With my new baby’s pending arrival, I’ve naturally been reflecting on my last child’s birth and newborn period. Each child teaches me something brand new, and I’m sure this third child will come complete with a wealth of new wisdom for her parents. With my first son, my focus rested entirely on just trying to keep this new creature alive....

Today was the official start of the BlogHer Conference.  I woke up early, got a shower, and headed down to the Newbie Breakfast where I met Danielle from Momotics for some chow.  After that, I finally met OuttaJo and we all headed over to the opening speech where they announced that next year’s BlogHer Conference will be in San Diego. ...

Okay, I survived my first day of BlogHer 2010 Conference activities.  It wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be.  Right away, I hooked up with Jennifer from Fuck Yeah, Motherhood and we headed over to our first party – Social Luxe, where we were both nominated for a “Most Provocative” award. I was excited to get the invite...

I’m here!  Safe and sound!  We successfully navigated the New York subway system and I’m now resting uncomfortably in my 5 foot square New York hotel room.  No, that’s not a joke… we’re staying at The Pod for the first night and it is most seriously only about 5 feet wide by 7 feet long.  The bed is a day...

I really could not be more thrilled to announce that, not only did I land a full sponsorship for this year’s BlogHer Conference in New York City, but it happens to be with two companies that I absolutely adore.  So many people wonder how one goes about landing a private BlogHer Conference sponsorship, so I’ll explain my journey here. When...

Settle in for a few paragraphs of shameless self-promotion.  I’ve been lucky enough to get some writing gigs elsewhere over the last few weeks and I wanted to share links to them here.  Some of the gigs were paid, and some I did out of the kindness of my attention seeking heart.  However, all of them meant a lot to...