Food for my heart. . .

Last night, my son took me out dancing. As most of you know, I do west coast swing. It seems that Joshua is going to take after me in that respect. He didn't want me to dance with anyone else but him. He was so adorable! He bobbed his head, tapped his feet, jumped up and down and just couldn't physically stop moving his body to the music. Then, he led me on to the dance floor and spun himself around underneath my hand. He also pulled me around mimicking the other dancers on the floor. What caught me by complete surprise was how detail oriented he is. He's two! So, keep this in mind when you read the next part. He watched one leader do a sugar push. That's just a basic step in west coast swing. It's one of the first steps that beginners will learn. Anyway, he did the first four steps of the leader's sugar push exactly and then backed up really fast to the music. For you who don't dance, it's a 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6 count. So, he walked his 1, 2, 3 and 4 forward and then backed up really fast on the last few steps. It was so accurate looking that the ladies watching him beside me asked if I was teaching him. And, of course I'm not! He's only 2!!!!! He was just observing. He had so much fun! And so did I, despite the fact that I only actually danced 1 and 1/2 songs with people other than him. He is my little sweetheart!

Today, we took a drive out to La Encantada, the outside mall here. I stuffed all four of JJ's pockets full of pennies and we went on a fountain hunt. He made wishes for 45 minutes in 4 fountains that we found, and then we learned all about escalators. He calls them Ex-calators. He says the word and then says, "the x says. . ." and then demonstrates the x sound. I don't know how to spell the x sound.

Two years ago, if someone told me that a toddlers kiss was going to change my life forever, I would have thought it was a sweet idea, but too gushy for me. Joshua just learned how to kiss. He used to just say "MMMMMMM-wah!" and press his lips against our cheeks. Now he actually kisses. He's so random about it, too. Today, during lunch, he pulled my face to his, kissed my cheek, hugged my arm and said, "I love you!" I just feel like my purpose in life right now, really is to be a mom. And why am I the lucky one? Why did God choose me to be Joshua's mom? I can't imagine what it will be like with two kids, but I guess I'll just grow more love out of my heart. Every time Joshua kisses my cheek, or gives me a hug or even just smiles at me bashfully after I tell him he did a good job at something, it feeds the love and it grows by leaps and bounds. When I was a little girl, people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said, "A mom". I was right.