Swagger wagon

Done.  We got a minivan yesterday.  Brett is the best and took care of everything.  He gives it a big thumbs up (please see his pose in this picture).  I must say, an hour after he brought it home I officially declared that I am in love with it.  It was a quick conversion to the other side.  We got a Toyota Sienna and I am looking forward to how much easier it is going to be for me to load three kids into car seats.  As Brett says, it's not cool, but it's practical.  (Although by the end of today he was closer to declaring his love for it as well.)

Sadly, we had to say goodbye to our Toyota 4Runner that we owned for 10.5 years.  I know it's so lame, but my eyes filled with tears as Brett drove away in the 4Runner to go buy the van.  (Blame it on the hormones but that car just holds a special place in my heart.)  I know it's just a car but it was our first new car to ever own (which seemed like a big deal to us when we were 23), we got it soon after we graduated from undergrad, it has been from the east coast to the west coast on our adventures, we brought Hank home from the hospital in it, and it holds so many memories for us.

I am very curious to see if we'll turn into a long term minivan family or if we'll go back to an SUV once the kiddos are bigger and don't need as much help to get locked in to their seats.  So many moms say once you get a van you never go back.  We'll see.

For now, we're enjoying our new swagger wagon.  Check out this video Sandy sent me.  It's hilarious.

-a