monkey

roman amazes us with his mobility... more so in the crib than anywhere else. when he's playing, he rolls from tummy to back every once in awhile, but definitely not on a regular basis. he loves sitting up and playing, looking around, etc. but when we put him to bed at night, we never know how we're going to find him in the morning... sometimes he's moved 90 degrees and sometimes has done a complete 180! he's almost always happy when he wakes up, whichever direction he's facing! (in pic below, notice the leg hanging out of the crib, and only one sock on the other foot. that sock often ends up in his mouth... put there by roman, not us!)

here are a few more pics... just smiling for the camera and then enjoying some squash! :)

breakthrough!

Holy cow... how the time flies! Can't believe it's been three weeks since a post. The flu bug has hit us again, or rather has hit Roman. :( He had a high temp last night along with a wicked cough and runny nose. Poor fella didn't get a very good night of sleep, so he's catching up today. Amazingly, he has to be the happiest sick person you've ever seen... rarely stops smiling. and as far as his breakthrough... he has two teeth poking through! they're both on the bottom, and there are just little corners of the teeth that are showing, so he's got a long way to go. (i've been trying to get a good pic of him showing off his teeth... will be much easier once they're more visible!)

roman loves playing with the tiger basketball toy that he got for christmas from grandpa mark and grandma susan. he starts out with it in front of him and within minutes has it pulled on top of his lap - i guess it's probably easier to get the ball in the basket that way!
roman is moving his way through the 'stage 1' foods... is enjoying peas, green beans, squash, and carrots on a daily basis. he has also learned that if he makes a motorboat sound with his mouth just as we're putting the spoon up to his mouth, the liquidy food will spray out on us. i never dreamt it could be so hard to get carrots out of clothing! still, it's funny.

hi all! seems like forever since we've posted anything... sorry about that! roman is still growing like crazy - can't believe how quickly! he likes to sit up by himself - does pretty good for the most part. although, the other night, he was sitting on the floor looking at some books while i (colette) was switching out some of his clothes. after about 15 mins, he let out a funny yelp so i looked at it - he looked at me, looked straight up in the air, and flopped backwards (as if to say, 'mom, i'm tired of sitting.') it was pretty funny.

roman got to spend time with grandpa mark and grandma susan recently (and lots of other people in the wayland area!) had a great time with them!

unfortunately, the flu bug visited us. so sad to see such a little guy not feeling well. he was amazingly cheerful during the few days that he couldn't keep anything down. he was feeling better last night and able to watch the superbowl with jake and me.

can't believe we'll have a 6-month-old next week already! will have more pics for you then... :)

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!! :)

winter action

winter is officially here... it's super-cold in iowa. roman does not like wearing his hat/mittens, especially since he likes to have his fingers in his mouth. sorry roman, we'd rather you have warm fingers inside the mittens than frostbitten fingers to suck on... :}

roman has been working for about two weeks on this... he rolled this week from his back to his belly! it's not effortless, to say the least. it seems like he doesn't quite know what to do once he gets to his belly - a new view, which is interesting for a little bit, but then he's ready to be back on his back. (much less strenuous!) fun times!!