As of July 1st, the year 2009 will be halfway over.  ALREADY!  It feels like New Year’s was just yesterday.  For those of us who have been taking care of babies this year, time has flown by (although on those long, sleepless nights, it sure didn’t feel like it!)

In the spirit of celebration, I’m hosting a “Babies of 2009″ Carnival on this blog on July 1st.  All I want you to do is write a post about a frustrating or joyful experience in your life as a mother to a newborn, or as an expectant mother.  My hope is that I can help a few new moms connect with one another.   Although the carnival is focused on parents whose children were born (or will be born) in 2009, I will also have a category for babies born before 2009 — you are more than welcome to participate as well!

Please sign up with your post at the Babies of 2009 Carnival page on BlogCarnival.com.  If you are having problems with that, just come here on July 1st and leave a link to your post in the comments (or send me an email, or a tweet…)