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.