20 months and counting

Here are some wonderful new things that Logan is learning to do. From my previous blog I told you that Logan got a new bed. Well the new bed did not go over so well. She learned how to get out of it and pretty much refused to go to sleep in it when Adam or I put her down. However, when our babysitter put her down, she'd fall fast asleep in her bed. We didn't push the bed thing and I figured whenever she was ready she'd do it on her own. Well one night she would not go to sleep in her crib...she wanted to stay awake with mom and dad. We were not going to have that, so we told her she had to stay in her bed. About 30 minutes later we went back to check on her and this is what we found...

She fell asleep in her bed alright...she was just halfway out. We picked her up though and put her in her crib. I think that may have been the last night she slept in her crib. She doesn't use it at all anymore. We are officially in a big girl bed. YEAH!!! When we tell her it's time to go to bed, she will even walk herself in the room and get in bed on her own. Of course we follow to get all the last minute kisses we can get before she falls asleep.

I've been realizing more and more that she completely understands A LOT of what I am saying. Some how she has learned to put her dishes in the sink when she is done with them and she throws trash away when I ask her to. If you remember pictures from my previous blog about our messy living room...

...yes remember that. Well if you are hoping that she has learned to clean that up yet, the answer is NO. It's her playroom and Adam and I just use it. :)

She does have a couple of Elmo dolls though and one time I told her that Elmo needs to go "night, night." And do you know that she took him back to her room and put him in her bed. About 30 minutes later I went in there to see if she REALLY did do that and this is what I found....

Yes Elmo needed a snack too. He was tired, but he still needed an apple slice.

Do you see how absolutely wonderful all this cuteness is? It's really great. She very entertaining and the more her vocabulary grows the more that personality of hers comes out also.

Here is a picture of the three of us this weekend at the Rise and Shine School 1K walk. The 1K ended up being the walk from our car to the registration table and then back....it started to rain really hard. But we got a chance to talk to our friends for a while before we headed back to our car.

Catch up time

It's been a while since I last posted a blog about what's been going on with us. I've been pretty busy. Basketball season (I am the JV coach) is almost over and I'm so thankful. It has been a little tiring going from Volleyball right into Basketball. I miss being able to pick Logan up after work, but that's all about to change in a month. I can't wait because then I'm taking Logan back to swimming lessons and I'm also thinking of doing "tippy-toes." Which is ballet for little ones. It should be adorable!!!


As most of you know Adam moved his gym to closer location to our home. Well, just recently they decided to shut down the street in front of his gym and do road construction. The time frame as to when this will all be finished is up in the air. We never know what plans the city may have for us. Luckily though it has currently not slowed business down for Adam too much...it just really interferes with the visibility of people driving by...now this is what Adam gets to look at each day.




Logan seems to change and change on a daily basis. Every day is a learning lesson for me as a mom. How to handle certain situations and then sometimes feeling like..."does anyone else's child do this." By no means are any of these things TERRIBLE, but I just keep wondering when is she going to learn things. For instance, when is she going to learn the enjoyment of "clean-up?" She has SOOOO much fun playing with her toys, but she is not at all interested in cleaning them up. She can handle picking one or two things up, but after that she is done and back to pulling more out. I've tried to get her to play in her room, but if Adam or I are not in there she is not interested and will bring whatever is in her room to the living room. So we are left with a living room that looks like this.

Does anyone else have this same problem? I've just recently packed up a few of her toys. It probably doesn't help that she seems to have SO MUCH STUFF!!!

Today Logan got her first "big girl" bed. YIKES!!! We are starting off with a mattress and although it may be a bit "unconventional," we are putting the mattress on the floor, so that she is low to the ground...in case she rolls off. This afternoon when she woke up from her nap, I brought the mattress into her room and set it all up. We got her Dora sheets because she loves Dora so much and I thought it would make the bed more inviting for her. She still has her crib in the bedroom and we will slowly begin the transition. Actually we slowly began the transition tonight. Instead of putting her in her crib tonight, I laid her in her bed. I turned the light off and walked out. We never heard a peep from her. About 30 minutes later Adam and I are sitting in the living room talking and I say to Adam, "Wow, I can't believe that she fell asleep her in bed that easily." Then I turn around and there she is, wide awake. I guess the difference between a crib and a bed is that she can get out of the bed NO PROBLEM!!! It was still pretty funny. Perfect timing on her part.

Here are a few pics of the bed and Adam and I testing it out with her.

And here is one of her just for fun!!

Do you like the pony tail on top?? We can finally do it....well when she lets us and doesn't pull it out. :)

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!!!