Have you ever wondered why I started this blog?
No? Oh, well, I’m going to tell you about it anyway.
When Dylan was born I had more questions than I had poop on my hands. I was a first time mom navigating breastfeeding and newborn care over a thousand miles away from my family and I had no idea what I was doing (still don’t). I did what most first time moms do these days; I turned to the internet for answers. What I found online was a goldmine of blogs written by women whose voices and stories gave me comfort, desperately needed information and even a few laughs. I started to follow a number of blogs and became so inspired that I started one of my own. I saw the deep value in using the technology available to pin-down and preserve all the rapid fire magical moments that were flying my way as a mother. My blog has become my most cherished creation to date, second only to the creation of my son. I love that I can look back at all the precious moments that I’ve shared with my family over the past few years, moments that might have been lost if I hadn’t preserved them here.
A while back I had an itch to explore the parent-blogging community in Atlanta and pitched an article idea to Atlanta Parent Magazine. They told me to go for it so I went out and interviewed some of the local bloggers I admire and put together the feature article for this month’s issue. You can read the online version here!
I hope you will check out the article as well as some of the blogs I admire! The following four bloggers are especially noteworthy because they have awesome blogs, provided great interviews and really helped me out with the article!
Blog Name: Toulouse And Tonic
Author: Suzanne Fleet
URL: http://www.toulouseandtonic.com/
About: A snarky and hilarious blog about mothering and pointing out the oddities in life in general. Its edgy but relatable.
Blog Names: Atlanta Green Mom and Titania Jordan (self-titled blog)
Author: Titania Jordan
URLS: http://www.atlantagreenmom.com and http://www.titaniajordan.com
About: Atlanta Green Mom delivers information on how to raise your family naturally in Atlanta and features local green businesses. Titania Jordan, a self-titled blog, expands upon topics covered during Jordan’s parenting segments on Star 94.
Blog Name: JaMonkey
Author: Meghan Cooper
URL: http://jamonkey.com
About: A blog about navigating the chaos of motherhood including recipes, crafts, product reviews and giveaways. Also a valuable resource for parents with preemies.
Blog Name: Really, Are You Serious?
Author: Krystyn Hall
URL: http://www.reallyareyouserious.com
About: Krystyn has three daughters and a lot of opinions on life and family. A popular feature on her blog, Mommy and Me Monday, is a weekly collection of pictures of Krystyn with her kids that preserves some of their special moments together. Moms have a habit of being the invisible people behind the camera and Krystyn would like to change that.
Atlanta Parent Magazine and AtlantaParent.com are great resources for local parents. I rely on their calendars especially to plan our weekly activities. If you live around here and see the magazine around, be sure to grab a free copy and check it out!
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Thanks for including Field Trips with Sue in your article! honored to be in such great company.
Thanks for posting links to such great blogs
Way to go with the pitch and acceptance! That is awesome. And thank you for including me in the list of up and coming bloggers too. 🙂
Hi Courtney! I’m so grateful you decided to include me in your article and mention me here on your fabulous blog. It was a lot of fun just communicating back and forth with you, to be honest! All your readers are totes welcome at Toulouse & Tonic. Did I just say “totes?” I should be shot.
I started blogging for the same reasons….I started my blog when Little Man was just 2 months old….it turned into a great way to connect with other mothers and as an outlet so I still felt like I was me not just mom.
This is a great. I share the same admiration for these bloggers and many others. They are the reason i blog as well
I blog over at NannyToMommy.com. I am based in South Georgia! 😀
Thanks for this. You’ve turned me on to a couple of new favorite bloggers to add to my Bloglovin’ feed. I’m also a Cobb-county based mom blogger of seven kiddos.