Is it real or is it random?

Tonight I came home from work and went upstairs. As usual, Joshua heard my voice and came racing over to me on hands and knees and stood up holding onto my leg. What's different about tonight is that he looked up at me and said "dada" for the first time. And I'm not sure, but I think that later on when I was in one room and he was in another, he crawled up to the closed door and said "dada" again.

It may be nothing more than random syllables as he explores the different sounds he can make. Then again, it may not. We'll certainly be on the lookout over the next few days and weeks for any other signs of impending language.

It's hard to believe that he's going to be a year old in just 11 more days. Maybe that explains why he needs a haircut already :-)