This is not our actual car, just some random picture of a tribute that is the same color and year as ours was.
We got a new car! Actually, its a MINIVAN! I am now officially a minivan mom. I thought it would never happen. Zac always said, before we had kids of course, that we would never own a minivan. How wrong he was! I love all the room we have now and the fact that I can tote other people's kids around too!
I was really sad to see our tribute go though. That car was what we bought when I graduated college as a graduation gift to me. As it turns out, this was not the smartest purchase. My first job was with an early childhood intervention program doing speech therapy. This was in home therapy, so that required traveling to each house to see the child. Lots and lots and lots of traveling. We got reimbursed for gas, but the wear and tear on this car and the fact that it was an SUV and didn't get the best gas mileage made it pretty much the worst choice for my job. I didn't care though (at the time) because I LOVED driving it!
This is the car we were in on the way back from our very first doctor's visit after finding out I was pregnant with Sophie. This is the car we brought Sophie home from the hospital in. This was the car we brought Luke home in. I remember driving around in this car singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to try and calm my very fussy, colicky baby (that would be Sophie). I have so many good memories in that car. It had a dent on the rear drivers side that I called my "Noah dent." I was so excited when my best friend Lindsay told me she was in labor with Noah that I backed out of our driveway in a nervous frenzy and hit my husband's truck. I will miss that dent. We talked about getting it fixed, but the truth was, I liked it there! It was always a sweet reminder of that day.
There were also some heartbreaking memories in that car. I remember driving to and home from every ultrasound with Olivia, crying and praying the whole way there that it would show that a miracle had occurred and that my baby was now okay. We came home from the hospital in that car with empty arms after Olivia was born and died. I also remember coming home after losing another baby girl last year. Lots of memories.
So, here is to our new car and new chapter of our life. We bought a 2007 Toyota Sienna, silver. I love love love it!
Again, not our actual car!
3 comments:
Awww, you're making me cry. That's sooooo special. Thanks for sharing. (((HUGS)))
GREAT tribute to the Tribute. I love the story about the Noah dent. Priceless!
It's weird how some of our material possessions become so sentimental!
I never thought that a post about a freakin car would make me cry!!!! I thought the "Noah Dent" was pretty special, too!
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