I’m back from vacation, home from BlogHer ’11, my mind is reeling and my heart is full. Oh, and I have a brand new blog design!
Over the next few days, I’ll be working with my amazing design and WordPress team (Kristi and Ashley and anyone else willing to help me!!) to work through the bugs and improve navigation, so please bear with me. I am so excited to be on WordPress, but know that it is going to take some time to learn a new platform.
Before I share my BlogHer ’11 experience, I want to share some highlights from our trip to Hawaii.
Our time in Maui was a lot of fun, but to be honest, a week is a long time to be away from home. Particularly with a toddler. Lucas did great on the flights there and back, but by Day 4 was starting to get ornery and talking about all of his favorite things back home, including his favorite babysitter. Gulp!
Here’s my high/low list, starting with the good stuff first!
- The whole reason for our trip was to attend our friends Aaron and Paige’s wedding and it was absolutely beautiful! Two of only 40 guests, it was truly a pleasure to witness. On the beach. At sunset. Sigh…
- Paige is a friend of Todd’s from college, so I got the opportunity to meet/make some new friends.
- The bluest blues, greenest greens and warmest sunshine.
The view from our hotel room. Sigh!
- Todd and I went snorkeling, one of our favorite things to do and saw beautiful fish and a turtle and then back in our hotel room, a large group of dolphins swimming right outside our window.
Yes, I am a huge dork!
- The bride and groom arranged for a morning yoga class on the beach that was amazing and reminded me how much I miss practicing.
Beach Yoga Bliss.
- After much hesitation, I finally jumped off this cliff! I have never felt so old in my life, not to mention terrified.
Black Rock at Sheraton Maui.
Now for the not so great:
- Even though we ordered a crib for our room, Lucas at 34″ would have nothing to do with it. He’s been in a “big boy bed” for four months, so I couldn’t blame him. On the other hand, he had to sleep somewhere and that ended up being right between Mommy and Daddy. None of us were used to this and therefore none of us slept very well the entire trip. Think arms in your face and swift kicks to your back.
- We lost Lucas’ lovey somewhere between checking into our hotel and getting settled into our room. Luckily after searching everywhere and calling lost and found, it was recovered. NOTE TO SELF: Next trip, pack two, just in case!
- A fire alarm woke us on our first night scaring Lucas half to death. I have never seen him so frightened. He was shaking and holding on to me tighter than anyone ever has and it took him a long time to get back to sleep.
Lucas brought up the loud noise the rest of the trip. Poor buddy.
- While on a boat ride and taking a self-roid family photo, Todd accidentally dropped his iPhone into the Pacific Ocean. He barely skipped a beat, where as if that had happened to me, I would have been crying like a baby! It’s situations like this that reinforce what a good match we are.
- And speaking of photos, on Day 4 of our trip we discovered that 80+ photos had vanished from our camera. I’m still sick over this. I did my best to make up for it over the course of the rest of our trip, only to find out that all of the new photos disappeared too. Ugh!
The good outweighed the bad and for that I am grateful.
Directly from Hawaii I headed to San Diego for BlogHer ’11. I’m still in the process of decompressing, unpacking, reconnecting with my family and laundry, but promise to share my thoughts on one of the best weekends ever soon!
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First, love the blog design!!
Glad to hear you had a good time in Hawaii. Sorry to hear about the not-so-good stuff, especially poor Lucas getting woken by that alarm. And the pictures! That would kill me.
Can’t wait to hear about how BlogHer went for you. 🙂
Couldn’t you stay in Hawaii forever? It was so hard for me to leave teh Big Island.
I am trying to decide which has me more jealous, your BlogHer trip or your new fancy WordPress blog…..but instead, I am just going to be VERY VERY happy for you!! It looks great!
I am fairly new to blogging and LOVE your blog design!! I have been to Hawaii and seeing all your photos made me long to return. I lost my iPhone, while running a charity race, at the end I went to take a pic of my son and myself and it was gone! I was beyond upset. So I hear you about not being able to remain so calm.
So glad your little guy found his lovey that happened to my son when he was small and I remember thinking what the heck do we do if we can’t find it… 2 is always great then there is a backup!
Can’t wait to read about your trip to BlogHer11. 🙂
Love your new design!!
Hawaii sounds beautiful! And that view from your room is amazing!
We are going on vacation next weekend and I will be packing 2 of my son’s loveys, just in case. 😉
I would have bawled like a baby if I lost my pictures. Bawled. Pictures are so important to me.
You jumped off of that cliff?!? You have bigger cojones than I do missy. I was so bummed you left before I got a chance to say goodbye. See you in NY!
You in the snorkel and mask? I die. xoxo
First off, I LOVE your new design!! It looks great!!
Hawaii is absolutely beautiful! Sorry about your pictures. I would be in tears if that happened to me.
And OMG on you jumping off the cliff! I would NEVER have the guts to do that.
I think I told you via twitter – but I love the new design! Glad you guys had a great trip. I can’t believe you jumped off that cliff. I’d still be standing there chicken. Seriously, if I dropped my phone in the pacific, I would’ve flipped out too. Your husb definitely is laid back! Bummer about the pictures. 🙁
Ok, first of all, wow! What an intense trip! I asked you guys how Hawaii was and all I got was oh it was great. Well, looks like a lot more than great! A fire alarm? Lucas having to sleep in the bed with you? Whoa! Losing his lovey? Oh no! Glad it was recovered!
There really is something so amazing/beautiful/relaxing/calming about Hawaii. Sadly I didn’t really get much time to do much of the relaxing when I was there so I hope to go back eventually. Your room view was so pretty!
Oh and I LOVE that picture of you in the snorkeling gear! Too funny and such a picture that I would have taken too! Haha