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@MrsKoala: yay! Hope you had fun!!! I didn't see any of the game but heard it was great!

@avivoca: oh yeah I meant about which room she prefers. No way should a two year old decide whether or not she gets to share a room!

@katsupgirl: I have felt like that the past couple weeks too. I've had so many appointments and other adult things scheduled it's been crazy! Sometimes I really miss the carefree days. How has minivan shopping gone? Did you decide on one? We need to start car shopping soon too.

@skipra: @katsupgirl: I'm going to have to live vicariously through you guys on having a minivan. It's my dream Mom car but my husband is on Team SUV. We have to do something because while technically we would all fit in our Versa, there just wouldn't be room for much else, including my eventual double jogging stroller.

@skipra: I'm liking the Ford Edge, but my true love is something with sliding doors. There have been enough times that Inhave had to try to squeeze myself and a toddler between doors and cars to load us up while trying not to hit anyone that I wish we had the doors. And I also want something that has a trunk button or the technology to open/shut the trunk with a wave of my foot (the Edge has this).

@maddyz: our issue with the mini van is that I wouldn't be able to have all three in the second row which is a huge issue with them all so young. Plus not all of them have awd or 4wd and the gas mileage is pretty bad. We are leaning toward the Highlander hybrid because it solves all our issues with the mini vans and has a third row for when we have extra passengers. Plus my sister had a minivan and I hated driving that thing!

@avivoca: I agree with the sliding doors being somewhat useful and I'll admit that my experience with them is limited but I thought they always broke. I feel like the tight parking is really only a huge issue with the infant seat so I'm not too concerned but maybe it will be a bigger issue with the bigger SUV?

@avivoca: my third choice was a Traverse but it's just like the Ford Explorer. My parents have that one and I'm not a fan.
@skipra: @maddyz: I'm a huge minivan fan. It's what I grew up with and my husband was driving one when we started dating.

I definitely appreciate how low it is. Easy for me and easy for DD to climb in and out. Having sliding doors again is such a game changer. I'm in the city and my husband is notorious for parking next to poles and trees.
I was interested in the Sienna because of AWD but then DH informed me that he didn't even have that on the Escape. We survived for years without so Hoping that continues.

@lmay820: Congratulations on your girl! So exciting!
@maddyz: So excited for your upcoming anatomy scan!
@skipra: Absolutely no thought has gone into the nursery planning yet. We are hoping to move LO to the other room (after it's repaired-- we had some damage to our home back in February and are still dealing with our insurance company) and use the current nursery almost as-is. I would like to make some changes and maybe do some new bedding or pictures just to mix it up a bit, but don't want to spend a ton as we will be making a new room for LO.
@MrsKoala: So glad you had fun at the game even though it was chilly. I was raised a Yankees fan but married a Red Sox fanatic so am now a convert.

Hoping everyone else is going well! I started having some strange back pains this week and have been realizing the need to get some exercise. I think I found a yoga studio whose prenatal offerings will work with my schedule, so I am looking forward to starting that soon.

@skipra: not to try to convince you about the minivan but I found this link and maybe they have info on any other cars you are considering:

http://www.thecarcrashdetective.com/2014/08/3-across-installations-odyssey.html/

@katsupgirl: @skipra: I love yoga most of the time, but in pregnancy it does wonders for me. I have been trying to stretch as much as possible on my own but always feel better when in a class setting.

@skipra: I'm so sorry you have a cold. These LOs share so kindly I hope you were able to sleep a bit more after being up.

I Posted this separately but I'll ask here too. Is anyone experiencing pelvic pressure/pain already? I'm 20 weeks 5 days. I actually decided to go in to see the doctor about it and waiting to be seen now.

@skipra: Somedays I don't know how I did it, either. 2009 was a particularly tough year because the Yankees won the Series on my freaking birthday. Luckily, we were long distance at the time so he was very gentle about it. The only problem now is figuring out what kind of fan our kids will be. So far, we've just decided to leave it up to them someday. But DH cheats and is already trying to influence LO to go to the Dark Side.

@Mrsbells: No pressure here but it's a good thing you went in! It's always good to get something like that checked out just in case.

@Mrsbells: I have had some pressure, but it went away after awhile. Usually it was because I hadn't had enough water or I'd overdone it with lifting/walking.

@MrsKoala: My husband and I have tried to do the same thing with LO, letting him "pick" his own team. He needed a new baseball hat this year and we showed him every team's so he could pic. We thought maybe he'd even go for something like the Cubs since his name starts with a "C" but in the end, he wanted a Red Sox one just like daddy's. Since he was about 2.5, he's called the Red Sox the "Go Red Sox" so he has a new hat of his team

@Mrsbells: Yeah. I'm glad you got checked out!

@Mrsbells: Glad everything looks good! Hope you can take it a little bit easier now.

@Mrsbells: I think we might try to move H to her big girl bed sooner rather than later because my husband won't be here to lift her into the crib this summer. She's really excited about her bed, we just need to get a mattress/box spring, sheets, etc. for it.

@katsupgirl: Thanks! yes and my LO is a heavy thing, its easy for me to forget sometimes that she is 4! and not a baby

@avivoca: Yes definitely tranisitioning to a new bed helps a lot with not having to deal with the crib. We just took down the side of the crib and put up a guard rail

@MrsKoala: me too! Pregnancy can be so worrying

@skipra: Thank you so much! These look like great stretches and I will give them a try. It's amazing how tight everything gets these days

@Periwinkle: Some of my favorite special little gifts are books that someone liked as a child. It's fun to talk to LO about the giver when we read the book.