"Mommy, I want to see Matt"

As most of you know, my brother Matt is currently stationed in Germany. Well, that doesn't stop little miss Ali from "seeing" Uncle Matt & Aunt Amy. Ali loves to Skype with them, I'm still not sure who really enjoys it more!

But, after one Sunday afternoon Skyping with them all Ali talked about was Matt & Amy. Monday morning came and I went in and got her up to go to the babysitters house and she said "Mommy, I want to see Matt again", I explained to her that we were getting ready to leave but that I would get her a picture of him that she could see. So, she walked around that house with his picture just chattering away. Then, she decided that she needed to show him her dance steps that she had learned during dance class, so she sets his picture down and dances for him.

Well, now it is time for us to leave. So, I tell her that she will see Matt when she gets home, that we need to leave now. But, Ali decides that she wants to take Matt with her. So, she holds on to his picture as we head out to the car. As I put her in her car seat, she puts his picture down. The entire way to the babysitters house that day Ali kept saying, "Mommy, Matt is holding Ali". "Ali is sitting on Matt's lap." When she got to the sitters house, she picked the picture up and said "bye bye Matt, Ali loves Matt."

So, while my brother may be thousands of miles away and has yet to see Ali in person, she has found a way for Matt to hold her, and it was priceless!!!