Conor's now 13 months and is just learning to talk. He says a lot of gibberish but not really much more than ma ma and da da. Except the last couple of weeks. He learned 'hat' one day and that word has stuck with him for some reason. He knows 'cat' from when he was in Ireland two weeks ago. He says 'no' and shakes his head until you think it's going to fall off. But this morning, I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and Conor crawled into the dog's crate while the dog was outside. He then looked through the mesh top and said, "Hi Dad!" I could hardly believe my ears. He laughed and crawled back out of the dog crate.
Here he is saying, 'hello' and your guess is as good as mine on the other phrase. Almost sounds like 'How are ya?' But that would be a little too advanced, I think.