our christmas + other happenings

1 These stress tests I have to do are not my favorite but, so worth it. So umcomfortable, the babies hate them! 

2 & 3 Christmas Eve sitting by the tree with my love. We talked about how it was our last Christmas eve as just us. SO crazy! 

4 Christmas morning making breakfast burritos with my love. Well mostly him cooking, I made eggs! 

5 Christmas Eve snuggles after breakfast. Dan surprised me by taking the day off! I loved it. 

6 He then surprised me on Christmas with this amazing sign. My cousin Megan's husband Matt made it {see his work here} it will look amazing in the nursery! 

7 Christmas at the in laws. Next year will be crazy with 3 new babies. {my sister in law is expecing a girl and she is due a week before me}

8 Guys, there is a pack n play in our room and everytime I walk in, it takes me by surprise. I think holy cow we are about to be parents. Ps. This was our Christmas gift to the twins. 

9 Thrity-three weeks preggo today!! 

Our Christmas was low key and perfect. Next year will be so different with two 11 month olds but, we cant wait! We were gifted some amazing gifts and are so grateful for them! I think this year I was the most excited for my Mother in Law to open her gift. We went in on a gift with my Sister in Law and her family. We got her a necklace with all her grandkids initials on it, she LOVED IT! I ordered the necklace from Quiant Collections {my cousins, cousins shop}. 

Did you have a good Holiday? What was your favorite thing about Christmas this year? I know mine but, I can't say yet! lol. 

a random post in which i ramble

1. 30 week bump and new glasses.

2. nursery crafting-these are hung above their cribs.

3. freaking cute car seats covers from my mother in law. so in love!

4. nursery sneak peek-cannot wait for it to be over! 

5. bed rest makes me so stylish. 

6. 31 week bump. 

7. baby shower. it was so much fun and boy were we spoiled.

8. my love always by my side when hes home. 

sorry posting has been so sparse. things are pretty boring around these parts. last week some family and friends gathered at our house and threw me the best shower. the babies and i were spoiled rotten. i've had so much fun going through and washing baby clothes. yesterday i washed more clothes and picked out things to stick in their hospital bag. at least their bag is all ready. hoping to get mine and dan's semi ready this week. just need to make a target or walmart run {READ dan needs to make a target or walmart run}. 

i had an appointment this morning, like always. she checked my cervix and it wasn't as short as she was thinking it was. it's still short 1.3 but everything else looks good. i had another round steroids and will have the 2nd round tomorrrow. these are just in case they come in the next 2 weeks to help make sure their lungs are developed enough. 

next monday we will have our first nst, where they will hook the babies up to heart monitors and hook me up to a contraction monitor too. sounds exciting huh? haha. i also met with the doctor who will be delivering the twins. we just got new insurance for the babies so, my doctor wont be able to deliever the babies. i was way sad and upset at first but, feel a lot better knowing the other doctor. he is actually the doctor who told us we were having twins. we will be delivering the babies at LDS hospital in slc. i have heard so great things about it so, hoping that all works out.  

other than that the babies looks great. i am starting to get anxious to get things done since the babies could LITERALLY be here any time. dan has some projects to do and then their room will be done. i can't wait for that. it drive me crazy not being able to get things done all the way. since i can't really nest by cleaning the house their room is how i am nesting. don't worry i will post pictures when it is all done. cannot wait!! 

so, this post was sorta random and all over the place! happy monday, loves! 

four from the weekend

+ i may have broken bed rest for 2 1/2 hours on saturday to see catching fire. um, worth it. soooo dang good! have you seen it? i loved it so much, they did such a good job! ssshhh, don't tell my dr. just kididng, i was totally fine sitting there! 

+ spent the rest of the weekend in bed watching parenthood on netflix. i am obsessed with this show. 

+ so in love with my new minnetonka mocs. the most comfy shoes ever. you should probably get a pair! you can see the ones i picked here. love the studs they add just the right amount of flair. 

+ checked another item off the nursery to do list. washed the sheets and the clothes we have {we have some that have been given to us, im sure there will be more once we have a shower, whenever that will be!} i am love with the way it's coming together. cannot wait to show you when it's done. oh and i packed a few things in the diaper bag. you know, just getting prepared since these babies can come anytime, from now on! hopefully not for another 6-7 weeks!

did you have a nice weekend? i have come to really LOVE the weekends because dan is home and i have someone to keep me company! if you saw catching fire, please email me i need to discuss with someone. pleeeeaasseee! 

