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It’s Valentine’s Day, and Ava and I headed to the Emerald City Theatre for the Teddy Bear’s Picnic. She marched […]

Ava and I hopped on the Blue Line and headed down to the Chicago Cultural Center for a little live

We headed up to Madison to celebrate Amy’s 32nd birthday — hit the Children’s Museum, had a great dinner and

Another frigid day in Chicago meant another indoor outing, so our usual Wednesday date with Francine took us to Lincoln

Hoober got some serious love tonight from his girls. He and Ava just keep getting closer, and even Christine has

Ava loves people, and she loves live music, so the free 30-minute kids’ concert Whole Foods puts on every Wednesday

Ava and I spent the day at the Museum of Science and Industry with Auntie Francine — we try to

I surprised the girls today with a trip to the Sod Room, a new indoor playroom we hadn’t tried yet.

Ava’s always loved listening to me beatbox, and now that she’s a little older, she’s started actually dancing and moving

While Christine and Ava were out in Salt Lake for the holidays, they spent some time with Grandma at church

Another cold, wet day here in Chicago, so we chased away the winter blues the best way we know how

Today was the coldest day Chicago has seen in 20 years, and Ava and Christine were pretty much stuck inside

Ava has spent more time with a cardboard box than any actual toy we’ve bought her. She fits herself perfectly

The family keeps growing every year — this time we were just missing Amy and Bryce from the photo. Hopefully

Ava is completely smitten with the cat, the dogs, and these mountains out here. She hasn’t warmed up to the

After a nice afternoon at church, we came home to a delicious home-cooked holiday meal with the whole crew —

We spent Christmas with my brother’s family and my cousin this year, and Ava’s cousins, Seanna (7) and Elysa (5),