I have "officially" entered the club...

I have been sworn into the official "Soccer Mom", about to be a "30" year old, proud owner of a MINI VAN club! I have been coming to grips with the fact that I am about to turn 30 and the fact that I now own a minivan. Ha! Is there something that you dont know, you might ask... No, we are not expecting another baby right now although it will hopefully be in our future AND since I have had Connor the QX has become more and more cramped and cumbersome while traveling with a child AND a dog. I know what you are all probably thinking... yes it is an SUV and they are supposed to have tons of room, right? Well, it is hard to explain without seeing it in person, but the door frame is small and I cant tell you how many times I have hit my head trying to get Connor in and out of the car. When we travel we almost always have Cooper with us and it makes it hard when you are trying to carry a decent amount of cargo, etc. SO, the minivan has become more and more enticing over the past 2 years. There are all of those super cool SUVs out there but with gas the way it was this summer, I didnt want to go that route. We thought that we would wait until we had another baby, but with the car industry doing so poorly we decided to see what our options were. We test drove pretty much all of the vans and despite the fact that I was set on the Nissan Quest, we actually fell in love with the amenities and drive of the Toyota Sienna and got a great deal. It drives GREAT! We laugh because the salesmen (who we had worked with before when we bought Brads truck) asked Brad, "Did you have another kid or something?" Ha! Not sure what Brad's response was. We have been joking with each other that we can not believe that we are now driving a van, but believe me we are loving it so far! The fact that it is probably not the most cool thing on the road to drive in my opinion does not out weigh all of the versatility, and comfort that you get out of the minivan. Besides most of all of my "cool Mom" friends that I know drive them anyway! (please dont get offended guys! LOL) The difference between us is that you all have multiple children while I only have one! Ha! Anyway, we cant wait for our next road trip!!! I ended up getting the blizzard pearl exterior with tan leather interior. We decided that since we would be keeping this van and driving it for a very long time, to get the navigation and rear DVD system. We haven't tested the DVD yet, we are going to save that for a long road trip as my biggest fear is that as soon as we get into the car that Connor will want to watch a movie. Definitely dont want that! Here are a few pictures, the last one is like mine but not a very good view.