We got a minivan when I was pregnant with our second kid, and I'm weirdly obsessed with it. I don't care that my friends say it's dorky.

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Before our youngest was born, I drove a small SUV. The car seat for my first son barely fit — we would have to move it from the driver or passenger side to make enough legroom in the front seat depending on who was driving and who was sitting passenger. Then, we only had a single seat for gear and passengers. It was also a four-cylinder, so we were getting nowhere fast.