Spelling Tuesday

Our Crazy Girl was entertaining us last night by making up her own verses to the song "If You're Happy and You Know It", while dancing around the living room. We especially liked... "If you're happy and you know it text a friend!" "If you're happy and you know it take your pants off!" "If you're happy and you know it have a drink!"

Let the record state that at 12 months Roman is pulling up, cruising, and walking (behind his walker)! I don't know if I mentioned this before, but he also is crawling forward now. He still doesn't really like to. He'd rather just scream until you pick him up or bring him what he wants :p

Roman has had ear infections on and off since around October, so our pediatrician recommended he have tubes put in his ears. I took him for his preliminary exam on Tuesday. They did an ultrasound on his ear drums and found that the right side was pretty much flat lining due to the amount of fluid behind it. They also gave him a hearing test and said that he may have some minor hearing loss, but they didn't say if it was permanent and I am hoping that it isn't. He was able to go in for surgery the next day, Wednesday. Caleb took him, because I knew I would cry watching them roll him down the hall on the bed. The actual surgery only takes about ten minutes though. Caleb said Roman was pretty mad waking up from the anesthesia, but he was back to normal pretty quickly and hasn't been too much crankier than usual! Hopefully this will save us some trips to the doctors and keep him off of antibiotic for a while.

We finally got around to celebrating Roman's first birthday with a fun "Little Monster" themed birthday party. The menu included "Build A Monster Sandwich" station,  Monster horns, warts, and scales (Bugles, Cheese Balls, and Chips), and some cute monster paws! The babies played,  and colored, and made some cute monster hats,  and then it was time for presents! After presents we sang "Happy Birthday" and dug into cake! We also had fun playing around with the photo booth props! A great day for our little boy!  We love you so much Roman and we can't wait to see you learn and grow each and every year!

I went to check on Roman during nap time and found him in this sitting up pretzel position, sound asleep! I had to take a picture before I fixed him! Hehe

Roman had his 12 month doctor appointment today. He was fine with the sitting in the scale-chair (18lbs) and he tolerated being measured (27 inches), but when they tried to check his ear, all hell broke loose. Apparently the ear infection that we had been treating for ten days flaired back up in one of his ears. The doctor said it looked pretty bad. Poor baby! No wonder you were such a grump all morning! So this means tubes in the ears for Roman. I am actually looking forward to it. So many people have told me what a huge difference it made for their kids. I wonder if he really has a grumpy personality or if he has just been constantly sick?!? Maybe all the screaming is because he can't hear himself! Back to the height/weight, he was in the 5th percentile for weight, and off the charts short! Sorry little guy, you might end up with mommy's height! Maybe you will be a racehorse jockey? Also, I checked the developmental checklist and the number of words that he can ...

Roman is pulling up now, so nap time has become a practicing session. Each time mommy lays him down, Roman pulls himself back up. I can hear him from the hallway saying "Uh oh, Bubba! Uh oh, Bubba!" And when I sneak a peak, sure enough, he is standing up with the biggest grin on his face! Unfortunately he hasn't mastered the art of letting go and laying back down so this goes on for quite some time!