Sandberg Ramblings

2013 has been one amazing year!  Here are some of the highlights that made it so great... Quitting my job to stay at home, start up this blog/design business, and eventually be a mom Becoming pregnant and giving birth to baby Ames  Finding a love for riding bikes and discovering trails across Iowa Landon graduating from law school Running my first 5k Making unforgettable friends and memories while living in Iowa  Trips home to Utah and eventually our move back Vacations to Mexico, Lake Powell, Nauvoo, St. Louis, and Minneapolis  Landon's first deer hunt - which he will never be able to top! :)  Adding several temples to my temple journal list Everything we've been through and experienced this year has helped us to grow and change for the better. Not everything was perfect and we had many smiles, laughs, and tears. I look back and love every minute. This is a year that I will truly cherish for many years to come. I feel I have gr...

Ames Landon Sandberg arrived right on his due date, November 16, 2013 at 8:40am. He weighed 9 lbs and was almost 22 inches long! It all started the day before. I was determined to get him here as soon as possible so I had been cleaning our house all week, even on my hands and knees mopping our floor. That day I went on the longest walk I could handle and ate lots of pineapple J Later that evening I started feeling some tightening, which I later realized were actually contractions, but not painful yet. Landon went to bed and I stayed up a couple more hours. By then I was starting to feel uncomfortable and thought this must be the start of it, but tried to go to bed anyway. About an hour or so later I woke up feeling consistent contractions. At that point I still didn’t know if they were for sure the real thing or not. It almost felt like I was just sick from what I had eaten for dinner because it was going through me like crazy. I think I went to the bathroom 4 or 5 time...

Motherhood is hard. The hardest thing I've ever done.  The first two weeks of having Ames home I was a complete mess  and was wondering what I got myself into.  It wasn't anything like I'd imagined  and I felt this distance between me and this sweet little boy  that I never thought would be there.  Fast forward to now, 3 1/2 weeks later.  I hate that it had to start out that way,  but I grew and learned so much mentally, physically, and spiritually.  Things are so much better and I feel that amazing bond with my little boy that I longed to have.  You really can't explain how hard and amazing being a new mom is.  You just have to experience it.  That being said, I know I have been horrible at blogging.  But I honestly don't care :)  I'd much rather be loving on my little boy.  As I slowly start getting this mom thing down I promise I'll get back at it,  but I can't say...