Mom 2.0 Summit recap

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This picture pretty well sums up my pose the entire weekend in Houston for Mom 2.0 Summit. I was taking it all in. There were so many amazing women {along with a couple men} that I learned so much from. I'm still sitting here with a spinning head with a growing list of things to work on. More on that later.

It all opened up with Guy Kawasaki and I honestly could have listened to him for the entire weekend. He interviews so well and makes you feel like he's having a conversation with him right in your own living room. And while doing this, uses the word shitake quite a bit. It was unreal.

Other highlights included:

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Burgers Galore at the Carnivale Celebration

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Dancing like crazy

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Learning from amazing and successful women {Gabrielle Blair, Laurie Smithwick, Gwen Bell & Laura Mayes the founders of Kirtsy}

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And best of all, making new friends and having the time of our life. {Pictured above-- Erin Schlosser, Christy Nelson, me, Dina Vathis & Surabhi Mittal)

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And more friends {Kim Christopherson, Christy Nelson, me, Erin Schlosser & Kris Thurgood-- Kim & Kris are my favorite twins... they are so cute!}

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And more friends {April Atwater, Marie LeBaron & me}

And there were so many more friends that I didn't snap a picture with. The weekend was awesome and I have many, many fun things planned. Stay tuned my friends and be sure to join the ride next year.

A Typical Monday

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I really can't belive that February is here. Where has the last month gone? Or the last year? I sometimes feel like life is flashing before my very eyes. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels that way. I have always been a person with a full plate. I like to be busy and I always like to be working towards something. Sometimes this has gotten me into trouble. I have made mistakes where I fill my life with useless tasks or things that don't make me happy or achieve anything.

Ever since Caden has come and I'm trying to balance the many different responsiblities in my life, I have never felt balanced. More often than not, I get to the end of the day and have many more things left on my to do list than what I even accomplished throughout the day.

Now, please do not take this as a pity post. It is not that. This is what my mind goes through every Monday morning. It's somewhat of a guilty complex sprinkled in with a weeding out factor. These are my thoughts on the way to work.... What am I doing? Why am I going to work? What can change in my life that will lessen the burden on my family? What am I willing to sacrifice?

I will say that I'm probably not the best working mother. I struggle with the fact of leaving my little one for 50 hours a week {note: during his happiest times}. I struggle with keeping my house in order and eating good meals. I can't even tell you how tempted I have been at times to hit "Delete this blog" as sometimes I wonder if it's just one of those useless tasks that I'm spending time on. But then I sit back and think that this brings me joy. I love talking about my family and I sure enjoy all the friends I've made along the way. I hope I'm not doing it for not. I want my little Caden {& hopefully more to come} to enjoy my little journal-of sorts-when they are older. They will know me and all the struggles I went through as a developing mother. So here I am documenting it. Life is good and it's a challenge. It may not be balanced at times, but I am doing the best I can.