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June 8, 2011



My blog is a year old today!  On June 8, 2011, I started this blog with Our History.  The purpose of this blog was to share all of the important information about my pregnancy to anyone who wanted to read about it.  Today, I still use this blog to share all of the important details of my life and the life of my family.

 
While I don't have a fancy background or professional blog header, I love writing my blog.  It's probably one of my most favorite things to do.  I love being able to express my opinion on topics and express my love for my daughter.  I love receiving comments from people and I love that people may actually use some of my advice.

 
I recently applied to have my blog published on Blogher Publishing Network.  Cross your fingers that I get published!!

 
Here are some stats about my blog:
  • 143 Published blog posts, not including this one
  • 8 drafts pending
  • I follow 33 other blogs right now, almost all about Mommyhood
  • I only have 3 since most of my friends follow the blog via Facebook (is there a way to show that on here?)
  • My recurring blogs are Menu Mondays, So What Wednesdays and Tear to the Eye Fridays
  • I had 471 page views last month, 3,000 overall (I may or may not have visited my own page just to get that from 2,999 to 3,000 yesterday!)
I don't know how my stats stack up to other blogs. I don't even know if they are comparable.  I'd love for my blog to get bigger and better and actually make a little bit of a living writing it, but for now I'm just happy to be able to write.  I'm happy to be able to share some of my life with you. 

Comments

  1. MelissaJune 8, 2012 at 6:52 PM

    Happy Blogiversary! And I think you'll be able to get a facebook gadget here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/

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    1. Vanessa MillerJune 22, 2012 at 12:17 PM

      Ha! Blogiversary! I love it! Any idea how to get the Pinterest button? Every time I try it tells me there is something wrong with it :(

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