I’m back from North Carolina! On Saturday morning Mom, Dad and I boarded an Amtrak train bound for Charlotte North Carolina. We almost missed the train - Dad discovered at 6:55 that our train left at 7:15, not 7:45 like he originally thought. He had to run down to 7th Avenue to flag down a taxi while Mom and I ran behind him with the stroller (thank goodness for my speedy stroller). Luckily the morning traffic was light and we made it to the train on time. That was the last On-time arrival we had all weekend! Our train to Charlotte was delayed over two hours, so we spent over 13 hours on the train that day.

Here’s me on the train:

Once in Charlotte I met my Great Grandpa and Grandma Williams, and my Great Aunt Sue and Uncle Brad. Sue and Grandma gave me wonderful gifts - Sue made me my very own Raggedy Ann doll, with my name on it!

My new favorite dolly:

Here’s me and Great Grandpa and Grandma Williams. Grandpa was an expert soother - I get the impression he’s held a few babies in his day!

On Monday it was off to Raleigh to meet my cousins Abby and Charlotte, they are my new best friends! Charlotte drew me a picture, and Abby says she is going to name HER baby Tess when she’s born. I also met my Grandpa Straw and Terry - they live in Florida. Terry was a very nice lady who knows how to hold a baby, if you know what I mean, soft and sweet like a mom, ya know?

Before I knew it Wednesday rolled around and we were on the northbound train to New York. It was so sad to leave Abby and Charlotte, but I know I’ll see them again soon.

And finally, here is me and my cousins Abby and Charlotte.  They’re so pretty, everyone says I look like they did when they were babies, I wonder if I’ll be that pretty someday???

Well, gotta run. I’m still exhausted from another long day on the Amtrak train.

xoxo

-Tess