avablog

Actually, it doesn’t. At all. There’s no going home again. And this attitude even after all the trouble we had conceiving…. Sure, we’re excited about the baby coming. We’re picking out names and car seats and trying to figure out finances. Leah has her eye on a co-sleeper. But, man, you never have that first […]

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Ava with her stylist:

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I was driving around at noon, running errands, when I calculated that this is how many hours we see Ava each weekday. It’s just not enough. I try to convince myself that all Ava would be doing, were we together all day, would be watching Ruby and Max or coloring by herself at her table, […]

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Ava became obsessed with Jell-O recently. I don’t even recall how it started, though I’m sure Leah will enlighten us. Must’ve been in a magazine, or something. Anyway, Leah finally relented to Ava’s constant whining and let her make some the other day. Ava wanted to cut the Jell-O into hearts, so we cut the […]

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Yesterday Ava decided she wanted to go to the children’s museum, so we went to the children’s museum. There was a sweet moment on the way out when Ava adopted her serious voice from the back seat and proceeded to tell us that even though bad things happen in the world, like robberies, for example, […]

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My mom often writes us nice summaries of her adventures with Ava on those days she stays with her. I was reading the latest one, and it sounded a lot to me like a blog post. So, here goes….

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Leah informed me recently that it’s time to take the 21-week pregnancy photo. In fact, I think it was this morning. I told her I’d grab my camera and take the picture right there in the bathroom as she did her makeup, but it wasn’t what she had in mind. We haven’t been taking weekly […]

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I know, right? “It’s about time.” I hear you. Seems like I should provide some sort of synopsis, even though most of you have heard the best tidbits by now. The big news, of course, is that Rachel and Kevin were robbed. Actually, their room was broken into, and the thieves made off with Kevin’s […]

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As I was getting ready for work this morning, I had a moment’s pause when I thought it was only Sunday. Is it possible the weekend passed so quickly? Bah. We had fun celebrating my mom’s birthday, which included a couple dinners and sledding yesterday at a nearby elementary school. I debated whether to take […]

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Viva Mexico!

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It really didn’t even happen on the trip. Leah and Ava were separated from me on the plane home yesterday afternoon. It was sad. They were 5A and B, and I was 5F. I buried my nose in the kooky fantasy book I’d bought at the terminal in Cancun and tried not to think about […]

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It’s nice to be back in the land of high(ish) bandwidth. It’s always a pleasure to visit Decorah, and G.G. and Harvey are great hosts (if not the best Taboo partners). But Georgie’s 256k Internet serice takes a little getting used to. As the Klevar women would be quick to point out, it wouldn’t kill […]

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We had a nice, albeit cold, weekend, with lots of visits from friends and some gift opening with Grandpa Chuck and Uncle Scott. A short work week ahead, and then off to Decorah on Wednesday for more of Santa’s largess (Firefox wants to spell check “Santa’s” as “Satan’s”).

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Just because.

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It’s interesting that one of the main problems people have with breastfeeding is that some folks do it for too long. As my readers know, I start to feel a little weird about the endeavor once the child is old enough to verbalize her hunger. But what’s the big deal? I mean, if no one’s […]

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Ava’s such a wonderfully sharing little girl. Hugs, kisses, her artwork…oh, and even her illnesses. As of this afternoon, I officially have strep throat, as does Ava. This is her second bout in as many weeks. I can’t recall the last time I was on antibiotics; it’s probably been 10 years. The nurse practitioner we […]

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Leah gets pretty strung out when she’s home with a sick Ava all day. It’d be different if they could get outside and go somewhere, but we’re trying to get Ava to rest, and in case you’re not aware, it’s frickin’ COLD out there! Today, Leah was scrambling for ways to entertain Ava that didn’t […]

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So I was home with Ava today as she suffered through another day of being sick. I sure hope this fever breaks soon. Anyway, she got a little restless at one point and asked if she could paint. So I set up all her paints and some paper on a tray on the ottoman, and […]

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Ava has a fever and congestion, but the doc says there’s no red throat, so no strep. I volunteered to stay home with her today. We’re just hanging out, watching videos and drinking juice. I’m working on the new blog for the new kid; s/he already has four pictures online, and s/he’s not even 20 […]

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Grandma Georgie makes a mean sugar cookie. But as good as they are, it’s still tough to compete with a bowl full of frosting.

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