Congratulations to Jen Gardell! She is our November Mom of the Month! Jen is mom to twins, Grant and Grayson. She has been part of our Stroller Strides family since June. Though busy working full time and keeping up with those beautiful boys, Jen makes it to at least one class a week! Go Jen!! She is energetic and a great motivator! Want to know more about Jen? Read more…1. I have a brother and a sister
2. I was born in Tampa
3. I went to the University of Florida (Go Gators)
4. My first love is my Rottweiler Emma
5. I met my husband at a work training in Atlanta
6. My favorite color is green
7. I always said growing up that my biggest fear was having twins. I said I would give one up for adoption---Best part of my life now but so funny that I always said that and now have twin boys
8. All always said I would never ever breast feed and ended up pumping 80 ounces a day for 6 months :/
9. My boys were born at 33 weeks and spent 3 weeks in the NICU
10. The doctors thought I would be a boy and my parents were going to name me Michael. My mother in law thought my husband (Michael) was going to be a girl and she was going to name the baby Jennifer
11. I am the medical banker at SunTrust Bank
12. I am a morning person and hate staying up late
13. I was pre-vet till my senior year at college when I saw a dog be put to sleep working at a vets office
14. I am a total blackberry addict. My husband threatens to throw in out the window daily
15. My favorite movie is Pretty Woman
16. I am blind as a bat without my contacts.
17. My dream vacation is a trip to Australia. My husband hates to fly so I might be taking the trip solo
18. I have not slept through the night in 1 year (reference #7 for the reason why)
19. In college I had 14 foster animals at one time. Animal control gave me a list of the dogs/puppies on the euthanize list and I couldn’t control myself. $600 bill at animal control and one unhappy roommate J
20. I am a super picky eater. I like very plain food and have determined I could probably live fine on baby food.
21. Through college I was a camp counselor at Doggie Daycare called Camp Wag a Lot.
22. I have had my hair highlighted since I was 13 so I really don’t know what my current hair color is
23. I have a tattoo on my lower stomach
24. I got married on campus at the University of Florida
25. I honeymooned in San Francisco