9 months!!

I just can't believe that my little guy is 9 months old already!! Where is the time going??

He has been up to a lot this past month -
He is still the master crawler and when he sees something that he wants he puts his little head down and barrels right over to it very quickly. He is my little tank!
He is getting pretty fearless! He has figured out how to climb on things and I have had to pull him off the dishwasher numerous times. He has also got the hang of stairs. He event went almost all the way from our basement to upstairs! Too soon for my liking!!
He loves to clap and always starts clapping when we sing or he hears music.
He can now wave hello and goodbye! It is so adorable!! He kind of sounds like he is even trying to say bye (Bah-Bah-Bah)  to but I think it is just noise. :)

He really enjoys swinging outside.
He also loves to play with the sand. He is almost to the point where he won't try to eat it anymore too.  Yay! :)
He has really tapered back on formula. This is a little surprising but I guess it is because he is eating so much ''real'' food. If we are eating it - he wants it.
Some new favorite foods this month are - spaghetti, any kind of bread, graham crackers and veggie straws. He could eat veggie straws all day everyday if we let him!

He is a good sleeper - 2 naps a day (occasionally three) and then sleeps from about 8:30pm to 7:00am. He has definitely hit a stage where he fights initially being put down to sleep, but once hes out we are golden. He will stay up as late as we let him, just playing away. We definitely have to put him to bed or he would be up all night!

He loves to be around people - if we are at a restaurant or even the grocery store he yells and talks and smiles at everyone that goes by.
 He loves to chase after balls and balloons. He will go at it and hit the ball which pushes it in front of him and then he will keep going and going all the way down the hall hitting and chasing it.
He has become quite the pro at pulling up on things. He has even started cruising up and down the couch!

 With all this standing and pulling up on things he has found out that he can reach the buttons on TVs and other things. He thinks he is big stuff now!
He definitely has an ornery side to him. He knows when he sees something he is not supposed to touch (outlets for example) and he will go right up to it - wait until you make eye contact with him and then slowly reach for it with a big grin! What a stinker!

One time Robert walked into the room he was in and yelled "Hey, what are you doing?" and he literally jumped, put his head down and took off crawling the other way. We laughed for so long! It was like he knew exactly what he was doing and was trying to leave the scene of the crime as fast as he could!
He adores his big sister. Even though she is not always the ''gentelest" with him he loves to watch her and be wherever she is and do whatever she is doing.
He is still a big sturdy baby - people are always surprised by his age! I will find out his stats at the Dr next week and I am very interested to see what percentile he is in!
His hair is getting pretty shaggy and almost in his eyes - I think it is time for his first trim! :(

Happy 9 months little man!