Sunday, October 29, 2017

ABC Kids Expo 2017

Over the past two years, I've always swooned over the ABC Kids Expo that is held annually here in Vegas, and every year, I was envious of everyone that had the priveldege to attend and be surrounded by all the new gear, product releases and overall just awesomeness of the baby gear world.  It is a private convention that is only open to trade, so this year, I decided I would try my best at applying to attend as a blogger, and to my absolute surprise and delight... was accepted in their media badge category!

ABC (All Baby and Children) Kids Expo is a huge convention held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and literally brings thousands of baby products, gear, toys, feeding and nursery accessories into one space... you name it, if it is baby, kid or mama related, it's there!  Whether it's an established brand or a new and up and coming one, the expo is the place to be if you are a baby gear nerd like me!  Getting to see the latest products, browse the latest trends and meet face to face with the owners/creators/inventors of the each brand is an amazing experience of the ABC Kids Expo world, and one I enjoyed a million times more than I expected (which is a lot, because I knew I would love it to begin with)!

The estimated attendance for this year's show was 14,000, which had me prepared for chaos, especially since I was bringing both kids!  Tuesday was the first day the trade show opened, and because Nolan had PreK in the morning, we weren't able to attend for the opening ceremonies.  Instead, we decided to head down for a couple hours after naps in the afternoon.  When we got there, we headed to print our media badges, and Nolan felt super official that he had his own, while Acelyn couldn't really care about hers much and wanted to just hang in the stroller and take in the activity around her. 

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

September Happenings

We started out the month checking out Toys R' Us for Star Wars' Force Friday, followed by a play date at My Gym with our friends Coen and Shaw, where the boys tried realllllly hard to reach the bars and Acelyn went down slides a million times.




Thursday, October 5, 2017

First Annual Girls' Trip!


Back in the Spring, some of my best friends and I decided we were well overdue for a big girls' trip that we've yet to take, although we always talk about one every year.  We finally pulled the trigger and after a few deliberations, decided our vacation spot for the year was going to be... New Orleans!