Happy Valentine's Day

This Valentine's weekend Jess, Claire and I are meeting Kevin and Marie in the Wisconsin Dells to stay at an indoor water park. We are super excited to play with Claire in the water. She was only a few months old last time she was at a water park, so this time she should be able to enjoy it a bit more. Noah, Claire's cousin, had a bit of bad luck this week. He was admitted to the hospital because of dehydration Poor little guy. From Claire, Auntie Jess and I - we miss you and hope you are feeling better this weekend!

I am juggling a lot of things right now. Trying to focus on my career and go to school full time is hard, especially since I don't want to neglect my baby or wife, but i'll manage. Jess has been sewing a lot of little shirts for Claire, they are very cute. She even made a Star Wars one! Thanks Jess. Claire is still running around babbling and carrying on about something only she understands. I hope she figures this english thing out soon!

January is lame

So not to much excitement in the last 2 weeks. Claire got sick and was home from daycare for a few days. Nothing major, just a cough and small fever. I past my VMWare exam and so got my first certification. Jess is doing well, she is on a cabin trip with Michelle P this weekend. So it's just Claire and I for a few days. While we were playing after breakfast she was playing with her Star Wars toys (video attached). Claire had a Dr. check up on Friday, she is growing really well, though still small, she increased on the growth chart a full percent higher. She is still talking up a storm, but now likes to try and climb things; couch, kitchen chairs, etc.

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Location:Sunset Dr,Cottage Grove,United States

Yackety Yack

Boy, Claire sure likes to talk these days. Not much you can understand, save a few words here and there, but she just keeps babbling to herself! Jessica and I try to have conversations with her and Jess is narrating her actions, all of this is suppose to help her figure english out. Hopefully then she can tell us what she wants instead of just pointing and grunting, which she is a pro at. Here are some of the words we hear the most; Mama, Dada, Ball, Ba (either Brown Bear or a Banana), Hi, ock (sock) and plenty more that I just can't remember at the moment.

Jess and I are doing well. I wish it wasn't winter so we could go for walks at night, all three of us love that. The house looks bare with all the xmas stuff put away. January and February, good time to catch up on tv and movies I guess.

2010

Another year, another attempt to keep a blog rolling. Most of our photos and life events are captured on Facebook, but I think it's important to have a running photo/video journal of our family, so here we go again. If nothing else this site will provide a place to reflect on the events of the past and for the grandmothers to ogle pictures of Claire. Facebook will continue to be the place to find more personal information on Jessica and myself as individuals, as this site will focus more on Claire and our adventures as a family (vacations, holidays, milestones, etc).

Happy New Year from the Sokolowski family!

Christmas time!

We had an exciting first Christmas with Claire. We started the holiday off at Jessica's mom's house for the Herrick Christmas Eve, always a party. Then Christmas day we went to my mom's house were we had some lunch opened presents and found out my mom is engaged! Hope everyone had a great holiday! Next up, New Years!

Trip to Chicago

Our first walk!

Thanks to a 74 degree November day.