Joshua suggested that I entitle this post, "Fruit of the Womb," but I don't think I can do it. It's just too too, you know?
Another thing that would be just too too would be growing belly pictures, but here you are. It may not look like much, but my eyes bug out just about as much as my belly when I turn sideways in the mirror. You might not be able to tell, but I can :)
Papa Tim and Grammy Joette, excited grandparents to be, sent us a couple of onesies after their visit to New Orleans. We're happy to say that the very first "baby things" in the house were gifts from Dirty Coast (http://www.dirtycoast.com/), and are suitably unconventional :)
As for our very first "baby things" purchase, it occurred spontaneously on Friday morning before work when we were picking up treats for our students at Safeway. They had a display for Halloween, and as we walked by the spread of witches' hats and bags of candy, I spied a baby banana. That's right. A banana baby costume. It was so whimsical and impractical and perfect that I couldn't go through the check out without buying it.
As I was confessing to Joshua my need to succumb to this particular impulse buy, he fingered through the bin next to the banana baby costume and spied something he couldn't go through the check out without buying. A baby pea pod. That's right. A pea pod baby costume. 
It felt a little ridiculous to spend 32 dollars in the checkout at Safeway on baby costumes when I'm only 16 weeks pregnant, but I don't think either of us could have been more pleased with our first "baby things" purchase. "Besides," I said, "I'm growing kind of attached to the notion of our baby following the produce section week by week. We may as well carry on the tradition once the baby is born."
