SO Thankful...

We have SO much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! We are thankful to the doctors and nurses--ALL of them: The Cancer Ninja and his staff, the ER doctor who preliminarily diagnosed Allen, Dr. Serious and everyone at MD Anderson, Nurse Bigelow with Livestrong, and all the wonderful, kind nurses who have conducted Allen's many scans, blood draws, chemo treatments, and were smiling faces to cheer him on! Each one has touched our lives and continues to do so as Allen fights this battle.
At the same time--and just as important--we cannot express our gratitude to all of our family and friends and friends of friends and Walmart/Sam's Club Associates who have helped us over the last almost eight weeks. The countless meals, donations, juggling kids, kind words and emails, ordering and wearing your ALL-EN bracelets, and ears to listen have meant more than we can truly ever express. CANcer sucks but all of you make it beatable.
And of course, we are thankful for our two smart, funny, and michevious little hooligans and the new little Bates that we will welcome in early May. Wow--we are certainly the luckiest Mommy and Daddy around!
If these last two months have taught us one thing, it is to be thankful, and today we are more so than we have ever been! CANcer has certainly put our priorities in order and shown us we are stronger, braver, and more loved than we ever knew!