avablog

You’re starting to figure out how to coordinate them in your endless quest for trouble, little brother. Though you’ve been creeping and stomach crawling for a couple of months now, this afternoon we hit a milestone: You crawled all the way across the rug on your hands and knees! Huzzah! What a grand way to [...]

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Dear Ava, Your dad always accuses me of never writing anything on this blog, so I thought I’d better log on quickly, at the end of this lovely Christmas Day, to document a few small, sweet moments from our recent celebrations. The first is a remark you made yesterday, after attending an afternoon children’s service [...]

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I hope you have a little bit of this kind of excitement at your house today. This is Ava upon opening her new horse barn/stable toy. Levitate!

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Gosh, I bet I’m the first person to ever title a blog post this way. Cool! Weekend before last we went over to a friend’s house so Ava could make a gingerbread house. We had to amscray early to make it back for a play date (for Ava) so didn’t even get a chance to [...]

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Apologies to those of you who look at our flickr stream regularly, but I can’t resist this shot of Emmett Charles fresh out of the tub. As Dave Hill would say, I hope you love it so much.

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Sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to take a picture that’s so cute, it makes the viewer vomit upon seeing it. Wouldn’t that be weird? Anyway, if this turns out to be that picture for you, I apologize in advance.

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My mom usually takes Ava to and from school during the week. Sometimes, when the two of them are at Gramary’s house in the afternoon, we get an electronic message from Ava. Like this one we received today: She digs thje Zapf Dingbats, as you can plainly see. Also, please avoid paincones, if you’re able.

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Took some holiday photos at home over the weekend. Leah still wants to go get professional shots done, and frankly, I’m just tired of hearing about it. Until she schedules our sitting, I’ll share some of the shots I got yesterday. Enjoy, if you can…. Oh, also, if you’re reading this, you’re on our Christmas [...]

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Fresh snow trumps freezing temps. Either that, or Ava has some undiagnosed nerve damage that makes it impossible for her to feel cold. Oh well. So long as she’s having fun….

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Over the past weekend we secured and decorated our Christmas tree. It’s nice to have out of the way. The new addition this year was a popcorn garland that I thought Ava might delight in making with me. Like my plan to make pap(i)er mache ornaments, this one turned out to be a bit beyond [...]

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I spent the day at home with Emmett yesterday, as a mild fever kept him out of daycare. It was mostly good times. Even now, the boy seems to have a good sense of humor, an observation based mostly on the fact that I can get him to laugh, heartily, without even trying.

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