Just wanted to quickly post about a couple things that happened yesterday that showed Michael and me just how sweet and loving Sophia is. I want to be able to remember this in the future when she is a teenager!!
First, we were doing a lot of rearranging, organizing and cleaning in our house yesterday. As we cleaned some areas, others ended up with more stuff in them to be dealt with later. For example, a wire shoe rack, that was for some reason in the playroom, ended up in the hallway. Sophia and I were at the end of the hallway in my room and heard a huge crash. We looked out the door and saw Michael sprawled on the floor...he had tripped over the shoe rack! Unfortunately in these types of situations I always feel like laughing first...this time I at least asked if he was ok before chuckling. He said he was ok but seemed to be carrying on a bit for effect...probably trying to make me think he was more hurt so I wouldn't laugh. Well, it totally worked on Sophia...she started screaming Daddy, Daddy and was starting to cry!! When he realized she was so scared/concerned he got right up and went over to hug her and help me calm her down....poor girl really thought her Daddy was hurt!
Later, we were all cuddled up in our bed watching Cinderella. Sophia had never seen it before and was really enjoying it. But when the part came where the mean stepsisters tear up the dress that the mice made for Cinderella, Sophia got SO upset. As Cinderella was running to the garden in tears, Sophia kept saying (in a tearful, on the verge of crying voice) 'what did they do, where did they go, where is Cinderella going?' Again it took a few moments to calm her down (the Fairy Godmother showing up helped a bit too!).
Twice in one day showing real concern and caring for someone else...and one was a cartoon princess!! Obviously she is sweet with us by giving kisses and hugs and tells us that she loves us...but showing true compassion for someone else who might be hurting makes me so happy and proud of the sweet little girl she is growing into. :-)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Watkins Wire Link Up: My First Car!!
Linking up today with my sister's blog (The Watkins Wire) to reminisce about first cars...if you don't read my sister's blog, you should. It is hilarious and you may or may not choke on your coffee from how funny it is (here is my tip...learned firsthand...don't drink your coffee while reading her blog!).
The link up topic of choice today is a good one. Everyone has a 'first car' story. You may have loved your first car, or you may have hated it. But you sure remember it.
In my family, our parents took care of the purchase our first car. But they didn't go all out or ask us what we wanted or anything like that. Basically, my Dad would find a car that he liked, buy it, and then drive it all over for work trips and stuff.
I was pretty lucky because my first car turned out to be a 1991 Toyota Camry V6 LE. I specify the V6 LE part because those were the features that made it ok...good engine, leather seats, sunroof, etc. It was white with navy leather seats. I will mention that I did most of my learning to drive on an old gray Dodge caravan. Barf. I was SO lucky that it didn't end up as my first car, haha.
Boy, did I drive that little car into the ground. I really didn't start driving to high school until my senior year but I took it with me to Ga Southern and that is where I really started to put the miles on her. Not too long after going to college, something happened to the power steering in the car. Instead of just getting it fixed, my Dad suggested just keeping a bottle of power steering fluid in the trunk and filling up whenever I stopped to get gas. I could always tell when I needed to fill it up, because it would make a pretty awful grinding noise with the steering when it was almost out. Fun times. Also, the compressor seemed to be a dud, because my air conditioning was constantly going out. Not good at all for the summer months. Again, apparently not a necessity according to my Dad. And the nail in the coffin for my love of that car came when the sunroof broke...it wouldn't open and if it did, it wouldn't close. I mean, what good is a car without a sunroof???!!
As my love for the car dropped, so did my ability to keep it clean. I literally had tons of random things in the trunk at any given time. Towards the end, I had somehow forgotten about a gallon of bleach that was in the backseat....it leaked and literally ate a hole in the floor of the car, haha. As it turns out, it doesn't much matter how much I love a car, I have a hard time keeping the thing spotless. However, if you are ever stranded in my car you will always have bottled water to drink. Not sure how old it will be and it won't be a full bottle....but still, you'll survive.
I wish I had some more pictures of my first car...I can think of another specifically that I can't find, that is way better. It's from college and I'm in the drivers seat and I look totally cool (HA!). This one was just fooling around after some awards thing at high school. See, isn't a sunroof a totally necessary part of a car?!
