New car!

WAHOOOO!!!

After Christmas Mama got a NEW CAR!! We had planned on waiting until Baby #2 to purchase a new car, but Jenny the Jeep was starting to cost us more than she was worth so we had to say goodbye.  RIP, Jenny!  Jenny and I were brought together as a college graduation gift in 2006 and was with me for almost 100,000 miles.  We had to replace my AC this summer and my radiator went out a few months ago.  In November she started shaking really badly when I would push the gas (scary!) and would not always respond when I pushed the gas or brake.  With a baby in the car we just couldn't take any chances so as soon as Matt was available we upgraded.  

Last pic in the Jeep

Honestly, I wanted a minivan.  I know that sounds so strange but it's been my dream for so long!  To me a minivan = a mom and kids and for 3.5 years that's all I wanted to be.  A mama.  I wanted to drive around town in my minivan with a huge smile on my face screaming to the world "I DID IT! I'M A MAMA!!"  Stupid reason to want to spend $50,000 but it will be my next car! 

We obviously couldn't drop $50,000 on a new car (we don't believe in car payments and will only buy what we can pay cash for) so Matt started comparing SUV's online and narrowed it down to an Explorer, Traverse or Durango.  We hopped on over to the Chevy dealership so we could test drive and see what we liked.  

*sidenote*

I have to brag on Matt for a second.  He's usually a go-with-the-flow kind of guy and hates conflict or awkwardness.  Neither of us was looking forward to the car buying process but he ended up blowing me away.  After the first day of car shopping he had 3 dealerships calling us asking what they could do to get our business.  We ended up driving to Sugarland to buy from Classic Chevrolet because they gave us a great deal and had amazing customer service.  He also negotiated almost $2,000 more on our trade-in than we were hoping for.  Way to go, babe!!

The next day we walked into the dealership and walked out an hour later with a 2012 Chevy Traverse!!  It seats 8 and has so much more room than the Jeep.  The sunroof goes all the way back so Carter can see out of it and spends all of his time looking out the roof now.  It has a back-up camera, bluetooth, connects to my iphone and the back door opens and closes with the touch of a button! Honestly, that's my favorite part since I'm constantly throwing a stroller in and out of the back.  

I took a pic when the odometer rolled over to 100 miles :)

Hopefully this car will last longer than Jenny did and give us time to save for my minivan!!  ;)