You're The World To Me

THe other night, right before my run, my Dad said something that I couldn't stop thinking about throughout my entire run. He said, "You know Ash, I look at all these pictures of these boys you put up and jeez, I feel like I really KNOW these little guys!" And my reply was, "I know, that's exactly why I do it!" I love the digital era and the fact that it does enable us to share our lives with all the people all over the country whom we love and don't get to see, in person, as much as we would like. And I can't tell you how much I love hearing that some of you can't start your day without checking out blog first, although it does make me stressed when we have not been as prompt as usual with updates ;). But I absolutely cherish all of you and how you go out of your way to make our family, and now even all these amazing kids we spend our days with, a part of your world. It means so much to me because all of you are so much a part of our world.
All day long we talk about all of you and we'll even look pull out your pictures, another advantage of the digital era- I am never without pictures. We talk about your favorite things and find things throughout our daily adventures that remind us of you. If you have ever spent any amount of time around a 3 year old, you should know that they NEVER stop talking! And all of you are our constant topic of conversation. "I'm 3 and Scott is 1 and Lil' Katie is 2 and Tanner is 3, Charyotte is nossing cuz she is actually a baby, right?" "Mom! Mom! Yook, yook at dose birds! I bet Nonna sure would yike dose birds cuz Nonna yikes birds, right?" "Mom, you yike green, right and Holly yikes green but I yike boo and you know who yikes boo, Mom? Grandpa Bi-oow yikes boo, too, right?" "Hey Mom! Yook Mom, yook Mom! She has a cross on her neckyace yike Nana yikes crosses too!!" "I would yike to have a nack, Mom, cuz I yike to eat nacks most of all. Granpa Youie yikes breakfast time, right Mom? But I yike nacktime most of all and I-iie wud yike to have a nack! Ok?" I mean it's nonstop and it's usually pretty random and very hilarious.
They love you all so much and you have all been so wonderful to them and such amazing influences on them already. So I just wanted to say thank you again to all of you who have let us in and made us a part of your world and I hope you all know that you absolutely mean the world to us. We love you all! And here's a little bit of what we've been up to lately.