Mommy Spotlight

Alisa Vrable

Alisa is mommy to 2 1/2 year-old Jack and brand new baby Sam (born 2/28). Alisa has been with our group from the very start, she attended our first playgroup at City Park and has been an active Stroller Strides member (she was at class 2 days before Sam was born!).

What are your goals as a mom?
My goals as a Mom are to instill in my children a belief in God, to be a good role model for them, teach them to respect women, teach them good values, to be hard-working and honest at all times. To let them know it's ok to fail, as long as they tried.

What is your #1 challenge as a mom?
I think my challenges just changed, as of six days ago. My fear of having a second baby was having the quality of time that I would like for both of them. This has proven very true this past week. Hopefully I'll find that balance very quickly!!

What are your fitness goals for 2010?
My fitness goals for this year are to lose the rest of my baby weight by May-June and strengthen/tone myself up again. I foresee a lot of squats, lunges, tricep and ab exercises in my future!

List some of your previous "jobs".
After college, I worked with children who were in crisis and that had been abused/neglected. I then entered the Columbus(Ohio) Police Academy and spent over eight yrs. with the dept. This was definitely the best shape I have ever been in in my life. After getting married and moving across the country to be with my husband, who was stationed at Camp Pendleton, I worked at the Armed Services YMCA facilitating an after-school program called Operation Hero. It was a program that was designed to help grade school children, who were having issues with socialization and deployments. This was a very rewarding job watching my 'kids' grow and flourish throughout the program.

What is your proudest "mommy" moment?
I have had so many over the past two and a half yrs. Becoming a mommy has presented itself to be the greatest blessing to me and the greatest challenge at times. Watching Jack learn has probably been some of the proudest moments. He picks up things so quickly and has such a wonderful disposition(most of the time). He has a way of always making me laugh. He already goes up to Sam and sings his ABCs and counts to 15 for him.