Monday, May 31, 2010

Sequoia

We bought our Sequoia in January 2009 because we were expecting our third child and Megan was in Kindergarten and we were already doing the carpool thing AND Rob refused to ever drive a minivan so SUV it was. At first, I hated driving something so big all the time and I had adored my Camry so I'll admit it was a hard adjustment to make, but I soon got used to it and now it is my baby. Rob takes very good care of my baby, insisting that we put good fuel and the very best oil in it. And of course, anyone who knows Rob knows that he is always getting after me for not taking it through the car wash often enough :)

My baby takes good care of us too though. In October I was rear-ended on the freeway with a 6 week old baby in the car, I was so scared that she would be hurt but she was completely fine, and probably would have slept through the whole ordeal if I hadn't gotten her out to make sure she was okay. The car that hit us had a bumper laying on the ground and the front all crunched in, so we were pretty lucky to just have a beat up bumper. Knowing that the Sequoia had protected my tiny baby so well made me really love that car.

Last Saturday night, I went with Rob to his work for a little while and as we were driving home someone launched a rock at our car. It hit the passenger window with enough force to shatter it, and then came through and hit my arm, but not with enough force to really hurt me. I wonder how hard it would have hit me if the window hadn't slowed it down. In fact, the only injuries to me were a few cuts on my legs from shattered glass landing on me. Naturally, it freaked us out, not knowing at first if we had been shot at, and then Rob of course grew more and more upset as the realization of how badly I could have been hurt set in. But, once again- the Sequoia took good care of us and I love that car even more. It has definitely earned a place in our family. Now to pay and get it fixed....