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Feb 10

Welcome to the new, and hopefully improved, Motherese!

What do you think?

While you’re here, take a look around.  See something funny looking?  An entire post filled with HTML gobbledygook?  Please let me know!

Before you go, please take a moment to subscribe to Motherese via an RSS feed or e-mail.  You wouldn’t want to miss a single new post,  would you?

Thank you for visiting.  Husband, Big Boy, Tiny Baby and I hope to see you again soon!

Image: dancing house – Praha by Giuliagas via Flickr under a Creative Commons license.
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Lindsey February 10, 2010 at 7:22 am

Great new blog! Love seeing Tiny Baby and Big Boy at the top – and have resubscribed in my Google Reader!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:10 am

Thanks so much, Lindsey. Yes, I decided to give the blogosphere a glimpse of my boys – a bit of a personal touch for my new space. And thanks for updating your subscription in Google Reader.

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becca February 10, 2010 at 7:41 am

Welcome to Wordpress! You’ll love it. Your site looks great – boys look adorable.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:11 am

Thanks, Becca – and thank you for helping inspire me to move from Blogger to WordPress!

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Emily February 10, 2010 at 8:40 am

Congrats on the new domain name — and site. we will be sure to change our blog roll over at MoB! Looking forward to the same great stuff on an updated page.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:12 am

Thanks for visiting, Emily. And thanks for updating my url on your blogroll at Mothers of Brothers. I am honored to be a part of it!

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Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities February 10, 2010 at 8:49 am

Love the new digs. Congrats!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:15 am

Thanks, Aidan!

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Jana February 10, 2010 at 8:53 am

Congrats on the new domain. I love the way wordpress blogs look, but I’m html illiterate and couldn’t figure out how to do the things I wanted to do. Yours looks great!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:19 am

Thanks, Jana. I will say that I find Blogger’s platform easier to use, but two issues helped me decide to switch to WordPress: the fact that some of my readers were having trouble with the comment function on my Blogger site, and the ability in WP to apply to comments in a nested way. (Like this – I love it!) I’m still trying to figure out many of the features, but, for me, this whole foray into the blogosphere has been a study in continuing education.

I’ve really been enjoying your blog. I hope many of my readers will go check out An Attitude Adjustment .

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TheKitchenWitch February 10, 2010 at 9:18 am

You did it! Congrats! The new site looks terrific and I love the header picture.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:20 am

Thanks, Kitch! Always happy to see you!

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Maureen@IslandRoar February 10, 2010 at 9:43 am

Kristen, it looks beautiful here! Great photo. I just added you to my reader, cuz I would never want to miss a single word!
Congrats.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:46 am

Thanks, Maureen! Glad to have you here.

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Charlotte February 10, 2010 at 9:44 am

Looks great! I have been considered making the jump. The thing I really want is nested comments and I keep hoping blogger will switch to it.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:52 am

Charlotte, I hope that Blogger will make the switch too. Aside from some issues with the comment features, I was very happy with my experience there.

Should you ever decide to jump to WP, I will say that their import feature makes it very easy. There are a few manual fixes that have to be done, but they weren’t too time-consuming for me since my blog is relatively new.

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Eva February 10, 2010 at 10:05 am

Yay! Congrats, Kristen – you deserve it!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 10:18 am

Thanks, Eva!

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PinesLakeRedhead February 10, 2010 at 10:09 am

Congrats on the new digs! Adorable photos in your header.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 10:18 am

Thanks for stopping by, PLR!

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jennifer February 10, 2010 at 10:21 am

My only question is, can I finally leave a comment on your lovely blog? It looks as if the answer is YES!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 10:32 am

Yay, Jennifer! Welcome to the conversation! So glad to have you here – at long last, right?

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Christine LaRocque February 10, 2010 at 10:42 am

Congratulations! It looks great. I will of course continue reading and have updated my feed! Planning on making the same switch as soon as I can carve out the time to get it done. Enjoy.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 10:49 am

Thanks, Christine. Let me know if you have any questions if and when you decide to make the leap – not that I am an expert by any means!

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Elizabeth @ Life in Pencil February 10, 2010 at 11:24 am

Looks great, Kristen! You’ll be happy you made the switch. In fact, you probably already are (we’ll update you on our blogroll, too).

