Mommy blogging - Niche Mommy 2012, Day 1

I'm at the Niche Mommy 2012 conference as a Guest Ambassador for Eden Bodyworks. There was a cocktail party Thursday night to welcome everyone. It provided a great opportunity to connect and meet fellow moms that are just as passionate about sharing life experiences.

The conference opened with keynote speaker Ted Rubin. He did a wonderful job of jump-starting our day! (he bought EVERYONE drinks last night during the cocktail party - cool guy, right). He talked to us about Return on Relationships. Often times we become so consumed with gaining followers and loose site of building relationships with our friends, fans, and followers. A great footprint for life is to "do for others without the expectation of a return" but relationships are an exchange and they really do add value to your life. So, continue to do good for others, but remember to pay your receipt of goodness forward.

As a Guest Ambassador for Eden Bodyworks, I am having a great time doing what I love doing anyway......TALKING! This is a great brand for everyone, not matter your ethnic background. I have yet to meet a Mom whose hair doesn't tangle, get a little dry, or have to fight frizz. It's rather humid here in New Orleans, as always, and everyone is battling frizzy hair today. Well, Eden Bodyworks Hair Milk is the staple product today. The Niche Mommy's are trying and playing with the Hair Milk and loving it. It was so easy to talk about how these products are so easy to use and great for all hair types.

I also got to play with a few cute creatures from the Audubon Zoo. We brought Caden here a couple of years ago and he loved the tasty delectables (bug cafe).

A millipede

Rosey the Rose-haired terantula

A Lubber grasshopper

A black widow

Velvet ants

After lunch, I visited with Macy's Heart of Haiti Project. The handmade piece were beautiful and very detailed. The pieces are available on Macys.com and a portion of the proceeds go back to the crafters. I picked up this lovely necklace....

Britax closed out the day with a beignet chat party and gave away some pretty cool prizes. I even one one! My Sister just had a baby (a month ago) and she has a two year old so I entered to win a double stroller and WON! I called her to tell her and she was so happy, she cried.

This is the first blogger conference that I've attended. I've learned quite a bit, not just from the workshops but from the attendees as well. I even got to meet a few bloggers that I was already following.

Let's see what tomorrow brings....stay tuned!