Carter 9 Months

I am only a few weeks late on this post.  :-)  Carter turned 9 months on November 1st!  He weighs in at 20 pounds 10 ounces and is 30 inches tall.  He is in the 60th percentile for weight and head measurments and 95th for height.  He only had to have 2 shots this time, the flu shot and Hep B booster.  He did pretty good, only cried when they poked him and then wanted Grandma to hold him.  My baby isn't a baby any longer!  He is into EVERYTHING!  Here are a few things he is up to now:

• He has 4 teeth, 2 on top and 2 on bottom and is working on another one...
• He likes bananas now...so there isn't any food that I have given him that he doesn't like.  I think his favorites are sweet potatoes, yogurt and pears.  He likes pancakes-he really likes them with syrup, but I only let him have a small amount.  He also tried Ramen Noodles and Macaroni and Cheese at Aunt Amy's and really liked both.
• He is a Daddy's boy...which is ok, but makes Mom kind of sad.  He gets SO excited to see his Dad when he gets home from work.  Most of the time he crawls over to him and just laughs and laughs. 
• He can say Mama...NOT Daddy...so that makes me feel a little bit better :-)
• Carter loves people and is always smiling at everyone.  He is quite the flirt.  Dr. Gould asked me at his 9 month check if he was afraid of stangers and I almost started laughing.  There is no such thing as a stranger to Carter.  In fact on our way home from Texas there was a man sitting next to us that kept looking at Carter during the flight, during the end of the flight Carter put his hands out to him and so the man held him while we de-planed. 
• He loves his puppy Zoe, they have a few toys that they share and sometimes fight over.  Zoe is very gentle with him and gets excited to go into his room in the morning.  She stretches out her paws and props herself up on his crib so she can see him. 
• Carter loves the bathtub!  He hears the water running and comes crawling as fast as he can...which is pretty fast.  However, once he is in the bathtub he will not sit down.  He likes to stand and play with the faucet. 
• He can wave hi and bye and puts his arms up to signal big boy...of course he only does all of this when HE wants too..
• The only thing that I am worried about with Carter is how we are going to pry his binkie away from him.  He LOVES it and that is an understatment.  If it isn't in his mouth he has it in his hand crawling around the house with it. 
• Dr. Gould also said that he has the most hair of any 9 month old he has ever seen.  It is getting long and out of control...but his Dad isn't ready to cut it again. 
• He is walking with toys that have wheels and along walls with one hand...and attempts to climb things.