We Didn’t Celebrate our Blogiversary (but we did put together a list of Blogs by Moms of Three–or more–Kids)

It’s not that we forgot that we’ve been blogging for a year (since March 13, 2009). It’s just that, well, it didn’t come up. Sarah and I so rarely see each other in person that we didn’t ever talk about what to do in celebration of US.

But now, a few months past, we’ve decided to celebrate us by offering others a quick resource for blogs by moms of three (or more). That’s right.

Introducing: MomMamaMommy! (Inspired by this.)

We’ve said it before. Something changes when you have that third kid. It’s so difficult for us to put our fingers on it, but there’s just more. More of everything. The bad stuff and the good stuff. More noise. More laundry. More kisses. More hugs. More negotiations. More coordination. More messes. More Lego towers. More appointments. More to say. More to do. More to learn. It goes on. And on. And on. And after Sarah and I each had our third, we started talking all the time, finally feeling we had something substantial in common. Something undeniably the same about us. It had taken more than 30 years, but there we were, facing the truths of mommyhood. Together.

And so, to add to our constant communication, we started the blog. A place where we thought we’d exchange ideas and the minutiae of our lives. A place for us. But it is a place that turned out to be bigger. A place full of compassion and support. A community of women*, both different from and so much the same as the two of us. And within that community we have found there is a familiar subset: Other moms of three. Many of whom seem to be writing to make sense of the realities of their lives as … moms of three! (Hey, we’re NOT such an anomaly!)

We decided it’s time to bring them all together. And that’s what we hope MomMamaMommy! will do. It’s a work in progress, but we don’t want to wait until it’s perfect to debut it. (Read: It would NEVER happen.) So, take a look–no matter how many children you may or may not have–at some of the women who write about their lives as moms of three.

And, please, if you don’t see yourself here, don’t be offended. I started this list long before Five for Ten, during which we met so many of you who also have–gasp–large families. Just e-mail me, and I’ll add your link PRONTO. (Please include the NAME of your blog and your url.)

*A word about women. Yes. We have met men through the blog. Even men who are dads. Even men who are dads of three (or more!). And we love you. Please include yourselves in our list if you’d like. Although Sarah and I can write only about our experiences as mothers, we want to hear about the dad side of things, too.