Brandon has been gone since Friday night and Connor is lost without him. The poor little guy has lost his smile. On Sunday Brandon's parents came over and took the boys to the park. After they left Connor seemed fine. But when I tried to get him to go outside after dinner he didn't even want to do that. The he was up and out of bed a bunch of times. Every time he sees Brandon's car it makes him sad. Today we went to Brandon's parents house & he just wasn't himself. We have one of those battery powered trucks for him to ride on at their house. He didn't even enjoy that. We came home for naps, had dinner & then headed out to see Erin & the kids. He husband was working so we figured we would all just hang out. Well, Connor found his smile for a little while. For the first hour he just kind of walked around lost and didn't even really play with Ryan. Then we went outside & things got a little better. Then something switched and he really enjoyed himself while playing with play dough with Erin. She did anything & everything she could to make him laugh. No matter how silly she looked in the process. He finally laughed & enjoyed himself for a couple of minutes. Then we pulled into the driveway & they saw his car again & poor Hudson just started screaming "Dad Dad".
Well, Tara comes tomorrow morning & hopefully she will be able to distract him. My heart is just breaking for him. I have a feeling this will be Brandon's last mission trip for a while.
