Strollin'

The first major purchase we made for Baby Hawk was the stroller and car seat combo.  Talk about stressful.  I started looking at strollers when I was about 5 weeks pregnant.  One thing I knew for absolute certain was that I wanted was a jogging stroller.  Momma's gotta get back in shape somehow, right?  Baby Hawk has already ran a half marathon, so I'm sure he/she already has momma's love of running, right? ;-)  What I wasn't sure of, was if I would need a non-jogging stroller as well.  I really didn't want to have to fork over money for two strollers.  Maybe I could use a jogging stroller as a regular stroller?  So began my search...

I consistently found that BOB strollers are the highest rated and well-respected jogging strollers out there (most specifically, the BOB Revolution.)  Additionally, my sister-in-law used one with my littlest nephew, and all the strollers that I saw at the Kansas City Marathon were BOB's.  There must be something to these strollers... and now I'm really interested.  

The next thing I was concerned with, was finding a car seat and adaptor that would work with the jogging stroller to make my own travel system, so I wouldn't have to buy a second stroller.  Sure enough, the BOB Revolution was compatible with the Britax Infant B-Safe car seat.  A car seat that I was interested in prior to searching for jogging strollers due to the high safety and ease of use ratings.  Unfortunately, the car seat does run on the heavy side, but that seems to be par for the course these days.  In our search, we didn't find anything that felt significantly lighter.

Yes, the BOB stroller is looking better and better.

Our last step was to actually see the stroller and try it out.  Off we went to REI.  We were immediately sold.   It is lightweight, easy to maneuver, and even easier to fold up for storage.  I had absolutely no problems lifting and fitting it into the cargo area of our SUV for transportation.  The front wheel has a swivel option for every-day use, and a lock option for use when running.

To top it off, REI had the stroller, as well as the car seat in stock.  In orange.  They even put the stroller together and made sure the wheels were properly filled.  We were sold.

I might be slightly obsessed with this stroller... I know that's kind of weird.  I seriously can't wait to stroll my little peanut around the neighborhood in this bad boy, then head out for runs when he/she is big enough and the weather cools down.

One purchase made, 999,999 more to go.