Jabbering

For probably six months now, Oliver has been jabbering in his own language.  Recently (the last month), he has started to clearly mimic things we say.  He repeated "Daddy is funny." and "Gorilla"  Of course, when we try to get him to say them again, he just laughs.

Each evening, Mark does the bedtime routine and reads books to Oliver before bed.  Mark will ask if Oliver wants to read to Da-da.  Last night, he did!  He tried to say each of the animal names in his favorite bedtime book: "Good Night, Gorilla" by Peggy Rathmann.  He is working on "please" and phrases like "Hi Ma-ma" "Hi Da-da."  Today, he grabbed my purse and said "Da-da bye-bye. Da-da bye-bye."  I believe he was telling me Da-da went bye-bye.  (I am relieved that Da-da doesn't take my purse when he goes bye-bye ;)

We are enthusiastically enjoying this time with him!!