The mommy mobile is here

Shawn and I did a lot of baby stuff this weekend. Friday night we started our baby registry at Babies R Us. Saturday morning we went and looked at cribs, which by the way can be obnoxiously expensive. One set we liked with a crib, dresser, and armoire was $2300. That's out. Baby girl is important, but kids don't appreciate nice furniture. I could just see us flipping out when she paints on it when she's a littler older. Needless to say, we're still shopping for furniture. Saturday afternoon we then went test driving cars. We've already driven the Nissan Murano a few months back, so we tried out the Toyota RAV4. I wasn't all that impressed. It could have been the fact that our salesman was not very personable and hardly showed us anything about the car. He couldn't even figure out how to maneuver the back seats. Plus, there were just little aesthetics that I didn't like. So we then headed over to the Honda dealership to try the CRV. Our salesman was much better and showed us more of the car's features. One thing I always love about Honda is that they always think of family features. One cool thing I loved the second I got in was there is a place to put my purse rather than throwing it on the passenger seat or floor. (Hey, us women think of those things. My mom and Barb both loved that feature when I pointed it out.) Another cool feature is the sunglass holder that drops down from the ceiling, but it also has a mirror that you can position to look at baby in the back seat. Like I said, Honda always thinks about family features. I also loved that it has a full sized spare time since I have had plenty of flat tires in my day and I hate driving 15 mph on the donut spare. When we both drove the CRV, we were really impressed by its handling abilities. Once we got back to the dealership, Shawn mentioned that he wanted to see it in silver after I had talked him out of getting it in black. (I don't want baby girl to fry in a black car.) The salesman David looked it up and found that they had one, but he was going to have to find which storage lot it was in since Honda World has 3 spare lots. The poor guy drove us all around looking for it with no success. He took us back to the dealership and did more research. He finally found it and brought it back for us to see. Shawn decided then and there he wanted it, which shocked me because I thought we were just "window shopping." But then again poor Shawn has been doing research for 6 months now, so he was pretty familiar with prices and what he was looking for. After a few long hours of paperwork, we finally settled on a price and signed the contract. This is the first time either of us has bought our own car from a dealer, so it was definitely a learning experience. (I told my dad that I think I like it better when he goes and does all the work and just comes home and tells me here's your car payment. Start paying. I'm glad we did it all on our own though.) We now have a brand new 2007 silver CRV with grey leather interior and all the bells and whistles Shawn wanted including a navigation system and rear camera. Of course I just like that it's super cute. Shawn even said it looks like a Marisa mobile. We are officially checking items off our baby to do list. We've gotta be ready for when the little one arrives in a few more months. Next up, clearing out the guest room and putting stuff in storage.