And we still have this car (it's much more beat up now, haha)....Michael currently drives it, since it is sooo not baby friendly, haha. A 1997 Acura CL 3.0. I will mention that some of the features of my very first car spoiled me so that when I was looking for my next car (and come to think of it, the SUV I am driving now) I had to have certain things. For example, I wanted leather seats. I wanted at least V6. I wanted a sunroof. The Acura had all that, plus it was two door and super sporty. And my Acura MDX that I drive now has all that too. I know that Michael got very frustrated with my criteria when we were looking for our SUV...but he can just blame my Dad for "spoiling" me with the feature-full Toyota. We found our 'baby mobile' just weeks before Sophia came along, even though we had been looking since around my second month of pregnancy. I suppose I was a tad picky. :-)
So there you have it. I admit that while I don't particularly miss my first car, I did enjoy my time with it and will use it as the answer to a security question whenever the opportunity arises. I know my first car experience could've been worse (did I tell you to read my sister's blog?!). And because of my first car experience, Michael can always be prepared for lengthy car searches in the future...it's gotta be at least as loaded as the Camry!! ;-)
The link up topic of choice today is a good one. Everyone has a 'first car' story. You may have loved your first car, or you may have hated it. But you sure remember it.
In my family, our parents took care of the purchase our first car. But they didn't go all out or ask us what we wanted or anything like that. Basically, my Dad would find a car that he liked, buy it, and then drive it all over for work trips and stuff.
I was pretty lucky because my first car turned out to be a 1991 Toyota Camry V6 LE. I specify the V6 LE part because those were the features that made it ok...good engine, leather seats, sunroof, etc. It was white with navy leather seats. I will mention that I did most of my learning to drive on an old gray Dodge caravan. Barf. I was SO lucky that it didn't end up as my first car, haha.
Boy, did I drive that little car into the ground. I really didn't start driving to high school until my senior year but I took it with me to Ga Southern and that is where I really started to put the miles on her. Not too long after going to college, something happened to the power steering in the car. Instead of just getting it fixed, my Dad suggested just keeping a bottle of power steering fluid in the trunk and filling up whenever I stopped to get gas. I could always tell when I needed to fill it up, because it would make a pretty awful grinding noise with the steering when it was almost out. Fun times. Also, the compressor seemed to be a dud, because my air conditioning was constantly going out. Not good at all for the summer months. Again, apparently not a necessity according to my Dad. And the nail in the coffin for my love of that car came when the sunroof broke...it wouldn't open and if it did, it wouldn't close. I mean, what good is a car without a sunroof???!!
As my love for the car dropped, so did my ability to keep it clean. I literally had tons of random things in the trunk at any given time. Towards the end, I had somehow forgotten about a gallon of bleach that was in the backseat....it leaked and literally ate a hole in the floor of the car, haha. As it turns out, it doesn't much matter how much I love a car, I have a hard time keeping the thing spotless. However, if you are ever stranded in my car you will always have bottled water to drink. Not sure how old it will be and it won't be a full bottle....but still, you'll survive.
I wish I had some more pictures of my first car...I can think of another specifically that I can't find, that is way better. It's from college and I'm in the drivers seat and I look totally cool (HA!). This one was just fooling around after some awards thing at high school. See, isn't a sunroof a totally necessary part of a car?!
One year, right before my birthday, I took the Toyota to get the emissions done. And she failed. Whatever wasn't working (shockingly, her surprising number of defects never usually affected the outcome of the emissions test) cost more to fix than the car itself did. And thus, I traded her in for the second car. The first car I ever bought all myself. It was right before my 23rd birthday. I have included a couple pics of this particular car as well because, even though it was technically my second car, I felt like it really was all mine, bought with my own earnings.
So there you have it. I admit that while I don't particularly miss my first car, I did enjoy my time with it and will use it as the answer to a security question whenever the opportunity arises. I know my first car experience could've been worse (did I tell you to read my sister's blog?!). And because of my first car experience, Michael can always be prepared for lengthy car searches in the future...it's gotta be at least as loaded as the Camry!! ;-)
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