An Update on What Soren's Doing!
Soren has had a little burst of language development recently! Now some may argue (ahem, gramps) that this is just a bunch of jibber jabber and can't be counted as actual words, but I say if I can tell what he's trying to communicate and he's making the same sound consistently, it's a word! Here's what we've got, first the actual word, then Sorenese....

cat -"at"
dog -"dah"
meow -"maw"
woof -either "woo" or "oof"
tweet -"cawww"
that -"dat"
hi -"haaa"
bye -"haaa"
airplane -"dat"
milk -"maw"
dada -"dada"
mama -"mama"
balloon -"bah"
num-num -"num-num"
done -"dah"

Some of Soren's current favorite things include...

-talking on the phone (both real and pretend)
-pointing and saying "dat" (works for both "what's that?" and "gimme that!")
-balloons
-brushing his teeth (seriously, he would walk around with a toothbrush in his mouth all day if I let him!)
-water
-balls
-dancing
-givings hugs/kisses/head butts (the latter being the highest compliment)