Friday Fragments: Blogs on the Brain

Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post. Friday Fragments are the brainchild of Mrs.4444 and you can find more at Half Past Kissin' Time.

Wow, what an amazing week this has been! I have not had a ton of time for blogging, but I think I'm keeping up all right.

- On Monday, I started the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge. Created by Darren at Problogger, I'm participating in the project with a group of over 500 women at the SITS Forum on BlogFrog. In addition, I was invited a couple of days before it started to be a SITS Girls Community Lead for this project, which means I'm helping with organizing, posting the official threads, commenting, and answering questions. It's only Day 5 and it's been an absolutely AMAZING experience so far! I am loving it. I had a ton of comments on my last post, which felt great. I've been exploring new blogs, connecting with people on Twitter and Blog Frog and on Day 5 I already feel like I've learned a ton. If you're not participating in this challenge, it's not too late to join us. If you don't think now is the time, I would absolutely recommend completing this 31 day workbook at some point in the future and checking out Darren's blog.

- Sam is COMPLETELY OBSESSED with Transformers. Right now, we have four different TV series of the cartoons in our computer for him to watch. He loves them. He walks around singing the theme song all the time, which means that generally it's stuck in my head 24/7. It's interesting to see him latch on to something so much because it's the first time this has really happened!

- Sam calls his big toes his "thumb toes."

- Danny is 10 weeks old - can you even believe it?! He seems giant. When I hold him standing for too long, my arms start to get tired. He's doing pretty well, we are definitely enjoying all his smiles! I can't wait until he starts laughing.

- This week I was going through my old blog posts and reading some, and it was a lot of fun. Reading some of my old posts, like A Perfect Moment and My Future, My Hope and this post about being a mom brought tears to my eyes and reminded me why I love to write, and how much I want to get my focus back on recording a lot of the moments I'm experiencing in life.

- I am SO excited that next week my Stepmom and little sister Lianna (11 yrs old) are coming to visit from New Jersey and meet Danny for the first time! I can't wait for whatever adventures happen while they're here.

- I discovered some new blogs this week and two of my favorites are fellow moms who blog! The first is The Funsucker Chronicles. I knew I'd like it as soon as I saw the name, then when I saw her header? Hilarious! The other is 1000 Reasons I'm a Crap Mom. I like her unique take on the mommy blog. They're both funny and real, and I'm looking forward to reading them regularly!