bloggy girls gone wild.

so as you've probably heard me mention once or twice, i had a pretty sweet weekend.  i got to attend bloggy boot camp seattle with some of my favorite blogger friends & follow that up by a girls night out with even more of us.  it was my first time away all by myself since parker's been alive & was a total success.  you know, besides that whole parker-and-sam-got-in-a-car-totaling-accident part.  but they are still doing great & we're chalking the weekend up to a success.

but for reals?  this post has a lot of photos.

me, mandy, stephanie, lauren - taken with my iPhone

the weekend started off by meeting up with these ladies for dinner.  out of the four of us, mandy & i were the only ones who had met before... so you'd think this could be awkward.  it wasn't.  how could it be when we've spent hours reading about each other's lives on the internet?  and yes, that's totally normal.

after some shopping & some froyo we headed back to our hotel to get ready for our big day.  one room for all four of us.  if you think dinner could be awkward then you'd for sure think that sharing a bed with someone you just met could be awkward too.  but that wasn't either.  lauren totally forgave me for snoring and wiggling all night.  truth bomb:  i'm a serious snorer.

the conference was pretty sweet.  although we had stayed up til three am the night before talking about who even knows what {actually, i remember it all... but what happens at the doubletree stays at the doubletree} so we were exhausted.  but we got to hear some pretty good speakers & learn all about networking & monetizing & finding your voice & budgeting your time & it was good.

oh & there was some swag too {yeah i'm talking about you bh&g ice cream scoop, measuring cup, & spatula!}  also good.

after the conference we headed to a different hotel downtown bellevue where we pulled the curtains & jumped in bed so our heads could stop spinning from the boot camp information overload.  but not before we took some sweet pics.  i believe there was some bed jumping involved too?  maybe those will surface someday.

then the rest of the group showed up & we traded our flats for wedges & hit the town.

{linking up with harper's happenings for steppin' out saturday.  yay!}

we got some dinner & decided we were down for froyo round two.  seriously... all healthy diet rules seem to go out the window when i'm in a different zip code.  what's up with that?  i've heard there's no calories in frozen yogurt though.  so that's good.

on the way we may or may not have had a little downtown photoshoot.  we are bloggers afterall.

{from left to right: chelsey, amanda, melissa, mandy, fiona, me, lauren, stephanie, mandy - not pictured: jill}

then the party continued for round two when we hit up yet another restaurant.  yes, more appetizers, more drinks, & way way way more laughter was so necessary.

by midnight we all had tears in our eyes & sore cheeks from laughing so hard.  who knew childbirth, pregnancy, & baby-rearing could be so freaking funny?  it totally is.

sunday morning came early & we headed back home at a decent hour.  i was kinda in a hurry to get back home to this:

and don't worry, i gave him a pretty good squeeze.  i kinda missed him.  but only lots & lots.

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