9 Months Already????Where did the time go?

Zeke is 9 months old, time flies way too quickly. This past month has brought lots of new things. When Lauren and I were talking a couple of months ago, she told me the girls did everything when they were seven months old~crawled, pulled up, etc. That is how I feel about the time between eight and nine months. In the last month, Zeke has learned to move on his belly, crawl, sit up from crawling, go back to crawling from sitting, use his pincer grasp (a lil bit), pull up, cruise, sit down from standing, stand alone for several seconds, speak a few words, and spin on his bottom. We have all known he was strong willed from the very beginning, but this boy is stubborn to the core! Some would say well look at his parents, LOL. When he wants something you can not get him to forget it! His fav is to go after the dog bowl, once he was lapping water before I got to him (eight months ago I would have taken him to the dr for that, boy I have grown too!)LOL. He has some fav toys: his bat, snugglie, a baseball rattle, water bottles, the trim on his playmat, boxes, coolers, see a trend here......When it is time to change his diaper, you better have one of the above to keep him occupied or he will roll over sit up and stand up before you can get his diaper back on. He will stand up in his crib and cruise around it, he really loves to cruise, and I really love it in the crib where it is soft! One of his new things is to spin on his bottom or to bounce up and down while side sitting, these are both rather hilarious! We call it dancing when he is bouncing because he often does it when the music is on. Music is still his thing, it solves all sorts of problems! He would listen to music 24/7! We play it at night, sing to him when he goes to sleep and when he is awake, play it while he is getting ready, when we are in the car, and pretty much all the time! He really likes his kid CD's too! He is still not a huge fan of eating all the time. Some times he will eat 2 containers of food and other times just one, you can never tell with him. He loves sweet potatoes, banana fruits, and despises those peas! Cereal is still a fav too! He said Da Da for the first time on mother's day, but that was okay with me, I was just glad he gave me that! He is growing so fast, I can barely keep up! I am loving every minute of life!