In the summer of 2003 I got an Olympus Camedia 560D. It was 3 MP. It broke in October 2004, the week of my oldest son's first birthday.
Then I traded up to a 4MP Olympus Camedia 580D through Olympus's trade in program. (At that point memory cards were still expensive, so when I had to replace the camera unexpectedly I needed to stick with a camera that used xD cards and there weren't too many options.) Last year I upgraded to an 8MP Canon PowerShot A720. The flash just broke, so the camera goes in for repairs tomorrow, a week after our 3rd child's birth.
My cameras have had some timing. Luckily I still have the 2nd Olympus and won't be camera-less.