my thoughts for this moment there will be more hehehe

Finally I'm back i have so much to write and so little time! but I've been locked out of my account for some reason and haven't had time to really explore why. well long story short I'm back and very happy to update :)

I have been finding myself reflecting on my life and reflecting on how blessed and lucky I am as a wife, mother and woman. These days its hard to focus on the good and positive but I refuse to fall into all the negativity I see or hear everyday. Someone's always complaining about how hard and stressful their life is and I find myself filled with emotions of frustrations cause yeah we all have our days or moments when we feel overwhelmed with life but man I so am grateful for my bad moments cause I know it could be a lot worse and choose not to dwell in it. I thank God every day for my kids and my life, I thank him for this season in life and that I am so blessed to be here. So blessed to change poopy diapers(yep you read right), so blessed to clean snot off my kids nose(yep you read right again), and so blessed to clean up all the messes life throws at me. cause I know its only for a season and soon my kids will be grown and out of my hands care and out of my warm nest and thrown into a world I cannot control. I am on this soap box and I will remain on my soap box... heheheh i just dont like complainers.

anyway, my life these days has been filled with love, laughter and joy, yep im not sugar coating anything it really has, I am an optimist and always have been I can find good in anything and choose to live my life that way every day in every way I can!  and with the celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ around the corner i will continue to be merry and cheerful :)

My girls are growing up so fast my Sarah girl is going to be 4yrs old in a couple of months!! and my Sophia girl just 8 weeks away from being 1yrs old! cant wait to throw a big party for her and celebrate her big "1" ~! they are such joys and are my happy girls who bring joy to so many lives around us.

AND #3 is on his/her way and will be here in 5  more months!! can u believe it 5 more months? I cant believe it! i am sooooo excited to meet third baby and welcome him/her into our family! we get to find out next week what the sex of the baby is if the baby lets us see... we tried the early detection ultrasound and the baby would not let us see even after i did a sumersault in the office! yes i really did a sumersault! i tried everything! and the baby was sound asleep! another lazy baby? man this is the life... lol God is so good cause i dont care what the sex is im just so excited to have 3 kids! :) holidays are gonna be a blast and only will get better as the years go on! I hope they love eacother and cherish eachother and really value family  and most of all love God!... thats my goal. :) 

thats all on my mind as i wrap everything up here and clim into bed :)

my choice not yours.

So this blog is gonna be about my choice to do preschool homeschool and then if God leads me one year at a time for as long as I feel my child and I will benefit from it. I have done my research and read plenty of articles and Im not writing to to discus them. just writing this to say that this is my choice not yours and Im not looking for approval but yet looking for support. I will not judge those who send their kids off to preschool. I choose to believe the research in that my child can learn just as fast if not faster at home with me while having fun and enjoying taking part in teaching her! Such a blessing! 

So anyway now on to the fun stuff... 

Im so excited and cant wait till Sept 1st rolls around! I have our lesson plans down for the rest of the year! each month has been prayed over and led by God. I am so excited to teach moral values to my preschooler and prepare her for kindergarden. I love each lesson plan so much I myself cant wait to do the crafts and projects and most of all the daily Bible reading story time! 

I plan to write and blog about our weekly adventures, field trips, and our super duper fun snacks :)

 

Vacation Bible School

VBS! so at our church we offer a free VBS and I have never tried something like this with Sarah yet I dont think before this age she would really get something out of it but this year she seems to be ready and eager to learn so we decided to give it a try. I have never left her longer then a church service before, so i thought this was going to be a difficult thing but it was so the opposite of difficult! I was so proud of my little 3yr old. She did awesome! dropped her off and said goodbye and she didn't even look back at me lol off she went to go learn about God! yay!! I had such a good feeling walking away knowing she will be loved and cared for and all while being taught about our Lord! so exciting! they have so much fun planned for them from playing and learning and adventure and plays, and best of snacks and lunch! what a great little summer program all revolving around our God! 

I got to head down to the nursery with Sosi and meet other babies. It was fun to spend time with other moms and chat while caring for the babies we were so blessed to take care of. 

I cant wait for tomorrow and to blog about it and cant wait for the end of the week to see pictures of the whole thing! 

When I went to go pick up Sarah she was so happy to see me and tell me about all the fun she had, we talked about it all the way to the grocery store, in the grocery store and all the way home. 

I hope and pray she has this much fun tomorrow! :) 

greatful

im greatful for my life, I'm greatful for my marriage, I'm greatful for my kids, I'm greatful for my house, I'm greatful for the food that is overflowing from our cubborts, Im greatful for everything we r soooo blessed to have in our lives today.

BUT most of all I'm greatful for a working garage door!!! lol So now u may laugh.... 

