Nick went pheasant hunting this weekend and we joked before he left how Ryan would have all sorts of "firsts" while he was gone because that's just Nick's luck. It happened! He said his first word, "buh-bye." We were getting into the car on Saturday morning and repeated "bye-bye" after he heard it. Then, yesterday Nana waved and blew kisses (this week he started blowing kisses) to him as she was leaving the room and he said "bye-bye!" This morning, we were playing right before breakfast and he took three steps to come into my arms. He walked!!! Nick is going to be so sad when he gets home. :(