Mom's Night Out

Yay for MNO! When I first signed up for stroller strides I thought how great to walk around a large indoor mall three days a week. I can now push my stroller, chat with other moms and window shop at the same time. Love it.

There are activities planned outside of the mall throughout the month, petting zoo, apple picking, bookstore trips and the wonderful MNO (Mom’s Night Out). This night should be called “Wonderful Night Out Pass 7PM With Other Mom’s Drinking Wine”.

I didn’t know what to expect for my first MNO and getting lost did not help. But to my surprise, all the ladies were dressed cutesy, and a tasting menu of wine was handed out. First thought, “I’m liking this”. Now I’am not an alcoholic but once your a mom the times of drinking for fun are far and too few. Sometimes we need to relax with other moms, laugh about no sleep, share labor stories, complain about our bodies, and share a little of ourselves. If a hangover goes along with it, so be it.

If my monthly dues include instant drinking friends I’ll stay. Yes, I was once the fun club girl who never waited in line..guess this is now my version of a little VIP.

It's true...

Last week after stroller strides, I was standing in line at Starbucks, waiting for my grande non-fat misto, when a woman asked me a question.

“Do you run, is that why you have a BOB stroller ?”

My response, “yes I do run, this stroller is why I wanted a baby”. “Once I found out I was pregnant my first thought was, now I get a BOB”. I loved the blank look on her face, she thought I was kidding. I’m not.

Come on I’m sure we all have or had our own selfish reasons for wanting a child. Mine just happened to involve pushing a cool stroller while running. Was my reason suppose to be, I wanted to gain pregnancy pounds, have my body never be the same, push a child out me, and have her take charge of my life? Didn’t think so.

Lucky for my little lady, caring for her comes way before running...it’s a tight race.

We all have our own reasons for wanting a baby..right?