Christmas!

We Had 3 Christmas celebrations this year! It was a lot for all of us (especially Roman), but we love being with family and had a lot of fun! Roman walked away a winner with more toys than we know what to do with! He loved opening all his gifts this year. It was awesome to see him do things more independently!

A Moment of Self Pity (just let me have it...)

I'm becoming increasingly mentally exhausted. By nothing other than the fact that my sweet little boy has these tremendously annoying food allergies. Why did he get them!? I have found myself, lately, asking God this question. Followed by, I can't do this anymore! Not that I want to feed my child nasty (and not so nasty :)) processed food, but it sure would be nice to just feed him whatever I want to! Finding food that the 3 of us enjoy is becoming so difficult!! I miss tasting. I miss the stress-less-ness of being able to give Roman any kind of food. -not that we really had that pleasure to begin with. I, in a way, resent (for lack of a better word) the fact that so many of my friends have it 'easy' in the feeding their child department. (which is a sin, I know. I'll repent later) ;)

I try to have a positive attitude, and I think I accomplish that pretty well for the most part. But one can only take so much, right? You've been in that kind of situation, haven't you? Where you're adjusting okay, coping okay, and then one day you just can't deal with it anymore! The stress alone of feeding you baby the right foods to begin with is overwhelming. But when you have to avoid: milk, egg, peanut, soy, pineapple, mango, peaches, peas, butternut/yellow/acorn squash + others, what does that leave you? To all you great cooks out there, what a blessing it is to cook with ease. Make sure to count it as one!!

If you remember, please pray that Roman will outgrow ALL of his allergies. Jeff and I pray for him everyday. I know God can make it happen, and I really hope it's in His will.

Okay, there. I had my moment. Thanks for reading my whiny post. Here's something to put a smile on your face :)

He was actually really looking at the toys on in the ad. It was hilarious!

Update

Roman and I went to his 1 year dr. appointment about a week ago, or so. It was completely pointless. We tried out a newer doctor and I can't say I was impressed by her. She's nice, sure, but not what I was looking for. Oh well. His stats are as follows:

~27 lbs

~30 inches long

~wearing size 24 mo. shirts

~ONLY fits into H&M jeans (size 12-18 months)

~stands up very well now!

~really wants to start cruising, but can't quite figure it out (he'll bring 1 knee up and put it back down, kinda like he's tapping to the beat)

~is hilarious

~starting to throw fits more often when he doesn't get what he wants

~is active, active, active!! he doesn't stay still for long!

~going through another stint of separation anxiety. which means he thinks I need to rock him to sleep all the time now, and is climbing all over me all day!

~LOVES his daddy!! they are the best of friends!

~still drinks from a bottle

~facing forward in his car seat!

I cannot believe he's 1. It just seems impossible! He is SOOOO much fun now! He also takes a lot more energy out of me. I'm exhausted by the time he goes to bed!

A common face in our household.

Birthday Update

Roman turned 1 on the 28th!! It's so crazy to think that I am the mama of a 1 year old. Seriously, where did the time go!

His party was great! We had a packed house of people whom are very dear to us! There was wacky cake, pumpkin muffins, fritos, homemade vanilla frosting, maid rite sandwiches and plenty to drink! The only potential hazardous food there were the buns for the maid rites. I tried making them myself with no luck and I was down to the wire. Oh well. I'll perfect a recipe for hamburger buns later.

Roman has his 1 year check up on Friday. After that I'll post photos of his b-day bash, and his stats, and let you know how the check up went. We're going to see a new ped., so we'll see how it goes! Fingers crossed!