Giving thanks

So in the midst of these new challenges I am facing in being a new mother, getting to know a new area (where people are constantly smiling at my accent and asking if I'm from Wisconsin!), and starting from scratch with putting down roots, I have been practicing intentional thankfulness. Here are some things at the top of my list:
1. Oliver eats and sleeps so well. I never have to worry about his growth, and I have lots of opportunities to sleep (if I could just learn to actually take the naps when he is sleeping!)
2. Paul has a really nice big office with a window facing the woods. Yesterday when I picked him up, there was a fawn strolling by - PA is a really beautiful state!
3. Our kind neighbor Fran. Today we had a conversation that made me really thankful:
Fran: How is Oliver doing.
Alyssa: Really well - he is such an easy baby.
Fran: And how are you doing?
Alyssa: (smiling) I'm doing well.
Fran: I know your parents left the other day.
Alyssa: (tears welling up) Yea, that was hard...is hard.
Fran: I'm sure it is.
What struck me about this conversation is that she didn't let me off the hook with a generic answer, yet she didn't tell me how I must be feeling in her initial question or in her follow up comment. I need to learn how to do that.
4. A washer and dryer in our apartment. Mom was the laundry fairy while she was here and kept it running steady as we freshened up the linens, and now I am appreciating keeping up with everything that is affected by huge spit-ups and blow outs!!
I'm sure there are more things, but these are at the top of my list today.