Yes, I am no longer trapped in my house and I'm free to go out and about as I wish where ever I wish! So it all began with a little accident from my husband. As usual he was running late and for some reason i still dont understand he backed into our garage door while still inside and without opening the door!!!??? sooooo i ran out and looked at the car no dent but a scratch thank goodness.. thanks you to Volvo! anyway our garage door wasn't so lucky it had a dent in it to which caused the bottom rail to come off. So My husband (not so handy man) drilled it back up with some screws and noticed the track was off on the top so he decided to "fix" it. UGH I sooo would have stopped him if I knew he was trying to fix something he knows nothing about... lol... Husband I love you but can you please stick to fixing humans and leave the other stuff to the professionals? 

So then the whole thing broke as the cable came off of one side. So I was trapped!! we tried to lift it to get my car out it wasnt budging... booo hoooo!

So that was the day I had my target trip planned for household stuff and most importantly BABY FORMULA! kinda need that one... so off to the the market we walked, loaded up the kids and off for a 5 mile walk we went... good thing i waited till evening so it wasnt hot but man was that a trip to make now I am even more greatful for my car that we are sooo lucky to own.

The next day a company came out to estimate the fix and he started off with a shocking amount of $900! my eyes popped out of thier socket and as I picked them back up off the floor to pop them bck in i said excuse me? We dont have that cash... lol (insert a little gasp and laughter) Then he said "Ok I understand I can prob go down to $600"... lol still looking at him like are you crazy just put the damn thing back on its roller attach the cable and on your way you go...I said sorry we cant do that either. We dont use credit cards and prefer not to borrow. He said "well we arent really getting much business so how about I do the whole job right now for $300?" My husband and I basically said see ya!

I thought for sure I wasnt going to ever get out of my garage...

The next day another guy came over and gave another estimate and he came on Saturday to thankfully let me out of my garage for less then half the price of the last offer the other company gave us!!! 

So at the end of the day i was so thankful for a working garage door and for the man who fixed it for us for an honest price!

the end.

Reflecting on 2007

2007 was a BIG year for me and my Husband, We weren't even married a year yet and were expecting our first child, yes you did the math right we got pregnant a month after we were married! gheesh!. We were expecting a girl we were sure her name was going to be Sarah, we were so excited to meet this little human growing in my tummy and couldn't wait to hold and cuddle and kiss her. My pregnancy was a good one, I worked through most of it so I kept busy and the last 5 weeks of the pregnancy I got to relax and nest and wait on the arrival of our new bundle of joy. We had everything ready and already had the showers! yes we were blessed with 2 showers! one for my side of the family and the other for Steven's that weren't able to drive all the way out for the first and I was so surprise by the second it was a HUGE blessing! The day before my due date we got the best blessing of our lives so far, Sarah Nicole Sandberg was born 2/17/2007 and we were so happy to finally meet this little girl who we are so honored to call our daughter. After 9 long months of pregnancy we got to become parents! So the show began, that first year flew by and I can hardly remember everything so Im glad I was good about writing down stuff so I can look back and reminisce. We had a fun first year filled with new mommy groups, playdates and family outings, and on Sarah's 1yr birthday we had a party to celebrate and that evening I wrote her a letter from mommy telling her all sorts of stuff about our first year together and how much I love her and what a blessing she is to me. I have been doing this every year and plan to every year till Sarah is 18yrs old and I can gift them to her. That will be a special day. (tear)

This Blog could go on for years about my little love Sarah but I wont, thats what the scrapbook is for. All I want to say is how much I love my first love and how I always will now and forever!

Greatful

Today...

 Im reflecting on the blessings we have in our lives here in the Sandberg household. We have plenty of food plenty of room,plenty of toys and most of all plenty of LOVE.

I love my family and every minute I get to spend with them, I sometimes long for a break just an hour to myself but when that time comes Im sure it will be nice but at the same time lonely, I miss my children when Im not with them and I havent even left Sosi yet, but even when she is sleeping in her bed I miss her. lol. I know its silly and I have my moments when I loose my patience and my energy is gone and Im running on fumes and I tell myself  I need a break. Only time will tell when that break shall come and if I can enjoy it without my children. lol They bring such joy i n my life daily.

We got to visit  my old work over the weekend and saw some people I saw on a daily basis and whenever we get  to stop in to say hi they love seeing Sarah so we got to introduce Sosi to them and they were so thrilled. I was also asked whats harder my job there or my job as a mom? I didnt even have to think about that answer as Im sure every stay at home mom wouldnt have to think about it either, I said definitely my SAHM job was much harder and WAY more reward full! and Im RICHER then ever and couldnt be happier! Ok I didnt say all that im sure that would be annoying to hear but I just answer my SAHM job was much harder.

