Christmas 2008

What a GREAT time we had. On Christmas Eve we went to Mass. Cosmo (Logan's grandpa) got Logan this adorable dress for Christmas. We put the dress on Logan for church and she did not find it so adorable. She did NOT want to wear the dress. I guess she didn't like the material because she kept her arms raised up about 3 inches when she had it on. It was pretty funny watching her walk around like that. Althouth this picutre is a bit blurry you can still see how cute she was.

After church we headed off to Adam's parents house for Christmas gifts with them. Check Logan out by the tree with Honey...notice the dress is off and we are HAPPY!!! YEAH GIFTS!!!

She had a blast opening up all her gifts. It was really fun watching her get so excited with them. I know she doesn't understand the concept of "santa" yet, but to watch her get so happy and rip at the paper, it made it very enjoyable.

Christmas morning Logan woke up to a tree full of MORE gifts. She was instantly drawn to her Dora chair which she immediately pulled out and sat in.

After that she went for all the presents wrapped in Dora paper. If only I would have been thinking and wrapped all her gifts in Dora paper.

After opening a few of her gifts we got to one gift in particular...It was a "Yo Gabba Gabba" DVD. I had never heard of "Yo Gabba Gabba" before, but her daycare told us that she LOVES it. I thought more than Dora or Elmo...well we found out that she does love it more than Dora or Elmo. Once she unwrapped that DVD, she was done. She did not need to unwrap anymore....of course we still had her unwrap more, but she had to have the DVD right next to her. I guess that was her favorite gift. Thank you Daycare.

After the gift "ceremony" we had a lovely lunch later that day. Adam's parents, sister, our good friends Laura and Jerry, and Laura's parents all came over for lunch. This was officially Adam's and my second time cooking a turkey and all the fixing. I believe we got good reviews. It was a fabulous Christmas and I can't wait till next year with Logan. It should be very exciting. For now though, Logan needs her rest!!!

18 months old

Since Logan was born I've kept a journal of letters to her or updates of things that have been going on in her life (accomplishments she has made). Well today Logan is 18 months old, officially. And this evening I go to grab the journal to write in it and I just have to take a look back to see what I wrote to her one year ago. I thought I'd share a portion of what I wrote...

...I find myself falling more and more in love with you. You are the most amazing baby. You are rolling all over the place and you are getting on all fours to try and crawl. You are just bouncing back and forth, but you are trying. You are also eating cereal and bananas. You are the happiest baby and I feel so blessed to have you as my daughter. You are the most important thing in my life. You are my little baby and I can't wait to watch you continue to grow...

WOW!! I can't believe how much she has grown. She still is amazing to me and I still find myself loving her more and more each day. I was blessed with a gorgeous daughter 18 months ago and her and Adam are the most important things in my life. Logan is a blessing to my life each day and one of my great accomplishments. Now anytime she wants to slow down some and quit growing up so quickly...I'd be okay with that. :)
Here are the photos to show her changes in one year.


Here is Logan on December 15, 2007




Logan today...

Santa Photo

Last year I felt like she was too young to take her photo with Santa. However, during Easter I got her picture taken with the Easter Bunny and she did such a great job. She sat there and had this huge smile on her face. Well, we were not so lucky with Santa. Adam and I took her up the the mall to get the photo with Santa. Everything was fine. We walked over to Santa, I sat her down on his lap, I took one step back and Santa spoke to her and that was it...she lost it. Of course we couldn't walk away without a photo to remember this moment by.

Here is Logan with Santa



Once the picture was over with I took her off Santa's lap and she was fine. She was excited to get on the carousel.

Happy Thanksgiving

What a wonderful week. I was fortunate to have the week off of work. I still had basketball, but that was only 2 hours of my day. The rest of the time I got to spend with Adam and Logan. It was really great getting to do things with Logan that I don't normally get to do with her during the week. We went to the park, we went on a few walks, I got to take a nap when she did (I was VERY thankful for that), and we went shopping together.