xoxo

from the weekend and other times

feeling his babies move//warm baths for this preggo//this husband of mine has been amazing at cleaning and cooking while i am on bed rest//birthday dinner date-then home to bed//little visitors the other day//birthday cake-yummy!//dan and our nieces are pretty cute//dream diaper bag//mondays adventure to the doctor

babies are still looking great and i am hanging in there while on bed rest. somedays are easier then others and somedays i go crazy wishing i could go to target or something. oh well! gotta keep these babies in longer. this thursday i will hit 28 weeks pregnant. can you believe it?

this doesn't go with this post but, i want to take one second to say how grateful i am for the knowledge i have of eternal families. we have very close friends, who lost someone very close to them this weekend. when i heard the news my eyes watered thinking, of how bad they must be hurting and my heart aches for them. i wish there was something i could do. 

luckily, we have the knowledge of eternal families and the love of our heavenly father to comfort us when we need it the most. we believe that we will see our loved ones who pass away again someday. it still hurts but, it helps just a little to know you will see them again someday. i want to tell these friends of ours that we love them! 

okay, thats it for today. remember to tell your loved ones you love them! :)

four from our weekend

one//my halloween "costume" this year. hopefully i wont be able to wear this again...

two//our ward had it's halloween party saturday. we went and stayed for a little maybe next year, we will stay longer with the twins. next halloween we will have 2 ten month olds-what!

three//gahhh i love fall. 

four//guys, i had never seen this movie before....well i got 40 min in and was soo bored. sorry all you lovers of this movie. i just couldn't do it. i tried! 

can we talk about how october is almost over? so crazy. time is going so fast these days!

xoxo

four from our weekend

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one//date night with the helvey's. we love that they are family and friends! {pssstt annie needs to blog more!}

two//tried ritas and maybe because i was so full i wasn't too impressed. have you been?

three//our ikea trip was successful we left with cribs, mattresses and other things for the babies room. cannot wait to show you guys everything when it's all done. 

four//couples who wear flannel together stay together. we matched saturday not on purpose. so funny! 

this weekend was a beautiful one. the weather was perfect and we got a lot accomplished. don't you love that?

on instagram i posted picture number 3 and my mom accidentally spilled the beans on the baby names. {its okay mom, i forgive you!} i freaked and deleted the photo. well, guess you can just delete comments. i had NO idea, feeling pretty dumb. i re posted it later though. a few saw the names and that's ok. if you saw please ssshhhh!

because, i love you all so much. i will give you guys a hint one name starts with an H and the other starts with a C. not saying which is which! 

i feel like everyone has so many opinions these days on what people name their children. i am so guilty of this, trust me. it's rather dumb, if we think about it. we want to wait to see our babies before we make anything official. even though we are 99.9% positive on the names. i can't wait to share their names with you when it's time. so, remember if you saw then, sshhhhhhh! thanks guys! :)

til then they will be know as baby h and baby c! 
xoxo

four from the weekend

one//lots of snuggle time on the couch with the hubby and the bump.

two//on friday dan took a much needed and deserved day off to rest. he's been fighting a cold for a while and he so needed to rest. i think it helped, i can tell he is feeling a lot better! we ended up seeing captain phillips that night-sooooo good. we loved it! 

three//finally tried the habit. pretty dang yummy! we went after picking pumpkins with our friends {you can read all about that later this week}.

four//biggest pumpkins ever from our pumpkin adventure!

what did you do this beautiful fall weekend?  

xoxo

from the weekend

 gold pumpkin for our porch//finally finished insurgent-sooo good. cant wait for the 3rd book

 date night with the hubs in slc//cute baby cousin cece

a little selfie on date night//the leonardo in slc

saturday afternoon we had tickets for gc//amazing seats-we could hear the prophet giggle

sunday morning watching conference in our jammies//it was one beautiful weekend full of upliftment 

love my new table {aka belly}//a little halloween baking sunday afternoon

this weekend was general conference and oh man it was amazing. i don't even know where to start. there were so many amazing talks. i think my favorite was jeffery r hollands talk. {click his name to watch the talk!} we were at the session and the spirit in that room was unreal. i may have cried the whole time.

i loved that we were able to attend a session. what a special experience for us. we found tickets off ksl friday night and bam the rest is history. we get to the conference center and find out that we have some pretty amazing seats. we were so close to the prophet and the other church leaders. i was in awe. i love those men and women. i will never forget that day. man, what a weekend. i always feel like after conference i need more. lucky for us, we can watch the talks again online. click here!

did you watch conference? what was your favorite talk? 

xoxo 

a glimpse into life lately

totally ate my entire sandwich that night, never happens//hubby doing some nursery prep

dressing the bump on sundays is easier some days then other//first cup of the season 

 my feet are slowly disappearing//"gatsby, what gatsby" 

you should probably make these like now//boot weather-love it 

first instagram shop purchase//breaking bad finale at jase & rachels-SO GOOD

other happenings:

+ made these chicken alfredo lasagna roll ups the other night. so darn yummy, i've made them before but, totally forgot how amazing they are. i just used a jarred sauce and it was super easy.

