new ride for baby

6 months after having a baby, we decided it's time to get a bigger car. we have been kicking around the idea since the day we took racrac home from the hospital in our honda civic, but never got serious about it until recently. as baby grows older, bigger and more active, his gears and toys and must-carry stuff could no longer fit in a small car. if we put his stroller in the trunk and we go to Costco where merchandises are exaggeratedly packed, we can only buy a box of diapers and wipes and a few other small things. we don't have extra room for 30 rolls of toilet paper or a dozen rolls of kitchen towel. now that racrac has started crawling, "standing up" and eating solid food, we have to bring his portable ultrasaucer and rocking chair to keep him entertained while we spend Sundays at grandmas' plus two big diaper bags, milk and food bag, teethers and lots of small toys. it's amazing how somebody so small could have so much stuff! add to that the fact that i get OC whenever we leave the house even for just a short run to the grocery store so i always make sure we bring everything he needs or might need.

Fil wanted a bigger car as in an accord or camry and i was thinking SUV as in honda pilot. a lot of our friends suggested a mini-van but we have deliberately excluded it from our list. Fil doesn't like it 'coz, according to him, a mini-van screams "tatay ka!" on the road (asus!) while i dislike it simply because it reminds me of the improvised vans i used to ride in the Philippines on my way to work. Imagine a 7-seater van converted into a 10-seater...minsan kalahating pwet mo lang ang nakaupo.

definitely we can't use the land rover for practical reasons (translation: mahal ang gas!) and it also doesn't have baby safety features. it is better left sitting in the parking lot as a reminder of Fil's daring off-roading adventures years ago although sometimes, to relive his past glory, he drives it to go to Safeway and buy me frozen pizza hehehe.

so after much talking and looking at all our options given our budget and purpose for getting a new vehicle, we got baby a new ride yesterday for his 6-month birthday. we finally settled for...tan-ta-ra-ran....the Toyota Sienna minivan! hahaha. i have to admit: it's very convenient, comfortable and spacious. Now i don't have to stoop and break my back to pull racrac out of his carseat and we can now change his diaper in the van when we're out and about. And the best thing is that we can go anywhere and bring everything to satisfy my OC-ness and still have room for extra passengers, shopping bags and bulky grocery items.

now our friends are teasing us with Fil's popular declaration: "i will never drive a minivan!" hihihi. oh well, never say never! :-)

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