Firsts with your kids

Experiencing your kids firsts is truly something amazing! Whether it's their first words, steps or when they first say (and it's understood), "I love you, mama." Yesterday, I had the wonderful experience of taking my (almost 3 y.o.) son to see a movie in the theatre for the first time. We went to see "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs", in 3D! The nice part is that we were 2 of 4 people in the theatre and he could talk pretty much as loud as he wanted when asking questions (and re-pick our seats 4x). He wore the glasses for about 10 minutes, but they were too big and he didn't want to have to keep holding them on his face. I kept wondering if he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him because without the glasses, the graphics were fuzzy. No complaints from him! The only thing I have to say about that movie is that while it was about an invention that went awry - and made it rain food constantly; it was probably funny for little kids, but for a mom who's trying to make sure my kids eat right and know what portion sizes are -- this movie had kids eating too much candy, the mayor had to ride around on a motorized wheelchair because he got too big from eating too much...it was pretty over the top and an interesting play on what society might be like. Overall, it was nonetheless one of the most memorable times with my son - he even asked if we could do it again sometime!

New Year, New Blog! Or Committment to writing one!

Last year I started this blog. I didn't really tell anyone about it (just my mom) and I only had two posts! I thought, "what do I have to write about that anyone else would care to read." Whilel, that may still be the case, I do have quite a bit going on in my life that someone out there may find interesting or entertaining or boring!

So, I'm adding to my list of 14 goals for 2010.

#15 - Writing this blog (if even only once a week).

Now the real question is - do I tell anyone about it?!

I turned 3-0 last year and I remember having a list of things I wanted to do before I turned 30. I don't know what ever happened to that list, but I do know I was able to accomplish a few of them. One thing that I've wanted to do practically my whole life is to go to the Kentucky Derby! Being the southern-raised girl I am - what can be better dressing up, wearing a big hat (that I'll never wear again) and drinking "yummy" mint juleps?! It appears this year may be the year to cross it off my list. I've already got my plane ticket; now buying a ticket to Churchill Downs is another thing.

I've also committed to doing another marathon which I swore I'd never do. It's going to be truly a destination marathon and one I couldn't pass up. I'm running the Napa Valley Marathon in March with a few of my very best friends! My mama, sister and runner in crime - Kimberly! It's Kimberly's first marathon and she was a little bummed to find out there will be no spectators on the course.

Last and most importantly, I'm starting a new company. As I was reading through pages and pages of research and resources today I realized I may have found something that I always wanted to do, but didn't know it. I am starting a technology licensing agency - licensing IP in the bioscience industry. This came about sine I've been working for three years now for a health, science and technology brand consultanc and the challenges we've seen with clients and marketing/licensing their IP. I am very excited about this new venture and will probably have a few things to say about it this year.

Stay tuned!

Training for a Triathlon

So, I've been running for the past 6 years, but I've never really been a "runner" -- until now. It started with the idea of going to Hawaii for a marathon/vacation and every other year until we had kids we would pick some great place to run a marathon.

After running 3 marathons (spanning 5 years) I decided my favorite distance is 13.1 miles. When I was pregnant with Colette I decided to have a "comeback" run and I did accomplish this plus one extra in May and June of this year. Since those races, I've been training for a mini triathlon and believe me -- I'm not sure I know what I'm in for.

Last night I joined the Pulse Y Not Tri Training Group for practice. We did a bike/run combo aka BRICK. Let me just say today I can't breathe without feeling it all the way up my back and in my shoulder blades (which I really didn't know could hurt so bad). I say all this because not only is this race in a few weeks (and I'm barely able to catch my breath on the swim), but I also just signed up for the Fit for Life 1/2 marathon in two days. Deep down I'm proud of myself, but on the surface,I'm thinking WTF?!

Runner Mama - I've finally done it!

This is the first entry to my blog. I've often wondered why I would write a blog. I read other blogs and always say "I don't have enough time to do my own" and "who cares about what I have to say". Well here's to my mid-year resolutions of writing my own blog (and staying current on it).

This blog will be about anything and everything. I am a "mama" of two, Marshall (almost 2 1/2 years old) and Colette (7 1/2 months old). When we named our daughter, I thought "their names sounded like the title of a book!"

I work full-time and also have been finding a love for working out (mainly running) since the birth of my daughter. My goal to lose the baby weight was to run a half marathon -- well I've since run 2, have one this weekend and a "mini" tri-athlon in August.

I hope you enjoy this as it gives me a great outlet to talk about things in my life that make me happy!