Sand, Sand, Sand

My title for this blog, comes from the enormous amounts of sand that now reside on my patio. Joshua decided that the sand would look better on the ground and in his wagon rather than in the sandbox. Yesterday was a beautiful day outside, I got off a little early and so Joshua and I soaked up the sunshine. We had fun and he insisted on some riding around in the wagon.

We are making our way into the terrific twos, this is now my motto for the twos, to keep me from settling on the terrible twos. However, he is a feisty little booger when he doesn't get his way. For instance, he had some Cars fruit snacks and Mr. Joshua didn't think one package was enough, of course, I did, so we battled it out for what seemed like eternity, it was really probably only five minutes, but Momma won in the end and Joshua settled on coloring instead. He has finally moved into his toddler bed and he loves it! He is so excited to be able to get out of bed on his own. He never tried to get out of the crib, but I decided he was ready. It was kind of bittersweet, he really isn't a baby anymore. He is so into music, which should come naturally for him. I wonder what it was like for him in the womb, he had an almost constant lull of music from me whenever I could. He is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat, I've the Joy, Joy, Twinkle, Twinkle and many others, sometimes it's just a few words others it seems like he follows right along. I love bedtime, we've been singing together, it's so wonderful. Just recently, he has been asking me to dance, dance. Oh the sweet joys of Motherhood.

This last month has been a great challenge. Joshua and I are living in our own place and I have been so worried about how he would adjust, but he is doing wonderful. I thank God so much for that. God has been holding my hands and walking me through this. I thank my sweet family and my friends for their constant support and encouragment through this rough time.