Baby, you can drive my car...

We're reaching one of those marriage milestones...the first "new" car together. This will officially be our largest purchase as a couple. Our current car, Blue Steel, is slowly giving up the ghost.

As much as you think or say you agree on things sometimes, when it comes down to it, you realize that you aren't always on the same page. Turns out, we have very different ideas about the size of car we need at this point in our lives. Tim is planning far ahead (which is normally something I really do appreciate) and wants something with 3 rows of seating. I, being of a more liberal turn, don't think we need something that large as we would be guzzling gas and would have excessive space in a car that would be transporting only 3 people for at least a couple of years. I believe we have reached a compromise in the form of a mid-size SUV (5 seats and more room to haul equipment), and while it's still bigger and less fuel efficient than I would care for...at least it isn't a 9 seater Suburban. Our other option is a minivan-- and as practical as it sounds on paper my pride won't appreciate driving one at such a young age. And with only one child. We'll see what happens. Tomorrow is our big car shopping day! Heaven help us...

Lately we have been buying more "us" stuff for our home. Tim lived in our apartment for a couple of years before we got married, and for a long time it felt like *his* place. Not through any fault of his own, it's just that there was still furniture and decor that was left by previous roommates and we spent a lot of time over there when we were dating and engaged. We've replaced almost all of the furniture and such they had left behind with things that we picked out. It's amazing what a difference that sense of possession makes. I believe I have been successful in de-bachelor pad-ing our home once and for all. It only took me a year and a half. We hope to move in to a 3 bedroom apartment soon. Ours is just too small for Anna and our stuff (mostly Tim's equipment, let's be honest here). Then we will have "our first place." We're excited.

It's funny...with all of these major changes and milestones we're feeling more like a legit, grown-up, married couple. If that makes sense. On top of all of this we have Anna getting older, bigger and more mobile. We're truly realizing just what we're doing. :)