15 months old!

June 12th, Roman turned 15 months old. He's growing and learning so much every day! We found a new pediatrician near our house and he did great! Here are his stats:

Weight: 25lb 15-1/2 oz (60%)

Height: 31-3/4" (60%)

Head Circ.: 19" (80%)

I'm going to copy after one of my friend's blog and note 15 things about Roman lately in honor of him being 15th months old!

1. Roman is an amazing eater! The other night at dinner, I stopped and noticed that my child was eating the following: homemade turkey meatloaf with carrots and applesauce ground together, fresh tomatoes from our garden, homemade zucchini bread that Matt made, and slices of avocados. It really doesn't get much healthier! His favorites are fish, sweet potato fries, any bread, banana oatmeal pancakes, eggs with ketchup, and much more!
2. He speaks!! Roman is saying so much more! Two nights ago he was so thirsty, so I took the opportunity to try to get him to say please before I handed him his milk. He did it! Roman said please for the first time! I might be the only person that can understand him, but he's doing so good in learning new words. He said please again last night too!!
3. Roman is remembering so much. We have a picture that he loves to look at with my mom, dad, brother, Elizabeth, and me. Roman giggles when we look at the picture out of excitement and says "pictr". After we got back from Springfield, I got the picture out and asked where is mommy and he pointed to me. He did it with everyone! Even "papaw" who he has never met! I almost cried!
4. Roman is a champion sleeper! He still takes two naps a day when at home, but is so flexible and can easily just have one nap if we're out at a play date. He normally naps around 3 hours a day and sleeps almost 12 hours at night.
5. A favorite song in our house right now is "If you're happy and you know it..." Then I will say clap your hands, and he will!! He even loves to stomp his feet! It is adorable!
6. Roman's favorite thing is to be outside. What kid doesn't love the outdoors!!! He will just stand in his little play pool forever!
7. Mosquitoes absolutely love Roman as much as we do! My poor boy has so many bug bites on him from being outside. We're really trying to protect his young, obviously sweet skin.
8. Roman sleeps on a cot now at school! The first of June, Roman's Montessori school moved him up to the pre-toddler class. I was so proud of my little boy! I went and got a nap mat with his name on it and he uses it on a cot. I asked the teacher on the first day and she said he slept great! I was in awe!
9. Roman had ice cream for the first time finally! Daddy is so picky with what Roman eats. We made a family trip to NorthPark mall and couldn't get out without going to Pacuigo. I snuck a bite of my ice cream in Roman's mouth and Matt snapped at me. I'm like the little kid and Matt is SO the parent. Of course, Roman was in heaven!!! I thought it was hilarious!
10. He is finally pointing! I was getting nervous that he never pointed at things because I keep hearing that is a sign of autism. Isn't that what mothers do, worry about everything and always think the worst!? Anyways, he points at everything now and says "dat".
11. Roman is still wearing a size 4 diaper and size 18 month clothes. He's a big, healthy boy!
12. I know everyone thinks they're child is smart, but I really do too! Two nights ago, Roman and I were playing with his animal puzzle and I took three animals, the monkey, elephant, and giraffe and really explained them to Roman. I said they're names over and over and showed them to him. The next night we took the puzzle out again and I said, where's the monkey... he pointed to the monkey! He did it with the giraffe and elephant also! Smarty pants!
13. He's starting to throw temper tantrums! Isn't this too young? If Roman is tired and wants something, he will sit down and cry for it. It's so funny. Matt and I just try to blow it off and Roman is fine afterwards. I just didn't realize how he's growing so fast and it's already time to start disciplining! These tantrums are just little bits of my personality probably! Ha ha!
14. Roman loves dog food! A couple of times, Matt and I noticed that he was walking around with something in his mouth, we found dog food. He would go grab a bite and walk around playing!!! Seriously, disgusting! We've really had to work on always paying attention to him when he's around the dog bowl. His breath smelled of dog food too! Yucky!
15. Roman overall has such a laid back personality and usually always just goes with the flow. When I take him to school, he just walks in his class and sits down in his seat waiting for breakfast. He's usually so calm and easy going. We have created a little Matt. I love that we can already really see his personality now! He is such a blessing and joy to be around! We love you "big boy"!!
    
    
    

    
    The spatula in the kitchen is his new favorite toy!
    We took him out to eat sushi the other night to celebrate Matt's birthday and he saw mommy using the chop sticks. Guess who tried to eat with them after that?!
    

Our big eater!

His favorite toy right now is Thomas the Train!

Grandma and Pa sent Roman a new leather chair to match our furniture. Seriously, how adorable!?