I just sitting here in my living room with my girls Sosi sleeping and Sarah watching a movie and Im grateful we can all just kick off our shoes and have no agenda and no to dos and just enjoy these days.

Lately, I have been really focusing on another task around here and that has been to teach my toddler important lessons and to do crafts and make memories! I am so lucky to get to do this and see her progress and know that I kinda had a hand in that  ,and I feel like a proud mommy when the doctor says that she is about a year ahead of what other kids her age know and are able to do. It only makes me work harder to keep her little brain growing and filing it with knowledge :)

But Im not at all perfect and dont plan to be and have no interest in competing with other parents, we are doing all this for us and whats best for our family and what works for us and makes us happy :) and I think if I keep my focus on just that then our little family will grow and flourish and give all the glory to God. 

Im grateful for these days and grateful for my husband who works so hard for us so that I can stay home and be the one to kiss my babies and hug them and give them all the love they could ever want! 

I also cherish God he is the one who has blessed my husband with wonderful jobs and a his health and blessed our family with him. out God we wouldnt have all we have. God is good!

my 2 min. soapbox for the day...

So today I have really done some thinking contemplating and just wondering...

Friendships are hard to come by well I mean real friendships not acquaintances. I mean those friendships that you know are real and you can tell that person anything and you know it will stay between you guys and it wont be passed around to everyone else you dont knowing. also those friendships that I hold so close to my heart and thank God for because I know I can call up those people and they would be there for me in a second for anything to lift me up in prayer or just to vent and talk. And that they know it goes both ways. That I would be there to pray for them and lift them up to God for whatever it may be.

I like the kind of friendships that if there was a little birdie listening into me talking about them or them talking about me to others that we would be proud of each others conversations and be honored in those conversations and not hear gossip or hurtful thing being said. 

Anyway I thank God for my true friends and my true friends that are truly happy for the good things that happen in my life and care to be apart of them but also truly sad when there is bad things going on as well and can be there for me in the hard times. 

My goal from here on out is to honor my friends and friendships and to be true to that as possible, I am human and know that I may not be ale to always hold my end up but that I would with Gods help and guidance be able to do a fantastic job of my part. 

Well thats all for this soapbox that I'm on for the night just needed to vent and express and write here how i feel so i can review it and remind myself of another goal i set for myself. 

The End.

Good memories

ok so not sure of many of u know this but when Sarah was about a 1 1/2yrs old till she was about 2 yrs old, she used to LOVE her formula so much that she used to sit with a scoopful and use her finger to dip and it was sooo funny she used to beg me for it and used to call it "flalablalafla" she couldnt say formula so thats what we got, ive never known any other kid who did this but Sarah is just that kinda kid who loves different stuff.. So she just saw some of Sophies today and wanted to try some so she diped her finger in it and again fell in LOVE all over again. And had a fit when i would'nt keep giving her more, had to share! and rememebr this funny memory.

I love my life, Im grateful for mornings like today, they make me so grateful for everything we have. Sophia wakes up around 8am today and greets me with a smile which is the best feeling ever and am so excited for tomorrow morning when I can be greeted that way again it makes my day and it makes me so grateful for everything we have. Sophia and I are able to enjoy some alone time before the sister awakes and the exciting but chaotic day begin :)Sophie goes down for a little morning snooze and my husband and I enjoyed some coffee in a quiet living room. Sarah is my sleepyhead she didnt wake up till a little after 9am. and greetings begin. Every morning we say good morning give hugs and ask how we slept. We exchange kisses and I love hearing her tell me how proud she is of herself still after about 3 months of having a big girl bed. she tells me "mommy I slept in my big girl bed!"

Today has no plans no agenda no "must do's" so we are just hanging out for a bit and maybe we will all head out for a little fun around town. 

Im gonna go make my princess pie Sarah us parents some breakfast and i shall blog later!

for me myself and I

So today is my birthday yay! I'm 28! I know a youngster still but i sure don't feel like it anymore which isn't a bad thing to me i just seem to have a lot of responsibilities these days and I am enjoying it very much and wouldn't trade it for the world! I love my 28yrs and with out the past and present I wouldn't have a future! so I am grateful for every min. I have a wonderful husband who works very hard to see that i am happy and taken care of and 2 beautiful baby girls that I love love love with all my heart and Thank God for letting me be their mommy!

OK! now on to my mission... my mission for this next year of my life to make sure I blog as much as i can and keep up on my activities and crafts and fun life :) I want to document as much as I can so i can share it with my family and friends and also be able to make memories to look back on with the kids :)

so now on to make some memories and back here to record them.