Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Meet Matilda...

Tilly for short. She's our new 2001 Honda Odyssey. Although she's five years old, she's not very well traveled and has only 35,500 miles. I've only been driving her for a couple of days now, but I think she'll be a good fit for me and Lauren. Although she doesn't have any bells and whistles, besides power doors and windows, she's VERY roomy and seems pretty comfortable so far.

I have a feeling that Tilly may be taking the Arizona gang to our Disney Waiting Mommas Summit in April.

This morning I dropped my Dad and Step-mom off at the airport to head back home to New York. Here's a shot of me and my Dad from this morning.

I spent the last five days hanging out with them and my brother, sister-in-law, nieces and nephew...we had a really nice time.

I hate saying good-bye to my Dad...we don't see each other very often and I always get teary-eyed and feel a bit down for a while. I think it's because when he leaves I realize how much I wish he lived closer. We did have a really great visit though and I'm sure we'll be seeing him again once we bring Lauren home.

12 comments:

4D said...

Congrats on the new ride!

It is so wonderful that you love and appreciate your Dad like that.

Keep smilin!

Tao's Mommy said...

Ahhh I want a Tillie!! I need to start my looking soon!! I'm sure Tillie will stand up to the Honda's standards.

Sugar Cookies And Hope said...

Nice new ride! Joel's brother has an Odessy and loves it. I'm sure you will as well.
Glad to know that you had a nice time with your dad. My parents used to live far away and I know how hard it is to say goodbye after a good visit.
Thinking about you.

Polar Bear said...

I really like the Odyssey. We even looked at one a week ago. Nice.

I know how you feel when Dad leaves. Before my parents moved closer it was tough to see them go.

M3 said...

Whoohoooo - welcome to the HO club (honda odyssey club). Nothing but the best for our kiddos. :-)

(Sweet pic of you and your dad)

C's Mom said...

Congrats on Tilly!

Sweet pic of you and dad. It's nice to see your pretty face in pictures.

Anonymous said...

I know what you mean about saying good-bye. It's hard! I always get a bit teary too.

You will LOVE your mini-van, and you will need it! :-)

Janet

PS- I love your hair- cut, colour, it's all good!

Lisa and Tate said...

Love the new drive!!! Tilly looks just perfect for a momma and her gal (plus visitors)!!! SO glad you had a great time with your dad and rest of family!!! Disney, here we come!!!

Hugs
Lisa

Robin said...

Love the new ride. I had a minivan when the kids were younger and absolutely loved it!!!(especially when we had 5 kids) Now I have a 4WD SUV which will work fine for just me, dh and maddy. Enjoy the Odyssey!

Great pic of you and your dad btw :-)

Kim said...

Congratulations on your Tilly-mobile! I'm glad you had a nice visit with you dad and hope you see him again soon.

OziMum said...

LOVE your car!!! I've been eyeing off the Odysey for a little while now... but I've only had my forester for about 10 months!!! Not quite time to change over yet!!!

Love em though! It'd have to be the sexiest of all the Mum-mobiles!!!

Dawn and Dale said...

LOVE your new van!!

They are GREAT for kids!!!

Beautiful, beautiful picture of you and your dad!! Glad you had a nice visit!!