Car woes

It has been a few weeks since either of us have posted, so I (Lindsey) thought I would give an update of what is happening in Pella... which is actually not much. We are into the 27th week of pregnancy, so almost into the 3rd trimester. I continue to feel great with no problems, which is definitely a blessing! We have a doctor's check-up next week, and I will be having a gestational diabetes test and some bloodwork done at that time as well. Then I will be going to the doctor every 2 weeks, which is good because that means due-day is coming closer!
We haven't really done too much else preparation for baby. A couple of weekends ago, I did have an "artwork" weekend. I had seen these butterfly canvases that I thought would be cute in baby's room, but I thought Derek and I would be able to make them so that the colors matched perfectly. So we bought some canvas boards, which Derek painted, and a bunch of scrapbook paper. Derek made a template of a butterfly on the computer, and then I just cut out different pieces of paper to make a butterfly, which we glued on the canvas. They look pretty cute, so we'll have to take a picture of them and post it. We are still waiting for her furniture to come in, which could possibly take until April. So there's not much else we can do until then!
One funny thing that happened this past weekend... Derek and I have been looking into purchasing a bigger car for a few months now, in particular a Ford Escape. We had been in negotiations with a couple dealers, but the cars always ended up selling before we reached an agreement. SO finally this past week, we came to an agreement on price with a dealer in Illinois, which we were both very excited about. On Saturday, we made a 3 1/2 hour road trip to pick up the car. Well, when we got there and saw the car, we were a little disappointed. The car was not in the best shape, and we didn't think it was worth the cost we had agreed upon. So long story short... we ended up going back home with no car. We then had several other issues on the way home, such as running extremely low on gas and not being near a gas station, missing an exit on the interstate and taking a weird way home.... Needless to say, it was an interesting day. But we'll keep on the search for another car, and hopefully not have all of the same problems!