9 months

Where in the world has the time gone...9 month facts:

- Waves at everyone/everything.
- Not really talking, but says something that sounds like "hi dada" but he has no idea what he is saying.  He does babble a lot - especially on the way to daycare in the morning.
- He is so curious about EVERYTHING.  You can see his mind processing sites and sounds constantly.  While he has plenty of toys, his favorite things currently are the dishwasher, pantry, and trashcan.  He gets mad when you don't let him play with/in them.
- He absolutely has likes and dislikes and has learned to fuss when he does not like something.  Last night when he was crying because we were changing his diaper I looked and him and firmly said, "NO."  He paused, thought about it for a second, and starting laughing.  It was hilarious.
- He hates having his diaper or clothes changed.  It is a full out wrestling match a lot of the time.  And, for some reason, even more when mom is changing his diaper!
- As you can tell from our recent video, he still loves the dogs (especially Maggie) and likes to share food.  He figured out this all on his own without our encouragment.
- Carter very easily walks around the house pushing anything that he can.  He walks holding your fingers without a problem.  I don't think that it will be long until he is off and running.
- We are working on him standing alone - he can do it, but you have to force him to try.  Most of the time he cannot hold still long enough to even try.  He is very careful.  We think this comes from daycare - they can't always be there to catch him, so he very quickly learned to move around carefully.  This is not to say that he does not have accidents.  This month we have several eye bumps and a big lip.
- He eats pretty much everything you give him.  Recently, the only thing that he really does not like is avocado.  He liked it when he was younger, but was not a fan of chunks.  We are trying to add in more solid food, and, in general, he does well with these. 
- He is very fascinated with the Christmas tree.
- Matt and I have determined that he pretty much runs daycare.  Everyone there loves him and is impressed with his development.  They think he is so cute.  I have been lucky enough to be able to drop Carter off at daycare this month.  I can barely get in the door before the workers all try and steal a Carter hug.
- He still nurses two times a day, but we are trying to wean to one time a day in the next few weeks because my schedule in January is going to be very crazy.
- At night we have been attempting to read a book every night before we put him to bed.  He is horrible at holding still.  It ends up that Matt and I read the book to ourselves while Carter plays.  I suppose he is still hearing the words.  We will keep trying!
- He has a doctor's appointment on Monday so we will have weight/height updates then.