Teddy Bear Park 1-28-11

Hudson,

We went to Teddy Bear Park today. This is one of our favorite places to go. It's in Highland Park. There are these giant Teddy Bear statues that we play with, and then we go on an adventure. We hike on the trail along Turtle Creek. We have a lot of fun. You really don't feel like you're in Dallas.

There is a huge bridge that goes over Turtle Creek that you must walk over to get to the bears. We run across it and you stop and look down at the big waterfall under the bridge. We hug and kiss the teddy bears and talk to them. I make a high voice and pretend I am the teddy bears. They tell you that they have missed you and ask you what you have been doing. The baby bears tell you how they have been eating too much honey. We give them all high fives.

After we see the Teddy Bears, we go on an "adventure," as you say. We walk on the trail along Turtle Creek. It's almost like a hike in Colorado. We stop at this huge rock on the creek and throw rocks into the water. We have been throwing rocks since you were very little. I have watched you throw rocks two feet in front of you when you were a little baby, and now, you are almost three and you throw them far into the creek! You love it. I point out the ripples that the rocks make and how the ripples look like big circles. There is a huge tree that hangs off a cliff over Turtle Creek and little stairs that lead down to look up at it. We always walk down the stairs and you sit inside this big hole that has been made on the side of the cliff under the tree. These are the best days my love. I love every moment with you. I love you sweet baby love...

Love, Mamma

"This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days
To hold on to
'Cause we won't
Although we'll want to
This is the time
But time is gonna change"
-Billy Joel, This is the time











You have to cross a bridge over Turtle Creek to get to the teddy bears. Every time we cross the bridge, we look down at the waterfall and we see also see this "H" made of wood. Who knows how or why it is there, but you always say, "There's the H." We say it is the H for Hudson. You know the letter H and you know how to spell your name. Every since you were born, "I would get you out of your crib, walk you by your name spelled out in your room, and say, "H-U-D-S-O-N, what's that spell? Hudson!"