erica danielle

 Look at all these cutie cousins together at Grammy’s house this past week. ❤️❤️❤️ Lucky us to have so many wonderful people in our lives.  Lucy and Skye at the park pretending to be sisters  Sigge boy loved Grammys park! Sibs.  Sister in laws! No one I’d rather spend Christmas with. We had so much fun together all week long. So thankful for sten and his fam.  xo edc. 

 What a gift this year has been to me in a weird way. I feel as though I've learned to love my family better, enjoy my friendships, and grow in my relationship with Jesus.  1. We spent our safer-at-home in this very kitchen with a major reno! It's still not complete but we LOVE it and spend 99% of our lives around our massive island.  We also went through a million sticks of chalk, gallons upon gallons of sprinkler water and got some really good use out of our swing set. Sten and I perfect the old fashioned and have officially dubbed it our COVID-19 drink.   2. Sigge is still very much our baby and I don’t think that will ever change. He loves popcorn, mom, blowing kisses and whining.  3. Lucy is in 1st grade. She is the most creative girl I know and can make a piece of art out of anything. She’s a great reader, she’s awesome at math and she loves hearing about miracles. We love her.  4. Olle-Man is in 4K preschool. He loves running fast, being the bes...

Cheers to hot cocoa season! Also— this mug!!  Olle and his buddy Vale.  Lucy and her fake nails that lasted for 17 minutes total. But that she LOVED for those 17 minutes  This ornament from a friend!!!!!  How crazy that we’re less than 1 week away from Christmas! We have a couple things left on our list.  1. Watch White Christmas  2. Wrap presents  3. Eat Swedish pancakes  4. Spread all the holiday cheer.  5. Make a “Christmas card” on my blog.   xo. edc. 

I love this girl of mine. While praying for her last night I had a vision of a gem, almost as though God was nudging me to use that word in her prayer. I called her a rare gem, and thanked God for creating her exactly as he did. After the prayer was over she looked at me and said: “I liked, no I loved, when you called me a gem. And you said I was rare. That means hard to find.” She had the hugest smile on her face. It was as if God had given me a gift to give to her and she received it with so much joy. I’m learning so much from Lucy. And one thing that I continue to learn is to receive gifts in the same way she does. She loves them so much she uses them right away. I love her so much.  I came across this photo the other day of these 3 who are now in THE SAME preschool class. I can barely handle it. They were so tiny and now they’re big kids!  This guys makes me smile all. The. Time. He  We had our annual gingerbread house competition. And the girls reign for the second y...

 My mother in law gave me the candle that everyone is staring at. It’s labeled down the side with 1,2,3,4,... 24 and you burn to the next number everyday. This is SO much fun. For two nights now the anticipation has been killing us. You don’t want to blow it out too soon, but also can’t wait too long or you’ll cut into the next day. Everything about December seems magical at our house to our kids. I love it.  xo. edc

.... came and went without me finishing this post. haha. It was a good month. a little hectic and full of so much fun and many indulgent days. i read in a book once about how there are seasons of feasting and seasons of fasting. i entered a season of feasting in november, enjoying everything life had to offer. i will give myself lots of grace, but this month i hope to be more mindful (that's the essence of fasting after all right?). I will get up early to pray, read my bible and do some short runs, i will get back to do nothing during sigge's nap and not feel an ounce of guilt about it. i will practice mindfulness as i sit in silence and work on doing absolutely nothing. not because i don't have super important things to do and needs to meet, but because its in the quiet that i encounter what God is telling me. i so badly want to listen more than i speak. here is to a new month. xo. edc. also. this picture of sigge is 100% accurate of who he is.