Stampin' Up!

What a week! Mabel had lots of firsts this week - Her first plane ride, her first hotel stay, her first Stampin' Up convention, and she even held her head up on her own for the first time! Mabel and I flew out on Wed. morning to Denver for the Stampin' Up convention. Mabel slept the entire way. We were joined by my friend, Sara, and her 5 mo. old daughter, Mia. For those of you who don't know, I am an independent demonstrator for Stampin' Up. (Shameless plug - for more information, check out my website: http://danaeciske.stampinup.net) Mabel attended all sessions with me Thurs. - Sat. We saw presentations on new products and different on ideas on how to grow our business. We also saw lots of crazy ladies that like stamping just a little TOO much, but I guess Sara and I aren't that far behind. Mabel was incredibly good throughout the entire stay. She managed to sleep through some of the presentations and play quietly through others. Stampin' Up was thoughtful enough to have mothers' rooms in the main hall. They had comfy chairs and TVs so that we could watch the presentations, but keep the babies out of the main room if they were fussy. One of the rooms was in a convernted men's bathroom, seeing that there were about five men out of the over 2500 attendees. One presenter joked that we had converted every men's bathroom to a women's within a five block radius. I'm not sure about that, but most of the ones in the convention center were converted. We flew home last night and Mabel once again slept the entire flight. It was a great experience and I'm so glad that we decided to go. We have a quiet week this week, but I'll post again soon.