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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),

Ava is absolutely in love with Frito the cat. The second she wakes up, she’s on the hunt for him,

Ava and Hoober have a real bond at this point. She plays with him every day, shares her food with

We had such a beautiful afternoon at the Botanical Gardens, riding through the Wonderland Express, which honestly blew me away

We hosted our first Thanksgiving as a family of three (four, counting Hoober), and the house was full — Miranda,

Not a day goes by where Ava doesn’t show Hoober some serious love. She pulls his tail, his ears, climbs

Every night we carve out a little wind-down time with Ava in our bed. She copies everything I do, like