The Blake Swagger Wagon

Well we did it.  I decided in the shower on Saturday morning that we would spend the day shopping for minivans.  Rick was all for it.  We have been talking about this forever, but with two kiddos it is tough to find the time.  So Rick has been online shopping for a LOOOONG time and we had both decided our first choice would be the Nissan Quest.  We did not want our payment to go up more than 30 dollars per month.  We really did not NEED a new car, but were SOOOO looking forward to extra space.  We also decided we would be open to leasing since we do not plan on having a mini van for TOOOO long of a time!!! 

So, with that being said we headed out to Nissan of Mckinney at 10 am. 
Liam had a meltdown as soon as we got there, but after some free bagels and cookies, he was good to go.  Rowan was an angel the whole time because of course she was getting lots of attention from everyone!!
Long and short, and I will not bore you with the details, we spent 3.5 hours there only for them to tell us they could not get our payment to where we wanted to be...like not even close.  Rick was FURIOUS.  They do A LOT of lolly gagging and it did get pretty old after a while.
We left with no car and two tired kiddos.  Rowan fell asleep in the carseat before we even left the parking lot, so we decided to pull into the Volkswagon Dealer next door, just to see what they had going on. 
Right away, we saw a black (the color we prefered) with tan leather interior on the lot.  The sale tag had it listed for 23000!  We got very excited thinking it was brand new...close enough, it was a 2011, with only 6500 miles.  Space was great, drove great, automatic doors-check, but the only thing it was really missing was a DVD. 
Within 45 minutes, we negotiated the price we wanted (well 35 dollars more than what we are paying now per month--but still VERY close to what we wanted!!!) and they are putting in a 10 inch DVD for us this week which was all included in the price.  They were super NICE, helpful, and efficient with everything they did...which with 2 kids in tow, we greatly appreciated!!!!!
We have NEVER done ANYTHING this fast so I did stress myself out when we got home (at 5:30!!! pm) asking Rick repeatedly if he thought we made the right decision.  It was def. the best for us right now.  Insurance went down too which was great AND it is better on gas, so everything kinda evened out!  Liam LOVES it.  He can climb in and out on his own and roam around inside when we are parked or at home.
Here is a pic of our new swagger wagon and the youtube video we are OBSESSED with.  We watched it so many times over the weekend and laughed harder each time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4

 Mommy rode in the back on our way to get ice cream!

My little buddy eating frozen yogurt after dinner and a loooong day of car shopping.  He was such a good boy!!