Things I never thought I'd do as a parent.

This is a photo of Beth and her new doll.  Notice the expression of pure joy on her face.  As a parent, I love being able to offer this to her. That's not what I never thought I'd do. 

But the doll is one of those creepy, hard plastic, with the eyes that open and close, makes you think of a Stephen King, "DON'T OPEN THE CLOSET JANETTE, THE DOLL'S WILL SEE YOU", kind of doll.  But she loves it.

For the past 2 weeks she's been picking up any baby, hard plastic doll she could find, hugging it and dragging it around everywhere.  I'm not heartless, I just find them super creepy.  So this weekend we went out and looked through all the dolls in the creepy doll section of the toy store to find Beth her very own.  Why not get one I like you might ask.  Well I don't like any hard plastic toy, but she just doesn't have the same reaction to the plush toys, and I love her, and it's not like she's learning to love psychotropic drugs or "Grand Theft Auto" or anything.  I do feel that this is the first of many decisions as a parent I never thought I'd make.  Who knows maybe we will let her get a pony?