Big News - The Motherhood.com is live!!

We incredibly excited about theMotherHood.com which just now went live!!! We've been working on it for over a year, and we can't quite believe that the site is actually here. We're doing a soft launch, nothing big and splashy, since it's out-of-the-box, brand new and doesn't have much content or activity at all yet (you'll see a bunch of stuff just by us so far!). Really, it's that new.

We hope you'll go in and join, surf, add some things, say hi, check it out, and please give us feedback and let us know about any bugs you may encounter! If you decide to join (aka move in), you'll always be among our very first neighbors and we think that would be kinda fun.

We'd really love if you could help us get the Motherhood going by using all the features -- loading things into the Link List, kicking off some conversations and creating some groups and inviting your friends to join. We'll be working hard to get the kinks out, so anything you can do to give the site a good test drive would be hugely appreciated!!! Let us know your thoughts, feedback, ideas, either here in the comments or in the "Conversations" area of the site itself! Thank you soooooo much!!!

Here's a description that we posted in the Motherhood about the genesis of the site --

A year and a half ago, in a coffee shop in Hershey, PA, we decided to build this website. At the time, it felt like our lives had been leading up to that moment, and we had to take this next step.

A couple of thoughts carried the day –

1 that the most authentic, caring, smart, funny, moving, inspiring voices on the web belonged to the mothers;

2 that mothers needed a safe place online to find good conversation and useful information, to have fun and build strong connections;

3 and with all that, mothers could make things a little better, in their own lives, in their communities and in their world … our world … a little at a time, day by day.

Also on our mind was the impact that blogging had had on us. Every day, on the mom blogs and elsewhere, women were cutting to the chase and talking about, and taking action on, what mattered most to them. There, women were forging real, supportive, productive relationships, and were making a difference, for themselves, for their loved ones, for each other.

Our conversation back in that Hershey coffee shop was just the beginning of an epiphany – that the potential of this medium for mothers is limited only by our collective imaginations. And applying the best of the latest technology could open up whole new worlds for us all.

We asked ourselves -- what if we built a big, beautiful tent where mothers can find, share and talk about all the interesting, hilarious, intriguing, inspiring, mobilizing, good stuff on the web, and, more importantly, find each other?

And, with that, the heart and soul of The MotherHood was born.

It’s 18 months later and our belief in mothers is only more firmly cemented. We know – without a doubt - that a stronger connection between mothers will make the world a better place.

We hope you feel right a home, and we’re really glad you’re here.

Cooper & Emily
July 2007

Comments

[sharon]

Congrats to both of you for getting launched on time, no less..very impressive and very exiting. but most of all thanks for the value you are providing to all us working moms.
Sharon

[Mojo Mom]

I've been eagerly awaiting this launch since I met you two. Well done. You are off to a great start. Let's get a community going to keep it all up....

I told my readers on the Mojo Mom blog about the launch today as well:

http://mojomom.blogspot.com/2007/07/welcome-to-cooper-emilys-neighborhood.html#links

[Kris]

Congrats!! I"m finding the site very useful!

[DaniGirl]

I'm so happy for both of you! Congratulations on this, you've worked so hard for so long!!

I'm so proud of you both that I've nominated you for a simple but heartfelt "rockin' girl blogger" award on my blog today.

[cooper munroe]

Dani Girl is our longest running "blog friend," as she is the first blogger we met when we started Been There. Wow, Dani, you are so wonderful and it means even more because of the history we share.

Thank you Dani! C & E

[carmen troyo]

congratulations, your site is incredile.