Sarah and Nathan

I should have been doing this the whole time, but oh well.

Des at 17 months

Nicknames: Des, Des-O, Budders

Words: Dah! (duck – also refers to Jayhawks and other birds), Nana (banana, also means snack or food in general), Mama (refers to either parent), Li-Li (his friend Eliza; also possibly means “I Love You”).

Mobility: This kid cannot get enough of walking. He wants to walk on his own EVERYWHERE! This is fun, but also means I’ve got to watch him like a hawk: if we are in a store and he is walking, he takes off down aisles FAST – grocery shopping takes a long time this way. Outside, he wants to go where he pleases; if we try to redirect him, he will often run away from us OR squat on the ground and cry about it. He has scared me a number of times by walking down our driveway heading into the street – need to start some training on that one.

Likes: Books, bananas, being outside, dogs, walking, building towers with blocks and dramatically knocking them down, wrestling with papa.

Favorites: Book – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Food – Banana

Personality: Des loves figuring things out; independent; curious but cautious; friendly (he waves at EVERYONE); sweet; funny.

I looked back at my post in August – once a week??? What was I thinking??? I have an active toddler on my hands, who has time to blog? Seriously, I am impressed by the food bloggers that just had babies and are still cooking, baking, and blogging; no idea how they do it.

Anyway, in December we found out that we are expecting again! Yippee! So, like before, here’s a short and sweet update/journal entry:

Baby #2

Gender: Unknown, we’ll find out on March 12th.

Nicknames: Basil

Mama feels: This pregnancy has been way different than my first with Des. I was sick A LOT during the first trimester, and while the puking has stopped, I still feel really, really tired most of the day. Now, this could be contributed to running around after an active 17 month old as will as cooking a baby; however, I found out at my monthly appointment today that my iron is low, so that is also contributing to my my weariness.

Cravings: They come and go, but lately I’ve been craving burgers (might be due to my low iron), ice cream, queso, and orange juice. I can seriously drink a whole gallon of OJ by myself in a couple days time.

Emotions: Really just tired, and somewhat lethargic. I’m hoping getting on an iron supplement will help this.

Predictions: Nate and I both are thinking girl, but we’ll find out soon enough!

It is August 26th, 2013.

My last post is dated August 14, 2012.

Time flies when you’re figuring out how to be a mom…

This is a quick update. Now that my darling son is almost a year old and I’ve gotten used to being a stay-at-home mom, I am hoping to get back into the blog-o-sphere. My goal is to post something once a week, but no promises. I think we’ll be lucky if I get once a month, but I have high hopes and lots of things I would like to tell you about…you being, well, maybe it’ll just be for myself…

Okay, here we go…

What’s happened since August 14, 2012? Obviously, there is a lot that has happened in the past year, but this is the gist of it: baby, move, settling in.

First, I had a baby! Desmond Colgate was born 2 weeks early under some pretty crazy circumstances. Nate and I went in to triage thinking my water had broken – it hadn’t, but I DID have preeclampsia. This was strange news to me, as my blood pressure had been normal all throughout my pregnancy – until now. We were admitted at 10:00pm,

 and Desmond was born at 9:30am the next morning. It was a crazy whirlwind, but we were so happy to finally meet our little man.

Two months after Desmond was born, we packed up, said goodbye to our friends who had become our San Diego family, and headed back East to Lawrence, Kansas. This was another crazy whirlwind, but we are feeling settled and continue to receive confirmation from God that this is where we are supposed to be. We love being closer our families (and the grandparents LOVE having Des closer!), and I have really fallen for Lawrence. A future blog post I hope to put together is my top 10 things I love about Lawrence.

Here’s hoping I can be a little more consistent on this blog starting today! Until then, here are a few pictures of our little man:

I’m always amazed at the creativity of others. It is inspiring.

Nathan Cooper is an 11 year old that I have the honor of knowing. He’s one of the most creative people I’ve ever met! Check out this product that he’s trying to raise money for on Kickstarter – they’re Ruler Pencils!

In June, Nathan completed his first ever Ironman 70.3. I am so proud of him! I trained along side him for almost a year, and was cheering loudly as he crossed the finish line in Lawrence, Kansas in just under 7 hours.

As we trained together for that, I realized how much I need motivation to get myself to work out. My motivation for the last year has been spending time with my husband (he trained 6 days a week, so the YMCA became our date night). Now, I needed something else to shoot for.

Inspired by my husband, I signed up for my second triathlon, the SheROX Sprint Tri in San Diego on October 16th. My first triathlon, a super sprint, was two years ago; this tri is one level above that first one.

I’m in my second week of training, and one new thing that I’m doing is journaling about the training. I think this is helpful for two reasons: 1) I am able to see myself get faster/stronger, and 2) it helps me process emotionally what I’m feeling during training. To jump start the little bloggy blog again, I’ll be posting some of the training journal entries here.

If you’ve never done a triathlon before, I highly encourage you to give it a shot. It’s way more fun than just running!

For some inspiration, check out Nate’s Ironman pictures here.