11 months old!!

Roman is already 11 months old!! I am simply amazed that I am planning his 1 year birthday party!!!




Roman is walking!!! He falls a lot, but enjoys getting right back up and trying again!! So cute!!! He started taking his first steps when he was about 10-1/2 months old. Here's a video of him walking. Ignore my annoying voice!



Roman is still taking about 28 oz of formula a day with a 4 oz bottle in the morning and then 3 other 8 oz bottles throughout the day. He is eating 3 meals a day and a small snack around 3pm. It is such a CHALLENGE to get him to eat now!!! I'm hoping that once he's off the bottle, he will start liking more food. He used to be such an amazing eater!! He now only eats finger foods and will only have you feed him applesauce or yogurt with a spoon. No more jar baby food for this BIG boy! Matt and I try so hard to get creative with our food selection for him. We've made him sweet potato fries, broccoli cheese florets, quesadillas, turkey meatloaf with lots of veggies, and veggie lasagna just to name a few. We're getting there! Half of his food gets thrown on the floor to Captain. He also keeps trying to chew his food with his front teeth, which doesn't work and half of it falls into his bib. He loves the pocket bib because he will sometimes put food in there and save it for later. It's really cute to see him dig in there as a last resort!

He does love daddy's lasagna!

Captain is alert and ready for the food to fall!

He is finally waving! We've been working on this for a while. Roman has been giving hi-fives for a while, but the wave was a little bit harder for him. Now he waves at people and things like his pancakes in the morning. So funny and cute!!

He's at the end of his wave

Waving at daddy!

Roman also gives kisses!!! He knows how to pucker his lips and smack a kiss. It is so adorable!!


He weighs around 24 lbs and is wearing size 12-18 month and mostly 18 month clothes. My big boy!!

Seriously!! Look at that cellulite!!


And those thighs!!



Roman is still going to school 3-4 days a week and is doing great there. He loves being around the other children and will only take 1 nap a day when he is there. At home, on the other hand, he still takes 2 naps a day. I can't complain. He has to have his 10am morning nap and then his big 1-3pm afternoon nap. Works great for us!

Such a cutie taking his nap

Roman still goes to bed around 7:30-7:45 and gets up around 7am. I let him play in his crib until around 7:30 while I'm either getting ready for work or running on the treadmill.

After we moved Roman's room downstairs, I noticed that his crib was really scratched up around the edges. I got onto Matt for scratching it during the moving process. Oops, because a couple of days later, we realized that the scratches were from Roman biting the edge of the crib in the mornings while he's playing in there! Silly boy!!

Roman loves bath time! We took a few pictures last night before he took a bath. Matt always does bath duty when he's in town. It's their little bonding time.


I had to blur out his private parts

No words are necessary!!

Roman loves to read books! No, he can't actually read, but he loves to sit in your lap and look at the pretty pictures. Who doesn't love to turn to pages?! He's one of his favorite pastimes! His favorite books all have animals in them. It's so fun to hear all of the different sounds that animals make!!

I just can't believe how fast Roman is growing!! I am loving every minute of it and can't believe that he's almost a toddler!!! What a blessing it is to be his mom!!