[toadman]

THANK YOU EVERYONE! for all the kind words. here's a couple updates: Audrey is a voracious eater, a world class pooper, a great sleeper(like her dad), and a truly beautiful young lady(like her mom).

as for the DMV fiasco.........

my wife Kirsten is the organized one. she keeps all the check stubs, reg notices and EVERYTHING for years, in neatly organized file cabinets. we have found NOTHING about our car registration or or emissions inspection since 2006. we have a valid insurance card that unfortunately hadn't made it's way into the cars glove compartment yet. we bought the car in dec 2005. we took over the registration that had 2 months left till expiration.. apparently the registration expired and NO NOTICE was sent to us regarding this. no warning notice, no cancellation notice....NOTHING
in CT, the DMV usually sends you a re-reg form which you fil out and send in with an $80 check and everything is hunkeydorey.
we own 4 cars. there is DMV paperwork rotating through our home all the time. we know our cars are insured, although i admit our latest insurance card hadn't found it's way into this particular Subaru.
so....what will the judge decide???are we negligent because we didn't happen to notice the teeny little sticker on our lisence plate was out dated? or will he find fault with the "well oiled machine" that is the CT dmv for apparently losing all our info? hhmmm. i've got a bad feeling about this!