Nathan says (13 months)

Words to add to his vocabulary:

• hi
• dada
• mama (sometimes mom)
• up
• yeah
• bye bye
• baby
• hop
• Peek a boo (a-boo) 
• night night (nie nie)
• here/there
• Bear (ba)
• Book (bok)
• Ball (ba)
• Button (hard to describe how he says it, but unique and consistent)
• Bobo
• Bird (Bir)
• no

I'm sure I'm missing a few. There are some that I've heard once or twice, but I'm not sure I can count. I would swear he said "thirsty" once, but really, who knows. He's also starting to do some animal sounds.

Bobo takes some explanation. There's a book, Hug, that is one of Nathan's favorites. It's about a baby monkey that is wandering the African wilds wanting a hug and he sees all kind of other animals hugging. The whole story is told mostly in pictures and contains three words - Hug, Bobo, and Mommy. When Bobo's mom finds him, Nathan smiles SO WIDE. It's adorable and really the only story I'm sure he's following. Bu-bu is repeated constantly by Nathan while I read the book.

Also, Nathan said what could be considered his first sentence, which was, "bye dad" when Brian was heading out for a volleyball game. Brian didn't buy it when I claimed that's what he was saying, and then he said it again! Wonderful boy, proving his mother right, even if it is all about Dad.  I also am pretty sure he responded with "right here" when he was out of eyesight and I asked where he was.

He pretty reliably knows where his own tummy his, my nose, and sometimes my mouth.