Heather, that bump is coming along nicely!
Alia loves to "use" her spoon, too, but like your kids, she often uses the wrong end. Her favorite thing is to bite the edge of her bowl so that it covers her whole face and she can look through it (since we have colored see-through bowls for her), which of course gets food all over her face, so we mostly just spoon feed her.
Rachel, I've thought about getting a sit-n-stand stroller as well, especially because Amazon has a few different models that are about $125 brand new, including the one that you're looking at, Rachel. (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...+stand+stroller&sprefix=sit+and+stand,aps,334). We may still look for something used first, but it's nice to know that we can get a new one for fairly cheap.
Also, to answer your question, Alia has a girl cousin who is only 7 weeks older, so she'll have a "buddy" at the reunion this weekend, although they mostly just play by taking toys away from each other and then sometimes handing them back.
Skadi, I'm so sorry to hear that you're still having bad MS.
Was it this bad with Kiera?
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Could you have a bug, like Rachel suggested maybe, or is it MS? 
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I look forward to seeing your update after your scan!
Are you guys camping outside in a tent or do you have an RV? 
My FIL is one of 8 kids, and almost all of his siblings have had 4+ kids, and then there's the great-grandkids like Alia, too, so the family has gotten pretty big! But it's fun and crazy and I love it. 
