I’m baaaaack. It was awesome. Best conference I’ve attended thus far. The content of the sessions blew my mind. The people I met were amazing. I don’t know where to begin or end. Let me just say, “Dude, it rocked.” The Four Seasons Houston was the bomb, too. Let’s see some pics, shall we?
ROOMIES. I had the best roomies. There is nothing like spending time with your gals. Staying up late. Chatting. Bonding. Laughing. Crying.
Holly Homer, Laurie Turk, Amy Bellgardt, Jyl Johnson Pattee, Jenny Ingram, Rachael Herrscher (in spirit)
MAD MEN PARTY. The Mad Men-inspired party on Thursday night was a blast. It was fun dressing up in 1960′s attire and making new friends.
Marie LeBaron, Jyl Johnson Pattee, Laurie Turk, Amy Bellgardt
DEFINING A MOVEMENT ART EXHIBIT. Amazing photographs and art. Taco stand sent straight from the heavens. Body painting. Inspiration. #LOVE & #SHINE
Jenny Ingram, Amy Bellgardt
JUICEBOX JUNGLE PARTY. The folks at Juicebox Jungle invited a few of us for drinks at the Four Seasons Quatro restaurant. It was awesome to finally see the faces behind Juicebox.
Jyl Johnson Pattee, Amy Bellgardt, Sarah Eisner
BARILLA DINNER. Chef Lorenzo Boni taught us how to make a delicious Italian dinner using Barilla pasta. The lovely Christine Koh from BostonMamas.com cooked for our table.
Amy Bellgardt, Christine Koh
CHEESEBURGHER PARTY. You really can’t go wrong with eating cheeseburgers, drinking sodas and wearing McDonald’s bag on your head.
Jenny Ingram, Jyl Johnson Pattee, Rachael Herrscher, Amy Bellgardt
I barely tweeted from the event. Reason? I was so engaged with the content, message and people. I love leaving a conference and leaving with inspiration and joy. Go to Mom 2.0 next year in New Orleans. Trust me.
I would like to thank Cozi for making my experience possible and well organized!!
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Had such a great time planning for the conference since September, rooming with you, being in nearly every photograph with you (LOL!), and talking about it every since. You are an amazing friend! And I agree that this was the best conference evs. Get a double dose next year by going to ALT Design Summit and Mom 2.0. AMAZING!!!!
I heart you, girl!
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Amy - Mom Spark & Mom Made That! Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:26 am
@Jyl Johnson Pattee, I had a blast with you, even though we needed WAY more time together, right? I really want to go to ALT next year, sounds amazing.
I love you, truly!!
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Beautiful! So, so fantastic to meet you and hang! Also appreciated your encouragement re: kid spacing issue.
xoxo Christine
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Amy - Mom Spark & Mom Made That! Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:28 am
@Boston Mamas, It was fantastic meeting you, too. Who knew that you were such an amazing cook???
If you want to talk further about the kid spacing issue, please contact me anytime. BFFs 4ever?
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Amy – awesome post thanks for the love! It was SO great to meet you!
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Amy - Mom Spark & Mom Made That! Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:29 am
@Sarah, It was so nice to finally meet all of you! Please keep in touch and hope to see you at future events!
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I kept seeing you – yet you were always talking, or I was, or both and we didn’t get to chat. I agree it was an awesome conference.
You certainly got a lot more pics done than I did (that was my big regret!). I can’t wait for New Orleans in 2011! (And I’ll email you to catch up on what we were supposed to chat about last week, phew!) 
Cheers!
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:34 am
@Mediamum, I’m so sorry about that.
I think we ended up having too much fun, no? Please email me and we’ll chat. Hope you had an awesome time.
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I ADORED finally meeting you.
You are joy and laughter and light and sassy fun.
I can’t wait to get to know you more and to see you again!
xoxo
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 am
@Rachel, There are SO many ladies that I didn’t include in my post, and you are on top of that list. LOVED you. So pretty, warm, and funny. I hope to talk to you more. Maybe at BlogHer?
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Hi, Amy. Was so glad to see you again. I thought it was a great conference as well and met some fabulous women. The conference sparked so many great ideas. Would love to get your perspective on key take-aways from the conference. I hope you’ll blog about it — or email me.
P.S. You and Jyl are quite the comedy team. You should tour.
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:41 pm
@Heidi Modarelli-Frank,
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 pm
@Mom Spark, So glad to see you, too!
Yes, I want to blog about the sessions in more detail. In a nutshell, I was inspired to write and photograph, and also took away some important business tips for both of my sites. Such great content!
You will love tomorrow’s Wordless Wednesday. (includes Jyl & I)
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Nicely put Amy! I have to agree–so busy soaking it all in, there was barely time for twitter, let alone observing the outside world. What a weekend. Thanks for everything.
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
@Lauren @IsabellaPrdcts, I loved our conversations at Mom 2.0. I still want to see that product in action!
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Lauren @IsabellaPrdcts Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
@Mom Spark, Absolutely! Would love to get Vizit in your hands. Will connect by email.
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
@Lauren @IsabellaPrdcts, Look forward to it!
You and your roommates were hilarious! I loved meeting them all and I’m glad we got to see each other again!!
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
@allison, Same here! Did you enjoy yourself?
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“I barely tweeted from the event. Reason? I was so engaged with the content, message and people.”
You got me sold for next year. Awesomeness.
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
@Sheena @ Sophistishe, I’m so glad you’re sold. Seriously, want to leave feeling inspired? Go.
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It was great to get to talk to you for the brief moment that I did. We will have talk at the next conference.
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm
@Bobbi Janay,
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
@Mom Spark, Totally!! What conferences do you plan on attending next?
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Three words – I. Love. You.
And a hashtag – #somuch
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Where can I get details for future conferences?
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I loved seeing you again! And I love that first photo of us in our Target dresses!!
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Mom Spark Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
@Marie, Isn’t Target the bomb??? It was great seeing you again and sitting in your panel. You did a great job!
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