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 11:36 am

Thanks, Elizabeth! I am happy indeed. (And thanks for making the switch on your blogroll.)

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submom February 10, 2010 at 12:12 pm

Love the new look. More streamlined since you do have a lot going on here. All good stuff! I love the email subscription feature. When I am at work, it is so much easier to read emails than visit a blog. ;-)

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Thanks so much for stopping by. And that’s a great – and helpful – point about e-mail subscriptions being easier for some during the workday.

By the way, a comment you left on one of my posts last month helped inspire the post I’m working on for tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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Liz February 10, 2010 at 12:24 pm

Congrats, Kristen! Diggin’ the new digs. Let me know how it works out. I am thinking of relocating, or at the very least, redecorating for my 1st blog birthday as well!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 1:02 pm

Thanks, Liz. So far, so good with the transition. I’ll keep you posted!

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Diane February 10, 2010 at 1:20 pm

happy new place – very nice and hospitable for visitors :)

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Thanks, Diane!

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sylvanstyle February 10, 2010 at 1:25 pm

Lovely! Thanks for the welcome mat (and welcome to Wordpress!). Looks like I and beaucoups of other readers will be updating blogrolls shortly and happily.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Thanks for welcoming me to WordPress, Leslie. I feel at home already!

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BigLittleWolf February 10, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Looks great! (Headed to tweak that URL in my blogroll.)

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Thanks, BLW!

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crnnoel February 10, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Yay! Welcome home, lady :)

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 2:35 pm

Thanks, Corinne!

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Jane February 10, 2010 at 5:10 pm

I love your new home! Welcome to Wordpress!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Thanks, neighbor!

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privilegeofparenting February 10, 2010 at 6:09 pm

Housewarming wishes… I guess wordpress means we now blog in the same neighborhood.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 8:16 pm

Thanks, Bruce. So far I’m liking the view in this new neck of the woods!

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Rebecca @ Diary of a Virgin Novelist February 10, 2010 at 7:27 pm

I am digging the Frank Gehry-esque building in your photo.

Congrats on the move!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 8:18 pm

Good eye, Rebecca! That is a Frank Gehry building: the so-called “Ginger and Fred Dancing House” in Prague.

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Gibby February 10, 2010 at 8:41 pm

Congrats! The site looks great, I love the banner. I’ve wanted to switch my blog from Typepad for a while now, but I am terrified! (I’m pretty html illiterate.)

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Kristen @ Motherese February 10, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Thanks, Gibby. I am completely computer illiterate. Luckily, the import function made the process a relatively smooth one.

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cevraini February 10, 2010 at 9:54 pm

Looking great! I’ve subscribed to those posts! Can’t wait to read more!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 11, 2010 at 9:32 am

Thanks so much! Glad to have you here!

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Linda February 10, 2010 at 10:20 pm

Hi Kristen,
Welcome to your new home. I agree, that is awesome that you can reply to each comment individually. I always look like a lunatic on mine, posting five replies in a row! But for me a really big change would be to alter my template. I’m thinking about it! And thanks for putting me on your blogroll. I appreciate it! I’m updating mine now.

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Kristen @ Motherese February 11, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Thanks, Linda. Yes, there are so many possibilities: templates, fonts, layouts, hosting, domain names. I guess I should have considered some computer science courses in college…then again, they’d be far out of date by now!

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Amber February 10, 2010 at 11:12 pm

I haven’t made my blogroll yet…ugh. But, I have changed your address in my reader!!

I love this new site!! Perhaps when I’m ready for my own domain I could ask you for some advice? : )

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Kristen @ Motherese February 11, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Ask away, Amber – and I’ll do my best to help!

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3 Stinky Boys and Me February 11, 2010 at 12:48 am

Hello! Welcome to the word press family! Your header is so sweet!

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Kristen @ Motherese February 11, 2010 at 12:09 pm

Thanks, Tasha, and welcome!

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Nicki February 11, 2010 at 6:51 am

Fantastic! Welcome to WP! You look great here. Off to fix your URL in my blogroll

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Kristen @ Motherese February 11, 2010 at 12:09 pm

Thanks, Nicki! Always great to “see” you!

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