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My Unspeakable

Today my friend Whitney shared this video on her Instagram story... For the past few days I've had a prompting to dust off this blog and share "my unspeakable" - well one of them. The other one will have to wait until my bravery builds up a bit more. I've shared this with a few select souls and I do have a testimony that you can use your trials to help others. So that is what my hope is in sharing this with more of you. Since I was younger I've dealt with anxiety and depression. When I had babies it got worse. After I had Ames it was so debilitating I really thought I'd be sent to the loony bin. I still feel guilt for the precious time with him as a newborn that I feel I lost because my brain was sick. By the time he was about 6 months old it had finally tapered off for the most part. About a year later, Soren was on his way, and I was scared to death that it would overtake me again. The first few months with him actually ended up being pretty gre

Soren's Birth Story

(the nurses gave him this cute red hat for Valentine's Day) Soren Thatcher Sandberg was born on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 1:00pm - 41 weeks and 1 day. Weighing 7lbs 12oz and 21.5 inches long. He came with a full head of dark hair and mellow little personality. He definitely made his momma learn a little patience waiting that extra week to get here but it was totally worth the wait! At my 40 week appt I was dilated to a 5 and 90% effaced. I couldn't believe he hadn't made his appearance yet, especially because Ames came on his due date. I was a little nervous I was going to be giving birth to a 10 lb baby (Ames was 9lbs) if he waited any longer. I really wanted a natural birth again though so I decided to wait it out. I think everyone thought I was crazy and I got asked on the daily if I was going to be induced. Fortunately I'm lucky and really wasn't too uncomfortable - just at nighttime - the hardest part was just not knowing when he would come and wan

20 Weeks

I will be 20 weeks with baby #2 in just a couple of days. Baby boy #2 that is! Half way! I'm finally getting around to taking a picture of myself and writing down a little bit about this pregnancy. It's definitely been different this time around both emotionally and physically. Of course I have another child to attend to so I can't nap whenever I want, I felt more sick this time around and it lasted longer, and worst of all for me is the teenage acne I've developed. I don't intend for this to be a sob story, but I've never been the girl that everyone says "You're so pretty" to and I've never been the skinny girl. But I have always had really great skin. To be honest, most of my confidence in my outward appearance is because I have my mom's skinny legs and I have clear skin and a natural tan. Well these days I literally cringe when I look in the mirror. I've NEVER had acne. I've always had the occasional breakout tha

Ames Room

Well now that Ames is 15 months old his room is officially done! I've been dreaming of this room since before we were even expecting a baby. I always knew I wanted a room that was somewhat gender neutral, with a mostly neutral color scheme and pops of bright color. It's taken me 3 years to make and collect everything for his room, so it's definitely a project that's near and dear to me. The green chair I found at an antique store while we lived in Iowa, and when I got it home, I realized on the bottom that it says it was also made in Iowa. So it's a pretty sentimental souvenir from our time in Iowa - especially since that is where Ames was born. I also made quite a few things in this room - like the mobile and some of the artwork and my mom made the beautiful quilt and helped me with the curtains. Ames loves to hang out in here during the day too. Mostly reading books or pulling things off of his shelf. Good thi

Another Week, Another Hike

My aunt, mom, and I headed up Holbrook Canyon last Saturday to take in more of Fall's goodness. This canyon is just above the Bountiful, Utah Temple. The last time I hiked it was ages ago, so I forgot about how long of a hike it is. I looked up the mileage online which said 8 miles up and back. Well I don't know if that's accurate or what because after we had gone what I swear was 4-5 miles, we still weren't to the top and had to turn around so we could make it back before dark. A lot of the trail is uphill and it's not a really easy hike, so maybe we were just making slower time and didn't go as far as I thought, but maybe next time we'll actually make it to the top. Even though we didn't make it, it was still worth the beautiful scenery. As we got toward the bottom as the sun was practically gone, the canyon was glowing from all the brilliant colored leaves. It was seriously magical, as cheesy as that sounds. It's a shaded hike, almos

Fall 2014

Fall is without a doubt my favorite season. This year I've been trying to soak it in as much as possible, so we've hit up Silver Lake, Mueller Park Canyon, and Red Butte Gardens in the last couple weeks. I wish this time of year could last as long as the bitter cold of winter seems to stick around. (Silver Lake - Big Cottonwood Canyon - Utah) (Red Butte Gardens - Utah) (Hike to Elephant Rock - Mueller Park Canyon - Utah) I also did a little foraging in my parents' yard and designed a fun fall arrangement for my mother-in-law's birthday. I love how it turned out!