tristen will miss basketball. 3 weeks ago he joined the Cross Country team, which surprised us b/c he really hasn't ever been a 'runner'. He just came home one day and said, I'm joining Cross Country. So, now he is at school at 7am for Cross Country practice. They have practice 5 days/week. Plus, he then has basketball practice after school. Mondays are his basketball games and Tuesdays are his cross country meets. He has had 2 meets so far. He placed 6th place in his first meet! He was SOOOO excited and we were so proud. They were running against 2 other schools. This last meet, I'm not sure what place he came in, but I know he was 2nd from his school. I think he was probably 11th or 12th to finish. Jason and I switch off who leaves early each day so we both aren't having to leave work early. Thankfully, we both have quite flexible jobs and employers who understand. While I appreciate the games starting early so that we aren't out until late on school nights, it is quite chaotic in getting to his games/meets on time. Basketball games start at 5:30 (actually they always end up starting early) and Cross Country meets start at 5pm. I work 26 miles from home/school and Jason works about 20 miles from home/school. Not to mention the games/meets are spread out across the school district, so that means even more travel time.Tristen is also in Student Council and often has to be at school early to participate in meetings and other things that Student Council is doing around the school. He is a busy, busy kid, but he has learned to manage is all so well and his grades have remained strong! Both Cross Country and Basketball wrap up in February and then it is on to Track, which he is required to participate in regardless. If you play football, which he did, you are required to run track, which is some school rule. We are glad that he has become so involved at school. He has come a LONG WAY since this time last year!!! We couldn't be more proud of him!

Colby's baseball is starting back up. They've been practicing twice a week since December and games and tournaments will start in February. He has tournaments the last 3 weekends in February and then 3 tournaments every month thereafter until July. HOLY MOLY! Goodbye weekends! Besides tournaments, his team will also be playing league play which will be during the week. So, we go from one busy schedule to the next. Next year it will been even more chaotic with both Tristen and Colby in athletics. 7th grade plays on one day and 8th grade plays on another day AND we'll have a newborn!!!!!!!!!

We are having Colby's 12th birthday party this weekend b/c all of our weekends in February are booked with baseball and our family trip to Shreveport. We'll be heading out to Shreveport on February 5th for our 4th annual Mardi Gras trip. Although I won't be participating in any of the drinking festivities that are usually occurring, it will be a fun trip. The boys look forward to this every year.

We have our next baby appt on Feb 9th, which won't entail much, but the appt after that which I'm assuming will be on March 9th will be the BIG sonogram. I CANNOT WAIT! I'm ready to start buying stuff!!! It will soon be time to start on the nursery. I've already been 'window' shopping on the internet. We plan on doing a few 'improvement' things to the house before the bebe comes too. Painting the nursery and the hall bathroom, changing out hardware to oil rubbed bronze pieces, replacing ceiling fan in living room, and a few other things. Next year, I'm planning on us rennovating the kitchen (Jason hasn't received this memo yet.....so shhhh!!!!) Although I say that I plan on rennovating the kitchen in 2011, my plans my change and us use our tax return for a nice family vacation instead. Jason is talking about a cruise, but I really want to go back to Mexico. We'll see though.....as that is still a LONG time away, well really...it isn't.....just a year from now.

Pregnancy and Stupid People

I swear either people have suddenly become more stupid or I have absolutely no tolerance for stupid people anymore. Maybe stupid isn't the correct/"PC" word, but it is the word I'm going to use for this blog. I'm 99% sure it is due to pregnancy hormones, but I seriously am ready to fly off the handle and be THAT "pregnant lady".

Specifically speaking, Colby's new baseball team. I'm so put out with the coach and his wife. I'm trying to plan the poor kid's birthday party and we don't have a finalized schedule for his tournaments yet. In some roundabout blunt words, I specifically told these people that. I am trying to plan, and you say we have tournaments scheduled, but you can't give me a schedule. I will say I'm less than impressed with their organizational and efficiency skills in running this 'business'. If I send you an email with a couple of questions (two to be exact), please be so kind to answer ALL of the questions. My list could go on and on. Colby's birthday is Feb 13th. We will be out of town the 1st weekend in February and then he has tournaments the following 3 weekends, so I have no clue when he'll actually get to have his party. Tournaments are so unpredictable that you can't plan for anything on Saturday or Sunday, EXCEPT to be at the baseball fields.

