1000

This is my...

1000th post!

Wow! 1000. That's equivalent to A LOT of time dedicated to memory keeping in an online journal!

I can't believe it's been so long since my first entry in June of 2008, when I was just trying to get away from my previous monthly e-mails to family and friends with picture- and milestone-updates of Will. I remember a bunch of of those e-mail recipients telling me they were bummed that I wasn't planning to continue them, but I just reassured them that popping onto a blog would be just as easy and less invasive than e-mails. I was able to announce and document my pregnancy with Sophie here and later add several "series" posts such as weekly dinners, Tot School and library reading lists. Now, I tend to forget that I have readers beyond my usual commenters and followers, and it always catches me off guard when an unexpected family member or friend tells me they love my blog. I'm flattered! And it just makes this hobby that much more enjoyable.

Despite my slight decline in posting the past few months, I do LOVE blogging and have no intentions of stopping. I love being able to look back on our lives (in pictures and stories) in such an easy and organized location. I also love reading LOTS of other blogs and looking at tons of pictures in a much more story-telling format than, say, Facebook would allow.

So, just for fun... here's a little time capsule of my blogging stats to date:

**First post: June 20, 2008 (a little over 3 years and 8 months ago)

**Fewest posts per month since starting: 6 (September '08 and September '09)

**Highest posts per month since starting: 42 (October 2010)

**Current monthly post average: teens and 20's

**Total number of page views (since June of 2009 when the "stats page" dates back to): 41,084

**Most popular post (since June of 2009) based on page views: Bakin' Cookies on July 15, 2010 (really?)

**Page views last month: 1,740

**Followers (publicly): 19

**Profile Views: 1,879

**Number of countries where page views have come from other than the U.S.: 9 (kinda' freaky)

**Number of times I've changed my background: 2 (since the original)

**Number of times I've stayed up past midnight to blog: countless

It'll be fun to see how those stats have changed after the next 1000 posts!