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Sometimes I get a picture of Ava I love more than others. Last night I came across one of those. Dunno if it’s the pose, or the look on her face, or what, but this image just speaks to me.

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I wonder if there’s a costume in the world that could be less scary than this one. Maybe a cotton ball costume. That said, if you do happen to have some strong fear of cows, please, avert thine eyes now.

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I took this shot the other day on a lark. Sometimes pictures just show up on my laptop and I have no idea where they came from.

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Lots and lots of cuteness going around this weekend. Kinda like the flu, only I can’t seem to catch it. A couple choice shots for your enjoyment. First, our big girl: Next, the NKOTB: All together now:

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Sometimes, when I’m contemplating a blog post (which, honest, occurs much more frequently than the posting here suggests), I wonder if I dare delve as deeply into cliche as I have a mind to. I quietly debate the merits of cliche. And as you long-time readers know, I almost never pull myself out of this [...]

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Emmett’s turn. Also from this past weekend in Madison, this time at the Riley Tavern.

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We spent the weekend in Madison with Leah’s sister and her husband. Had lots of fun, as usual, but didn’t end up getting as many photos as I would’ve liked. When isn’t that the case?

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OK, so Emmett was clearly caught unawares on the first go here, but it didn’t take him long to come around. This is our boy.

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It was my favorite marble, out of all the treasured ones I kept in that faded denim bag with the red drawstring. It was one of my “shooter” marbles, and it was clear, with a beautiful blue swirl frozen inside the glass like smoke. I loved to hold it, rolling the smooth, pure-blue beauty of [...]

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Fine, fine. Chalk up my failed experiment to hubris (Danny’s too good a person to say, “I told you so”), but I’ve merged anonymark and avablog into this blog now, which may or may not remain under its present name. anonymark has a redirect in effect, but you may as well delete that bookmark, if [...]

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Ava’s room is full of stars. At night, she turns on her special ladybug nightlight, and it covers the ceiling with either blue, green, or red constellations. She usually chooses the blue. Last night, after feeding Emmett, I went to check on her beneath her starry blue sky. She was huddled under her blankets, clutching [...]

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It’s bundle-up weather all of a sudden.

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No matter what I do, I can’t keep Ava from becoming cuter as time goes by. But I’ll keep trying! All I can do in the meantime is document her cuteness to the best of my ability.

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