For Thanksgiving we went to Adam's parents house. His sister came down with her puppy (Buddy), so we had a house full of dogs, people and food. Adam's mom did most of the cooking and it was delicious. Although this was not Logan's first Thanksgiving it was the first time she got to enjoy the meal. She was quite the source of entertainment for us. She danced around and spun in circles. It was very cute. The cutest part was when we were saying the blessing and giving thanks before the meal. Logan was sitting in between Adam's mom and I. We all grabbed hands to say our blessing and Logan decided she didn't want to hold anyones hand, so she raised her hands straight up in the air. Therefore we all decided we'd raise our hands straight up in the air and go around and give thanks. She kept those hands up the whole time and continued to look at us like we were the crazy ones.

Here are a few photos of us on Thanksgiving...



Logan and Honey watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade


Logan and Cosmo playing with the Dogs...I think Logan is playing with Cosmo


Mom getting Logan's food ready


At the dinner table. Cosmo is taking the picture



The Farrell's at Thanksgiving

Logan growing up...slow down please

Logan LOVES being outside. Here are a few photos of her on her toys. We've made progress...she used to get on top of the slide and run down it...now she actually sits down and goes for the ride.

She's getting so big. I can't believe how much she is changing. She say's Mama, Dada, Gus, BaBa (for ball), shoo (for shoes), Bu (for buck...Grandma and Grandpas dog), KiKi (Kitty), and Uh-oh. She knows where her ears and nose are and will point to them. She does know what you are saying....like going outside. She knows the difference between a bath and shower. If you ask her does she want a bath she runs to the bath tub, if I ask her if she wants to take a shower with mom, she runs to our bathroom to get in the shower. She's amazing. I can't believe how quickly the baby has left and how she's turned into a toddler. WOW!!!

Logan goes to the Pumpkin Patch

We took Logan to the pumpkin patch today. Last year was a bit easier to get good pictures. She just sort of sat there last year. This year however was a different story. She was all over the place and getting her to sit still long enough to take a photo seemed nearly impossible. Our camera isn't fast enough. I don't know if any camera is fast enough.

We still got some great shots of her.

Take a look at the photos from last year and the photos from this year. Aren't they AWESOME!!! She's getting so big.

Last year...

Logan this year...(16 months old)

Catch up

It's been almost 2 months since I have written on my blog. Life got really crazy once volleyball season started. We are doing really well though. It's the best the high school has done before in Volleyball. I am really excited about the potential this program has. I'm looking forward to watching my younger players develop into better players. Their senior year should be a lot of fun.
Adam has been busy with work, as always. I don't think business ever slows down for him. He is always working on some new project or idea. He is still doing bootcamp at Cole Park in the mornings. I hadn't been in a while, so a few weeks ago I decided to go out there. I didn't even make it through the warm-up and left. This random guy just rides his bike up to our group and he looks so scary and he pulls adam off to the side to have some talk. He actually gives Adam two hugs during this conversation and proceeds to tell Adam how he just got out of jail/prison and wants some money. He wants to know if Adam has any money or if any of those cars over there.....our cars....are unlocked so he can go take some money out of them. Adam tells him no and this guy actually leaves and so do I. I had Logan with me and there was no way I was hanging around that mess. It wasn't like that in the summer. I did go back earlier this week though and everything was fine.
Adam has also started selling Juice plus. It is a great source for getting all the fruits and veggies that you need. If you are interested you have to give him a shout about it.

Now on to what everyone really wants to hear about.....Logan. How she is doing? What is she up to? She's doing AMAZING. She's into EVERYTHING. She runs all over the place and has currently picked up climbing. This is new and I can see it getting pretty scary in the future. She still has some trouble getting on to the couch, so we are good for at least another week. :) She really is starting to understand a lot of what we are saying to her. She chooses to listen when she wants to. It's selective hearing. She's so much fun though, except when she is hungry or really tired. Those aren't really the "fun" times. She's a blast to hang out with and she is exploring everything. She LOVES books. That is a great thing. She constantly brings a book over to you and she actually wants to sit in your lap and have you read it to her. She has a million books all over the house and she even knows some of the words in them. She understands this Farm animal book and when we turn the page to, "scrathch the elephants ears," she actually scratches his ears. It's really adorable.
Here are a few updated photos of Logan.


Logan sitting on Mom's lap enjoying a great book. She helps turn the pages!!


Logan and Dad spending time in the backyard together...Dad gets to push!!


Enjoying Dad's Birthday cake after dinner....YUMMY!!!


Look...my feet finally touch the floor!