"Upgrade from a Ford Escape? What size kids were you intending to have, that wouldn't fit in one of those?"

Well, we are going to have at least two children. Since the Escape sits four comfortaby (the two of us and our two children) if we want to take any of their friends with us there won't be room. On top of this, we are planning on adopting children as well, so that will push us well beyond the limits of the Escape. It's a perfect car for now, and probably even the next few years. But there will come a point when seating four isn't going to be enough.