Another thing, I'm pretty sure every day I get behind the stupidest/slowest drivers. This didn't happen before I was pregnant. I mean do I have a sign on my car that I can't see that says, "This lady is pregnant. Make sure to piss her off?" I'm sure I could make $$$$$ if I had a camera installed in my car that recorded all of my antics of screaming at people. It really doesn't help that I have a 26 mile (one-way) commute to work. I think I'm ready to move back to Wink (my hometown) where there were absolutely NO stop lights and the only time there was 'traffic' was after a Friday night football game.

Contemplating...

I am contemplating make our blog private for various reasons. I have completely decided yet, but if you read our blog and want access to our blog, email me or message me on facebook to let me know so I can add you to the 'reader list'.

Family disclaimer - I already have all of you on the list.

1st Semester = OVER

I cannot believe the 1st Semester is over for the boys. This school year is flying by. They've had semester test all this week and then got out of school at 12:30 today and don't go back to school until Tuesday. Wish I had a break from work like that.

I just have to brag on them. They both made the A/B Honor Roll all three sets of 6-weeks for the 1st semester. Even after semester exams, which I always hated, they both made the A/B Honor Roll for the 1st Semester. Speaking of their semester exams, we told them that they both had to study for Social Studies, as they both had lower B's in that class this 6 weeks. The rest of their tests we told them that they knew what they were good at and what they needed to study for. We left it up to them to figure out what needed to be studied for. While, I'm not sure how well that really went, as they didn't study for any other tests, they both came out on top finishing the semester very well.

This school year seems to almost be night and day from years past, which is hard to believe since they are both in Middle School. It has been a relatively easy school year, thus far! We hope the trend continues!!!

Baby Update - 12 weeks

We had our 12 week appointment today and it was short and sweet. I'm actually 12 weeks 5 days today. I still don't have any belly pics to share, but I'm sure in due time I will. The Dr. appt went well. I've lost more weight since the last appt and I'm really not sure how that is possible. The morning sickness/all-day nausea has completely gone away and I'm eating 3 full meals + snacks throughout the day. The Dr. was not concerned at all; I think I'm actually more concerned than she is. The appt. was all of 10 minutes long. She asked me how I was feeling, have I had any problems, sickness, questions, etc. I have felt absolutely great the past 2 weeks. She got the doppler out to listen to the heartbeat and before she put the doppler on my stomach, she said, 'Now, it may take me a minute to find the heartbeat.' She put the doppler directly on my lower stomach and immediately you could hear the heartbeat. She said, 'Guess not, there it is beating very strong and it is moving around like crazy.' YAY!!!!!!!! Music to our ears. 8 weeks to go until we find out if we're having a little boy or little girl!

Allen’s 30th B-day party

Allen, Jason's BFF4EVR (lol), turned 30th recently, and we helped with his surprise birthday party. He surprised his wife 2 years ago (I think it was 2 years ago) with a surprise birthday party, so it was her turn to surprise him. She pulled it off with out a hitch. Kate should be an Event Planner instead of her current day job. She had custom t-shirts made for all of us, temporary tattoos, and sugar cookies with the same logo. The party was truly a success and glad to see Allen ring in the big 3-0 in true fashion. Excuse the 'excessive' (for lack of a better word) use of the middle finger in the pictures below. It is just something our mature husbands/friends can't seem to grow out of. Me being the pregnant lady at the party didn't get to enjoy the adult beverages, but got to sit back and laugh at everyone else. By the end of the party (10:30...as we were nonchalantly being kicked out of the restaurant), a cracker fight ensued. Actually, the cracker fight ensued long before that and finally a few of us tried but failed at getting the crackers away from the boys' table. We had an upstairs party room at a restaurant and for some reason the guys (Allen and his nephew) decided it would be funny to start throwing packages of crackers at people (all who were in are party) who were walking down/up the stairs (to and from the bathroom). Our poor waitress. I will say she was definitely tipped VERY well from the party of about 35-40 people. Yes, we had ONE waitress for the 40 of us, but she ROCKED and was ever so efficient. We finally got everyone out of the restaurant and the party continued at Allen/Kate's neighbor's house who literally has a bar in his backyard/barn, complete with shuffleboard, darts, a keg, Wii, and who knows what else. It has been awhile since I've been over there. Once again, me being the pregnant lady, I went home and sent Jason on his way with Allen/Kate. I think the party finally wrapped up around 3am when Jason sent me a text.

SURPRISE!!!!

