Although the wife is officially in charge of the "thank you" cards, there are a few that I also wanted to thank personally. Amongst those would be our family.
My wife's parents flew down from Seattle the day after Annabelle was born and were here 3 1/2 weeks supporting us, encouraging us, and paying for a seemingly endless supply of gas for the cars while doing a seemingly endless supply of dishes and laundry and watering etc.
They were joined by my wife's sister and her daughter along with my wife's brother and his wife - all who pitched in and made the month of August far more bearable than it otherwise would have been.
Just as that side of the family was packing up, my mother came down and stayed with us for a few days pitching in by sanding drywall in the family room just for starters.
You pick your friends but you don't pick your family - by default, that can cause us all to question each other's sanity from time to time - but when the chips are down and the rubber is meeting the road, we should all be so lucky to have a family that rolls up their sleeves and jumps in (how's that for mixing metaphors).
Thank you for all your sacrifice, encouragement and support. We love you guys (even the crazy ones).
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