Annie's Report

I can not tell you all what a JOY it was to travel with Hudson yesterday!
I burst into tears when I landed in SF and saw Tenley and Honor waiting for us at the gate because Hudson had been so easy, I just felt like little Linds was somewhere making sure that I had an easy trip :)

We avoided a tearful good-bye with Chad, as he just kind of walked away, which was hard for us adults who knew what was going on.
Then Hudson and I made it smoothly thru security and onto the plane where we had TWO SEATS in the bulkhead! At one point a man came and sat down, forcing me to put Hudson on my lap, but I asked him to move 5 minutes later--
there was NO WAY that was going to work : )

We played with his trains and cars and "wri, wri" - that's writing, Hudson style-
had some snacks and watched about 10 minutes of Happy Feet ("peh, peh") and then Hudson drifted off to sleep. I was so thankful!
Then he woke up with about 10 minutes before landing, and Tenley and Honor were waiting for us at the gate.

Hudson had a BIG old time playing with Honor and Will, and as Tenley mentioned, is OBSESSESED with all of Will's trains.
He is such a little pipsqueak compared to Will, and it is such a crack-up to watch them all play together. They had a bath together last night, and Honor and Will were wrestling each other to be able to sit closest to Hudson.

No surprise, but I can't stop getting emotional (tearing up as I write this of course) because it is so incredibly bittersweet to watch Hudson play with his cousins, knowing we all did the same thing when we were little with our cousins,
and how Linds had always talked about wanting to move back to the Bay Area some day so that the new generation of cousins could all play together.

Hudson is such an incredible little soul.

I took lots of pics while I was in Dallas and will get those uploaded as soon as I get home tonight. We had a great time at Chad's birthday party, and I really enjoyed my time alone with Hudson at Tietze Park.

Lots of love to all of you. I'll be back with the kids on Weds night and will give another report- Ten's got her hands fill with three kids this week, so leave the updates to me : )

xoxo
Tia