Clark's list of words

Clark has become more vocal in the past month. Most of his utterances are still unrecognizable, although he has an earnestness on his face when he's talking that leads me to believe he is in fact trying to communicate something particular, I just can't figure out what it is. So far, here's what he says that I can recognize.

mama
da (meaning Daddy, dog and duck--you have to recognize it in context)
moh (more--and he does the sign language for it)
mbawh (which sounds a lot like more, but means ball--he's still working on the b sound)
oh (hello--while holding up anything-straws, water bottles, TV remotes-to his ear)
bru (bird)
ba ba (bye bye--accompanied by vigorous waving)
br br (whenever he sees a big truck or plays with his matchbox cars)
owf owf (barking at Hank, or pictures of dogs or cats or any other animal)
bir (book---accompanied by going to get a book)

Although his word list is still very limited he says these words repeatedly throughout the day. Yesterday he took his ball with him in the car and as we walked through Walgreens he said "mawh!" about 50 times. Thankfully he wasn't crying, he was just excited about his ball. I'm going to try to get some video of him with his ball collection. He gets so excited and wants to pull them all out at the same time.

It's so fun to see him learning new things every day. It also helps that he understands and can communicate more now so that I can figure out what he needs. He doesn't ask for food or drink yet (we've been working on the sign language), but if I say, "Are you hungry, do you want something to eat?" he'll walk toward the kitchen and get really excited when I open the fridge.

Have I mentioned we love being parents? He's so fun! He cracks us up all the time. I thank God for him every day. He brings us so much joy!