The Original Family Truckster is being retired...she served us well for four and a half years, but it's time to move on to more reliable transportation (I speak on my behalf only...bring this subject up with Kevin at your own risk).
I have been enjoying our new (to us) Honda Odyssey (I can't wait to hear the name Kevin comes up with for it, as he lovingly refers to his Ford Explorer as "the Exploder") since Monday of this week, when we made our way to Michigan to look at an Odyssey being sold by an individual seller. That one didn't quite pan out, but we happened upon a much better deal at the Honda dealership in Ann Arbor and alas! Mommy and the kids are stylin'! This ride includes a few more options than we were looking for - the most obvious one being a DVD player that the kids can't wait to use. We have set down some strict usage rules for that one, such as the shortest car ride in which the DVD player will be used is to Shelbyville. So guess where they've been asking to go all week??!
The option I DO appreciate, as we near the arrival of our fourth child, is the eight-passenger seating in contrast to seven-passenger seating in the good ol' Montana. This will allow for continued carpooling from school, as well as enough room for Nannie & PaPo when we travel together!
And on the subject of Baby #4...
During our most recent visit with the Fetal Maternal Medicine specialist in Indianapolis this past Tuesday, we learned via ultrasound that "Baby Reid" is growing quite large -- weighing an approximate 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring at 36 1/2 weeks gestation rather than the calculated 35 weeks that I was. So that prompted my OB to decide today that an amniocentesis will be performed on Monday to make sure Baby's lungs are mature, and if so, labor will be induced next Friday morning! We are very much looking forward to our baby's arrival, and since this is to be our last, I am doing my best to take it all in and lock it away in my memory.