Allen (B-day boy), Jose, and Jason

Me, Liz, Kate & Stacy – the last girls standing

J and I

The crackers….there were more at one point.

New Year's 2010

We celebrated New Year's Eve by going out with some friends to The Cheesecake Factory and then to Dave and Buster's. It was a low-key night, but it we had a blast. It honestly is all about the people you surround yourself with.


I know most people do New Year's Resolutions, but I don't. I refuse to. We have many exciting things coming up in 2010 and can't wait to experience them all.

• Birth of my niece in February


• Finding out the sex of Little Peanut in March - then preparing everything once we find out the sex


• Busy, busy baseball season (March - July)


• Birth of my other niece in April


• Boys finishing up school in June


• Little Peanut's arrival in July


• My 30th bday in August


• Experiencing life with a newborn and infant

Rewind - Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 was a pretty low-key year for us this year. My family got together at Thanksgiving, and for various reasons we were unable to celebrate Christmas together this year. We were greeted with a white Christmas on Christmas Eve and it stuck around through Christmas Day. It was quite a pleasant surprise. On Christmas Day, we celebrated with just the 4 of us. We had a great time, and I always enjoy seeing the boys' faces light up when they open their presents. Jason and I didn't really exchange gifts this year, we more or less just bought for ourselves and then wrapped the gifts. LOL! We are both so hard to buy for and too often throughout the year we buy things that we need/want. We really need to get better at surprising each other.


We celebrated Christmas with Jason's dad on Saturday. Jeannean treated us with a nice pot roast dinner and some yummy banana pudding (that I had been craving). We aren't very traditional when it come to Holiday dinners.

Our New Bundle of Joy.....

will be arriving sometime in late July. We are expecting and could not be more thrilled. I'm feeling pretty well, thus far. Morning/All-Day Sickness kicked in at about week 6, but it has mainly be nausea. My appetite has gone to the wayside and I'm pretty picky about what I want to eat, which SUCKS when it comes to grocery shopping/cooking dinner. I use to always bring my lunch to work and now it is a bit more complicated since my mind changes hour by hour on what even remotely sounds good. I'm surviving though.


We had our first Dr appt on Tuesday, 12/15. We were able to hear the heartbeat and get a sonogram. It made it so much more surreal. I had lost weight since my last visit, much to my surprise, but is completely normal. I feel like I'm eating all the time, but obviously I'm not. My estimated due date is July 22nd. We are *HOPING* for a little girl, but will be happy with either one. Both of my brothers are having little girls, not to mention my older brother has a daughter, so I hope I can continue the trend. :-) (I need some pink and frilly things in my life! LOL!!!!)

This post was written on 12/18/2009, but I finally got around to posting it now after I scanned in a picture of the sonogram. I'm now 11 weeks 4 days. My next appointment is a week from tomorrow! Can't wait to hear that heartbeat again!

New Ride....

Jason recently wrecked his truck (hit a guardrail) and the insurance totaled his truck. While we were in the market for a new vehicle, I had planned on waiting a bit longer. I wanted a used mid-sized SUV, preferably red, with leather, captain's chairs in middle w/bench seat in back, and DVD player (wasn't a requirement b/c Jason can install them). Navigation wasn't necessary b/c we use our phones for directions to everything. There were a couple of vehicles out there that fit this description, but the only one I really liked was the GMC Acadia. I've known for pretty much the past 18 months what I wanted my next vehicle to be, even though I had never driven one nor rode in one. We wanted a bigger vehicle that would seat more than 5 people (what my Jetta can seat and the truck *could* seat).

So, fortunately, I was able find EXACTLY what I wanted, that was priced so reasonably well that we did not have to do any haggling over the price. We purchased a 2007 GMC Acadia SLT and I absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!!! It has remote start (I'm sooo loving this right now with the cold weather!), home link (for the garage door opener), heated/leather seats, 2 sunroofs, backup sensors, XM radio, OnStar, etc. The boys are loving the DVD player, although we are rarely in the car long enough for them to watch very much. Colby asked when we could take a vacation so they could actually watch a full movie. I know it will come in handy though. I don't drive it on a daily basis b/c Jason carpools to work every other day. I drive 26 miles one-way to work, so I drive the Jetta on the days he doesn't drive. It is hard not to jump in the Acadia everyday, but it will be worth not driving it every single day.

Here is a stock photo. I'm too lazy to go take pictures of the car, itself.


12/11/09