A couple of good "firsts"

Mr. Rhody and I made our first baby purchase this weekend, and it was totally frivolous: a 4-foot stuffed elephant for the nursery! I am SUCH a practical person usually, so this is totally out of character for me! I just saw this elephant in Aldi, and I HAD to have it! Mr. Rhody and I kept giggling as we went through the aisles. We had a giant elephant in our cart!

At the check-out, the clerk said, "I wish I had a reason to get one of those," and I was thinking, "I DO! I really do!" When we got to the car, I buckled the elephant into one of the back seats. Mr. Rhody didn't notice until we got him, when he finally saw it and cracked up laughing.

That was pretty much the highlight of my weekend.

And then, yesterday, the woman in the check-out line at my work cafeteria stopped me while I was paying and asked, "When are you due?" Eep! My first sort-of stranger comment! It was so exciting!

It's the little things that put a smile on my face these days.