We bought a car!

Yeah, we did. Below, you are looking at our '08 Honda CRV in actual use as Jennifer drives by on her way back from working the 5 am shift in Midtown. Jennifer and I have been car-free for a number of years now as NYC is a city where you don't really need a vehicle to get around. But with Hugo, it just made sense, and makes our lives a bit easier. We don't have to call a car service for Jen's early AM shifts, we have a means of getting to daycare or doctors appointments on crappy days, shopping is no longer a massive coordinated effort, and road trips and city-escapes are easier to fathom. We'll still ride the rails for our regular commute, and I will continue to bike in 2-3 times a week--for morning rush hours, this is still the best way to get around.

So yeah, we were not considering this Honda CRV at all. We had our eye on different cars but as we were sitting in the dealership reading the Carfaxes, the ones we were interested in were showing up with histories of damage. This was the only car that was fender-bender free, low miles, and enough room. Color didn't really matter, this one's gold, or as Jen coined yesterday, "responsible beige."


We took Hugo out in the car yesterday as we zipped out to the Long Island suburbs to exchange some baby stuff. We all enjoyed the ride. Here's Hugo above with his new stuffed toy from our friend Bill--he sends great stuffed toys. Our thanks to him and the entire Meisburger clan for all they've sent to Hugo, we very much appreciate it...and now with a car, who knows, maybe we'll come down and visit...Charleston's only, what, 15 hours away by car?


Here's Daddy and Hugo, doing the hat thing, as it was sunny and 80 here yesterday. Go Spring! Oh yeah, did we mention that Hugo is very chatty now...disregard the cheezy ad-lib by me...