+ our babies are currently the size of carrots. pretty crazy right? they are growing so much and can't believe in a few short months they will be here. so excited yet, so nervous! im currently 21 weeks. boy time is flying by.

+ a few fall shows have come back and i am so happy. revenge, new girl, greys-oh how i love thee. can't wait for the others to come back this month. 

+ re-discovering my love for tumblr. i was mia from it for a while. check it out here.

+ getting the nursery together. my current task is choosing prints for the collage wall. i cannot choose. pregnant lady issues-being so indecisive.
+ one more pregnant lady thing-i am going through the whole "holy cow my body is changing so much" phase. its often hard to get dressed and look in the mirror and see this "basketball" under my shirt. i don't feel like myself. i do however feel more womanly these days. i guess that is something that is hard for me. its crazy how much you change during pregnancy, i know i have so much more to do. i could write a whole post on this but, might spare you all. i guess i just have a hard time accepting my changing body on certain days. that's life though and i even if i feel this way i still LOVE LOVE LOVE being pregnant. it truly fascinates me that my body can grow two humans. like, woah!  

thats about it, folks. enjoy your day! 

xoxo 

lately

+ babysat my cousins cute daughters berkley and cece, last week. they are so fun and were so good! 

+ fall is coming and of course our house looks and smells like it. these bath and body candles are amazing. i am in love. 

+ my mom came to visit for a few days. of course i forgot to take pics together. whoops. we did a lot while she was here. it was so fun! wish she lived closer. 

+ park city on a gloomy day was amazing. it was so pretty. 

+ chose the cribs we want for the babies. ikea really is the best. we even picked up that amazing polka dot rug for their room too! 

+ we have a lot of the big pieces for their room. we just need to paint the dresser and changing table. it's starting to get so real. in a few months we will grow to a family of 4! ah! 

+ since we found out the babies are one of each we have been thinking baby names. i think we have the final two but, we may wait til they are born to choose. even though i am pretty sure we love the ones we picked. im not sharing til they are here! 

+ i wish it was time for me to put some pumpkins on our porch. hubs says to wait til october. hpmh so far away. anyone else eager for fall to really be here. hurry up! 

what we've been up to

+ watching my belly grow already. it amazes me that there are two babies in there. truly a blessing that i dont take for granted.

+ lots of reading and tv watching going on. not because i am lazy but because i am so exhausted all the time. like no joke exhausted!

+ i havent cooked dinner in forever so dan has been in charge of dinner around casa de clark! i did cook last night!

+ naps most days!

+ checking out strollers and baby things. sort of overwhelming and exciting at the same time!

+ lots of time with the husband. i love when he will put his hand on my stomach and ask "how are my babies?" pretty much the sweetest. he has been the best through out this first trimester. always getting me things when i ask or making sure i am comfortable. i love you babes!

+ i have been thinking a lot about these babies in my belly. most of the thoughts of pure terror. how do i feed two babies at once? how are we going to go anywhere? and how much our lived are changing! its all scary and yet so exciting. i cannot wait for the day i get to snuggle my precious babies. ahh!

there you have a little update. i feel like all i can think about or talk about is the babies, so im sorry. this is just still so shocking for us. two babies!

california in instas

i honestly didn't even take my real camera out the whole time. whoops. i was too busy enojoying time with mom and busy putting my sisters grad party together. so, these instas will have to do! sorry!! i know i've been so absent from the blog lately. truth is our pc is just too slow sometimes for me to have patience to blog. maybe i will start posting more often soon! if you need to get your abcde fix follow via instagram @erykaann  :) 

anyways, if you are still visiting abcde you are saints. i know things have been so boring around here lately. i promise i will post more often one of these days! 

xoxo

our weekend

+ finally felt better on friday, yay for no more pain so i got dressed for the first time in 4 days! 

+ hubby took me to lonestar, don't worry i ate both my fish tacos. soo good. 

+ a little wii bowling on a friday night. hubby kicked my butt. 

+ saturday morning visitors. i love that we have wildlife in our backyard! 

+ sunday naps are a must. 

+ the merkley's came over saturday evening for a fun bbq and night of wii playing! how cute is that baby girl in the onesie we bought her?! 

+ silly maddison always has us cracking up. she was dancing around the room, i will be so sad if they move away this summer. soo sad! 

