Help!Dating a shy guy afraid of falling into"friend" zone!?

So I'm a 28 year old single mother of an amazing 4 year old little girl. There is a man that works at a local Business that I have had my eye on for months. So last week my mom was at his place of work and knowing that I liked him and thinking he would be perfect for me she said that she had a daughter she wanted to line him up with and gave him my number. o my amazement he called me two days later. He didn't even know who I was. I gave him my myspace url and he said he would look it up. We talked for 30 minuted just really easily. The conversation was easy and fun no awkward pauses or anything just flowing convo. We hung up leaving things that I would stop into his work and say hello and he would check out my myspace. So two days later I dropped in, after two hours of hair and make up of coarse :) He smiled the second I walked in and said hello, I introduced myself and he said the second he saw my picture on line he knew who I was. He seemed very happy that I was the person he thought I was. Anyway he asked me out for drinks. We met at 8 at a local sports bar and when the bar closed we went to a 24/7 restaurant and drank Coffee and talked until 4am! We have everything in common! He hasn't been married but he has been close and he doesn't have any kids but he has 3 nephews he adores. So then the next day he asked me and my daughter to go to Chuck e Cheese. Which is pizza and kids games. This was today, we had an awesome time and I invited him to dinner at my place on thursday evening, the night my daughter will be at her dads. So there is definitely Attraction for both of us he asked me to dance at the bar and we have both done the any excuse to touch an arm or shoulder thing. Then he puts his hand on my lower back to lead me through a door. This is all great and wonderful my only concern is this. I have never dated such a gentleman before. He is 32 and just seems to be so perfect. He is funny and outgoing and compliments me. But when we part he gives me a very platonic hug. Which is fine but how can I tell if we are just going slow or if we are just friends? I want to flirt more but I get shy myself. What should I do or say to make it known that I want more than friendship without throwing myself at him? I am fine with slow I don't want to rush a thing but I want to move towards "things" He isn't what I would call shy, because he is a great talker and he has done some very Innocent flirting. I just want some advice on this as to continue moving towards a relationship and not end up in the Friend zone. This is a guy a could totally fall for. The way he was with my daughter was so awesome. Not too friendly where you get creeped out but not annoyed or ignoring her either. He even played air hockey with her and let her win it was so cute! I can't mess this up so please help offer advice or experience men or woman!!!