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Uncategorized | February 23, 2015

This, That, and the Other

Happy Monday friends! I’ve missed you! Sorry for my absence, I left on Thursday to jet off to San Francisco for the weekend to hang out with my Pollinate Media and Weave Made family. 
Highlights totally include eating Chick-Fil-A in the Minneapolis airport (SO good), meeting lots and lots of dad bloggers, people being super nice to my pregnant self, taking an Uber for the first time in my life and not getting stabbed, 
test driving a super fancy Kia K900 with these crazies,
 meeting R2D2 at the Lucas Studio (yes, I’m a total Star Wars nerd at heart. Bet you didn’t know that about me!),

scoring lots of swag for my boys at home,
and finally, coming home to this sweet face. I missed him something fierce. And I missed my husband too! 
Hudson didn’t sleep well last night and just needed mommy. Totally broke my heart. I had a lot of anxiety about leaving him even though I knew he would be well cared for while I was gone. But man, the mommy guilt is hard core. I’m taking today to recover from my trip, catch up on my dvr….and do like 10 loads of laundry.


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  1. P!nky says

    February 23, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    I've never been to San Fran but have always wanted to, maybe I'll get there one day.

    Glad you had a fun weekend!

  2. Jamie Lynn {Cocktails and Carseats} says

    February 23, 2015 at 2:57 pm

    What a fun weekend! Coming home is always the best thing though 🙂

  3. Jenn says

    February 23, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    Looks like you had a ton of fun in San Fran–it's a great city!! And Im also glad that you survived your first Uber without being murdered lol

  4. Kathleen says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    Loved San Fran when I visited last March! Such a fun city. I've still never been in an Uber. But it's good to know that they are safe! 🙂

  5. Elizabeth Birenbaum says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    How fun!!! I saw their posts on IG and thought it sounded like a super fun weekend!

  6. Colleen Sullivan says

    February 23, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    What fun!! Dad 2.0 looked awesome! Love your swag 🙂 O would be stoked!

  7. Jessica says

    February 23, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    Had so much fun keeping up with you via IG! Glad you had a good trip and got home to your boys safely:) And double yay for Chick-fil-A. Don't know how you survive without it;)

  8. Brettni @ Bringing Up Brumfields says

    February 24, 2015 at 1:51 am

    R2D2! My son would've flipped out.

    Looks like y'all had a blast!

  9. Ashley @ Life on the Parsons Farm says

    February 24, 2015 at 7:53 pm

    Why is there always so much laundry when you come back home Friday m vacation?

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