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Ava and I met up with Tracy and the girls for a day of carnival rides. All the girls couldn’t […]

Ava held her second birthday party at the Kohl Children’s Museum in Glenview. Family and friends joined in wishing this

Happy 2nd birthday to our little angel. The last two years have been amazing, and we look forward to the

We kept the Jacobs family tradition going with this outing. We went to Billy Boy’s Blueberry Farm and picked blueberries

Ava rode her first pony this weekend. Christine and I took her to West Fest, and she was absolutely thrilled

Ava helped me make dinner tonight, standing right up at the counter like my official sous chef. I’m already looking

I wanted to end the holiday weekend on an up swing, so we headed to Great America. Wow, did Ava

We kicked off the holiday weekend with a trip to the Highland Park carnival, then headed to the Naperville Rib

Ava went to her first soccer class today, decked out in her little Lil’ Kickers jersey. She kicked a goal

Ava’s face lit up the second she spotted the Elmo bouncy house in the courtyard. She kept yelling “Ellllmo!” at

Betsy, Tim, and Evan came into town for a visit this past weekend. We met them at Montrose Harbor for

We successfully completed our first camping trip. We drove out to Rock Cut State Park and let nature take over,

Ava used to steal other kids’ scooters at the park, so we finally decided it was time to get her

Christine and I did a stellar cleanup job after the camping trip. I was genuinely impressed with our motivation to

Ava loves me every bit as much as I love her. Both of our faces light up when we see

Ava and I needed to get out of the house. We’d both been sick for the past week and just

Ava had a fun short visit to Northbrook to catch the Memorial Day Parade. The morning was really nice, though

We’re kicking off Memorial Day weekend downtown. We grabbed breakfast near the Bean and walked around on a beautiful day.

Ava wanted Christine to make her laugh while we were in Miami getting ready one day, and this clip of