Nine months gone in the blink of an eye

It's hard to believe that today marks the day where my little boy has officially been in the outside world for just as long as I carried him inside me.  The time has flown by in what feels like a second.  When I look at him, he is no longer a "baby" to me, but this little person with a huge personality and an even bigger smile.  I think for every month, I'm going to start listing his favorite things so I can look back and reminisce on these special and poignant moments before they slip by.

Likes:
Crawling
Turning the pages of books himself
The dogs
Clapping his hands at games - especially one where a ball goes down a ramp
Scrinching his face up and opening his mouth really big so his teeth stick out
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - especially the part where it lists all the food the caterpillar ate in one day: one sausage, one piece of chocolate cake, one slice of Swiss cheese, one pickle...
Dumping containers of toys out
Smashing toys together
Watching mommy vacuum
Peek-a-boo
Baths
Splashing bathwater everywhere
Walks in a carrier or stroller
Other babies and children
Waving at everyone
Eating fruit purees and oatmeal
When Mommy and Daddy sing songs
Nursing
Any sort of toy piano

Dislikes:
When Mommy leaves the room
The sippy cup
When Daddy gets up to tend to him at any point in the middle of the night - only Mommy will do
Getting into his carseat
Diaper changes
Getting into his pajamas
When you take a toy out of his hands before he's ready to let it go
Exersaucer
Green beans