+ ready for church, taking some pictures to kill time. 

we had a great weekend! i am now heading to california til next monday for a visit with my family! so excited for some momma-daughter time and to eat at my fave places! hope you don't miss me while i'm gone. i may do some blogging while in ca but, i will totally be instragramming away! follow me @erykaann

have a great day and week! 

xoxo

from the weekend

snow cone love//feeding the ducks with the merkley's//good hair day//the planetatrium//this hard working hubby of mine is my favorite//sister in law and i at our nieces party//beach day//working on some color//gorgeous view on our drive there

just some instas from lately. we've been spending lots of time outside and i have loved it all! i really have nothing cool to say today. so, i will just say happy hump day! xo

bits + pieces

these are our fave drinks so good//new additions to casa de clark//i ombre'd my hurr//lunch date//dinner with the in laws//rainbow//cute niece bailey//sunggles with baby shailee//best show ever is back! 

this is what life has looked like. well minus the still being sick part. what is the deal? so over it. i need to start taking vitamin c daily or something. so done being sick all the time! i haven't cooked dinner in so long. this week was the first time in forever i actually planned dinners out and cooked. poor dan has been fending for him self. haha. 

any dinner ideas you guys have, feel free to send them on over! 

photos + such

just some things going on lately:

+ last saturday we walked around temple square and i was in awe of the pretty flowers everywhere. i love spring so much! 

+ iron man 3. okay, can we talk about pepper's abs in this movie. holy cow. girl, has got some abs! 

+ we have caught some sort of sickness in casa de clark. we are both battling sore throats and to top it off i get my monthly too. so not cool. i pretty much i wanna stay in a ball all day. oh wait i have. i cannot catch a break. first my ears, then a sore throat and now HORRID cramps. yeah yeah, i know poor me. okay, i am done complaing now. ;)

+ sometimes you just need a cheeseburger. right? mmm. 

+ lately i been pondering this blog of mine. i am feeling so blah with it. i think i am in a blogging rut. i feel like there are bloggers who post such inspiring things all the time and i feel so un inspired lately, so ladies help me out! i might not always update this blog but i am always on instagram. do you follow me there? @erykaann. maybe one of these days i will get a huge amount of inspiration for some awesome sauce post. maybe! til then you will have to deal with outfits and photos. do you still love me? haha. 

+ guys, have you tried a frosty in a waffle cone? um, your taste buds will die and go to heaven. i think i need one right now. 

there you have some random things from lately. it's finally friday and i am so excited! hope you all have a happy weekend!! 

bits + pieces from this week

soaking up some vitmain d....finally//coral + mustard. ps this skirt was from simple addiction  the most comfy skirt ever!

chocolate chip oatmeal cookies....hubby said they were the best cookies I have ever made//sunday drives with the windows down

selfie...ugh i just said selfie//neon is my new favorite

smoothie drinking + lesson reading on sunday//fro yo date with my hubby hubs

there you have some instas from lately. i promise i will take my real camera out this weekned since we have some exciting plans! {pinky promise!}

happy friday, guys!!!

according to my phone

 did some re organizing in the closet....out with the sweaters and in with the maxis//insanity is going well. starting to see results {cardio recovery is my fave!}

i love me some fluffy clouds//rachel and i at her surprise party

husband made conference morning waffles mmm//conference was amazing and i found much needed peace

dan fell asleep during conference, so did i..haha//mad men is back and i am so happy!!

there you have some instas from lately. i really should take my real camera out more often. bad blogger, right here.

did you guys have a good weekend? did you watch conference? what was your  favorite talk?? i LOVED L. Whitney Clayton's talk and Henry B. Eyring's So good.  

happy rainy monday!

some bits from the weekend + a thank you

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above are some photos from our easter weekend. it was a fun one with lots of time spent with my love bug. got new phones, baseball game, had a little cheat on the diet and had a hot dog {so worth it!}, beautiful easter sunday, and a good day in nursery {i love each and everyone of those precious children. they are so sweet!}

i really want to talk about the response to this post. 

i was overcome with tears of love. i appreciate those of you who opened up about your struggles too. it helped me really remember we are never alone. i love each and everyone of you. thank you so much for all the love and support you have shown us. 

blogging always has a funny way of showing me how grateful i really am for this part of my life. i am so thankful for all my blogging friends. you guys, sure know how to make a girl feel loved. i truly believe that you all have been placed in my life for a reason and i am so glad you have been. again, thank you for all the texts, emails, comments, and messages. i love you all! && that is not an april fools joke!

xoxo

instalife

green smoothie goodness//stupid snow storm//these are going to be the death of me//cozy sweaters//bowling with friends on a friday night//so grown up going to costco on a saturday//sunday best//moochies date//bff's baby girl. i love her!

....just some photos from lately. i know some people hate when bloggers share their instas on their blogs..well guess what? i love it. maybe it's because i love intsagram and it's my blog! lol. do you follow me via instagram yet? follow me @erykaann.

come back to tomorrow for an exciting post about a new journey the hubby and i are starting!! 

happy monday!