Talking

I am pleased to report that Jonah is talking! Trevor and I might be the only ones who can understand him, but here is a list of words that he says on his own (i.e., without just trying to repeat what we say):

First word: "All gone" (accompanied by the sign for all gone -- it sounds like "ah ga" but it is very obvious what he means!)
Ball ("ba")
Kitty ("khee")
Water ("wa")
Elbow ("eh-bww")
Sock (I'm not sure how to describe what he says... think of the proper way to say the name "Bach" and take that "ch" sound... that's about what he says for sock.)
Car ("ca")
Birdie ("bheee")
Doggie ("du-ee")
Up
Apple ("app")
Bye-bye ("ba-ba")
Light ("ra")

Words he will say if we say them first:
Arm ("ahh")
Teeth ("teeh")
Dada
Uh-oh ("uhh-ehh")
Cow ("cweh")
Block ("buh")

There are plenty of others, but that's what I can think of right now. He understands so many more words, too -- even words that we haven't emphasized to him! And he is starting to understand that a picture/drawing of a kitty is the same as his real-life kitty, which is pretty exciting.

Now, if we could only get him to say Mama....