Thankfulness: Day 19

Mike and I were invited to a friends’ birthday party (yes, that apostrophe is in the right place. It was a party for a husband-wife couple whose birthdays are very close together, so they celebrate with one party) at a bar. My parents were nice enough to watch Michaela so we could go. I’m thankful to have relatives nearby who are nice enough to babysit for us, and thankful that Michaela will grow up having a lose relationship with her grandparents.

(That’s also true of Mike’s parents, who live in Oklahoma and Colorado. They come out to visit, we visit them, and Mike’s mom and stepdad have even come out multiple times to watch Michaela while Mike and I traveled or were swamped with work. We’re lucky indeed!)