Thoughts:

I am very thankful for my best little friend- Josh. When I think about it, he's the person I spend the most time with (Dekker sleeps more). Sometimes I forget how lucky I am that that's the case. Earlier today while Dekker was taking his morning nap I was hurrying about getting myself ready, cleaning the house, doing this and that. I sat down at the computer and was writing my thanks for the day in this blog- not a bad thing. In fact- I think its a good thing- but I realized not the BEST thing. I was in the middle of my post when Josh came and stood by my side:

"Mama, I finished my granola bar!" he said.

"Good Josh." I responded without looking at him. Type, type, type.

"Banana please?"

"In a minute. Can you be patient? I'm almost done."

"Yes." He laid down on the floor behind me and I got back to my post. I almost forgot he was there when I heard, "I'm being good Mom. It makes you happy?"

How sweet was that?! Of course I quickly finished my post, spun around to give him a big hug and told him that Yes, he makes me very happy. That I was thankful he was being so patient and asked him to remind me what it was that he'd wanted. Instead of a banana he said, "Play hide with me?!" So we played a couple rounds of hide and seek. Then he remembered he'd wanted a banana- so we went to the kitchen for that. Dekker woke up in the mean time, and we all went down to the play room to play and have some "learning time" with Josh.

Now that Josh and Dekker are both down for afternoon naps I'm back at the computer checking bank accounts, emails, setting Dr. appointments and such- but I had to take a moment and reflect on how thankful I am for this little friend of mine. I've actually been thinking about this a lot lately. Maybe its because he's getting older and so better able to communicate and play- I see his personality more and more all the time. I've mentioned before I'm not the best with little kids. I don't always know how to play with and entertain them. But Josh is always so forgiving and loving towards me. He really does just want to "make me happy". I hope that with all that he teaches me, I can also teach him where true happiness comes from. To love others and share life.

So know that if I don't post EVERY day- its because I'm trying to choose what's BEST, and sometimes that means forgoing things that are good.