Grant's Words

Grant is 11 1/2 months old now and he is starting to say a few words.  For a while he's said Dada and Mama, and recently he's added a few new ones to his repertoire: 

Hey or Hi
Hi Dada - Hi Daddy...he also says Hey Dada when he's feeling a bit more casual.  :)
Ni Ni - Night Night
This!  That's his favorite word these days.  He does it when he wants to draw your attention to things, or when he wants something.  "This this this!!"  He crawls around pointing at things saying, "This, THIS!!"
DOW - Down.  I've been trying to teach him "Down" and "More" for eating time to tell me if he's done or wants more.  He sort of says down and says "This" and points for more.  :)
He also can shake his head back and forth for no...usually while fussing.

That's about all he says that's comprehensible, although he loves to jabber and he understands a lot, including the words, "Matthew," "Anna," "Cup" and "No."  And, of course, his own name.  :)
He's a very happy little boy and its fun to see him start talking to us and interacting more.
I'm also happy to report he's sleeping more at night.  We've even had a few nights where he only woke up once in the night and went back to sleep relatively easily, although he usually wakes up twice or three times.  Still it's so much better than it was.  Hooray for sleeping!!

UPDATE:  The day after posting this he said "Baw" when Matthew handed him a ball (he was very excited about getting said "baw") and later on he said "bye bye" or something close to it.  Way to go Grant!

Here's Grant saying "Hey" to his "Dada!"
You can see he's feeling very casual.