rice cereal? blech!

So Roman tried rice cereal for the first time this week... and wasn't too crazy about it. He thought it was funny at first - would push his tongue to the roof of his mouth and let the cereal ooze down his face. This lasted for about 10 minutes and then he was frustrated, hungry, and ready for something more familiar!

will try again next week to see if he likes it any better then!! :)

christmas stuff

here are some pics of roman enjoying some of the things that he got for christmas...lots of stuffed animals and clothes. most of the animals start in his hands but end up in his mouth very quickly. :}

a stuffed beaver...

Iowa Hawkeye sweatshirt...

a cow that MOOS!!!

a very fuzzy lion...

a Hesston hoodie...

child-size rainstick (educational toy!)

new shoes!

new hat!

a Christmas classic...

happy holidays!

merry christmas from the stotts fam! roman enjoyed his first christmas. he slept in until 7:30 (yeah!) jake read the christmas story to us and then we put a gift in front of roman. he seemed to enjoy the wrapping paper very much, which everyone told us ahead of time would likely be the case! (he also tried to eat the paper, once he had a grip.) :\


we were in wayland for a few days and got to spend time with the yutzy/wenger families -- fun times! cousins roman and raefe seem to like each other more every time they're together. raefe is a very smiley guy - has a very laid-back, chill personality. (i would say much like his papa!) here are the fellas... raefe on left, roman on right

roman is still putting anything he can get his hands on into his mouth... even raefe's hand, if it's in the right place. :}

we hope all had a happy new year's eve!! :)