Zoom, Zoom, ZOO!

I apologize for my slacking... but when I slack at posting that usually means I been busy with fun things to post!

Andrea had her first visit to the zoo last Thursday. She wasn't able to spot the animals yet but loved looking at the people. This little girl is so interested in the world around her. If I had to guess her future occupation it would be some kind of inventor or engineer. I thought maybe after riding in her stroller around the zoo she would eventually fall asleep, no way! Not when there are new things to see.

We rode the carousel which she loved! And the train was too quick for her to really focus on anything flying by but she enjoyed the ride. As soon as we were back in the car she was out for the count! We used the rest of the day to look at car dealerships, which leads me to my next update:

New car! We loved our Mazda 3, we bought it brand new after 1 year of marriage so we thought we were pretty hot stuff. Although I thought I had planned for the future with 4 doors and a back seat we soon realized that it was not a big enough back seat when we actually had to put a car seat in there.

We started looking at BMW X5s and Mazda CX-7s. Ryan was a little turned off that the CX-7s looked exactly like our 3 inside, what's the fun in that? So Ryan was using his BMW mechanic cousin to decide on a good X5. Thanks Rusty for all of your help! While we were at a dealer looking at the best X5 we had seen, we noticed an Acura MDX on the lot. We briefly checked out the Acura and told them we would be back the next morning. Ryan said since it would be my car, it was my choice. I knew right away I wanted the Acura. It was newer than the beemer and was in better shape. Ryan had to do all kinds of research that night but ultimately agreed with my decision. This makes our sixth car in six years of marriage, what can we say.... we get bored easily I guess.
As you can see Andrea's car seat sits properly now, instead of hitting the front seats. We also have third row seating or "Tessy storage" when folded down. We tell Andrea that we bought this car just for her, because honestly we did. Talk about a high maintenance kid, gets her own car at 6 months old!