Sandberg Ramblings

The day Ames turned exactly 6 months we had family pictures  taken by the talented James Clissold. I always love getting pictures back and looking through them. It's like Christmas!  The little stinker wouldn't smile for anything,  but at least it was that and not him screaming the whole time.  We still got some great shots that I love! 

Yesterday was the most beautiful fall day.  I wish days like it would stick around forever.  It poured rain all morning making the gorgeous leaves  even more bright and even more gorgeous,  so as soon as it stopped raining and the sun started peaking through the clouds,  casting the PERFECT lighting, I headed out with my camera.  What is it about fall that is so magical and amazing?  That said, the rest of the day I have to admit  I started listening to A Very She & Him Christmas. :) Don't worry though, before I start posting about Christmas decor and DIYs,  I have some Thanksgiving tablescape posts coming up  that you are going to LOVE.  So stay tuned! 

If you love weddings, babies, beautiful flowers, and gorgeous photography, you MUST check out this Tumblr account... A Complete Life . I could spend hours scrolling and pinning the images!  All photos and sources can be found via  

I'm prepping and gearing up for some great posts for you! Some fun DIY projects will be coming including a watercolor art piece tutorial, a DIY inspiration/memo board for my office project using these pics as my inspiration... via via A pregnancy wardrobe 101 post is coming tomorrow, and I'm hosting an online jewelry party via my blog starting Friday!  Whew!  Lots of fun things coming so be sure to stop back and send your friends!  ////// And just because I can't get enough of them (that probably sounds vain doesn't it?), here are some more of my favorite maternity pictures that I got back from the talented Kandice Stewart last night. So excited about them! You can go here to see them all.

While I was in Utah a couple weeks ago, my new baby before the baby arrived!  That would be my new camera.  I've had so much fun playing around with it and getting ready to take pictures of baby Ames when he arrives. I ended up also getting a 50mm portrait lens that I am in LOVE with. Pretty much all of the pictures below were taken with it. I'm no photographer, and don't plan on being one, but being an art lover, I've always wanted to experiment with the medium of photography and now I can! It's also been really nice to be able to take better quality pictures for this here blog.  I hope you enjoy them! 

I'm so excited to be in Utah!  I have my first baby shower today and I can't wait! Also, here's another sneak peek that Kandice Stewart posted of my maternity photos... Believe me it's her photography skills, not me. The lighting and everything was so perfect, I could not be more happy with them. I also thought I'd let you know a little more about my crazy pregnancy plans :) After doing some research I've decided to have my placenta encapsulated . I know, you think I'm insane and weird, if you already didn't :) I thought it was completely insane at first too, until I learned more about it.  You definitely don't want to go look at pictures of how this is done because it looks rather disgusting, which is why I will be having it done by someone else, but basically it is dried, ground up, and put into pill form.  You take them for as long as needed after pregnancy and then you can store them indefinitely and use them for PMS or even...