On Monday, Seth and I met up with blog bud Kristie, aka Slackermommy and her brood. Why yes! She and her family ARE as cool as her blog. And fun too!

Through some conversations a few months ago, we learned we live a mere 10 minutes from each other. How weird is that? So when the kids didn’t have school on Monday, she was kind enough to invite Seth and I ovah to her very pretty house.

Her son Conner is about seven months older than Seth. They hit it off within five minutes of us walking through the door. We also got to meet her beautiful daughters, Madeline, Isabella, and the baby Marigrace. (Much to my chagrin, Seth decided that was a PERFECT day to go commando. So being that he doesn’t have enough butt to keep his pants up, almost everyone in her family got at least one eyeful of Seth’s butt crack. Sigh.) As for us mommies? I’m pretty sure there was not even two consecutive seconds of silence. Yeah, we did alot of gabbing.

Kristie’s got a killer smile, beautiful hair and an amazing figure. (I believe my hubby would say “She has bodacious tata’s.” What? Well, she DOES.) She made us feel immediately at home. And she has so much energy. She’s a dynamo. She was a perfect hostess and put us at ease immediately.
The coolest thing about meeting blog buds in real life is that it feels more like catching up with an old friend than meeting a new one. Even if you have no idea what the person may look and sound like, you know so much about them — what’s happening in their life, their values, beliefs, attitude, sense of humor. When you finally get together, you’re not wasting time with silly, shallow questions. You can dig right in and discuss past posts and get some back story. You get to listen to their voice and watch their expressions and mannerisms. You can speak more freely on your own posts as well — you know, the juicy stuff that never makes it into the blog. Plus? I got to see some of the uber-cool projects she’s working on. It made for a constant stream of facinating conversation.
I met Stephanie and Melissa this past fall. Time with them, as did with Kristie, flew by. At one point I realized we had been at her house for four hours. (She is so sweet, she even fed Seth and me a yummy lunch.) I left feeling rejuvenated and so happy about meeting her. Kristie? THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!
P.S. Sorry there’s no photos of us all together. I started getting a migraine and had to leave abruptly to take drugs.
St. Louis bloggers? We’ve. Got. To. Get. Together. Soon. (Any St. Louis Blogger I haven’t linked is invited! This means you Mikala! For some reason I can’t get a link to work for ya.) I’ve been holding off on organizing because I know some people have got so much going on in their lives… But I’m thinking that maybe we could try to get together next month? You’ll be hearing from me soon.