our weekend in meridian

We just got back on Sunday from a four day weekend in Meridian. I don't want to sugar coat that between traveling in general, the kids and I being sick, next to no sleep, and the daylight savings time change it was rough at time and we are all still recovering. But, it was so good to see family and we are glad we went! 

One of our favorites of the entire weekend was seeing Liam interact with his cousins. He loved every minute of being surrounded by them. We spent Thursday afternoon with Edie and my niece, Olivia, (who Liam kept calling "pink shirt" because he couldn't remember her name haha) and they had the best time together at this little park. The weather was also incredible! We left snow on the ground at home and came to 60 degree weather! 

Grandpa with his girls ...

Olivia loves "baby Lyla" and when Edie asked her what she wanted to do when she got there, Olivia said hug baby Lyla and play toys. SO stinkin' cute!

We spent Friday with my mom and brother. The day started exceptionally early (5:30 AM) #hellotravelsleep so we took the kids out shopping at the Village fairly early and braved the rain. I was on the hunt for some Easter basket surprises, Lyla slept the entire time, and Liam threw a huge tantrum in Marshall's because we wouldn't let him get this ginormous musical instrument set he wanted. You can imagine who was the favorite child during that moment. ;)

Liam is super into making silly face right now, he must have gotten this one from me ... haha

Of course we had to stop and check out the fountain along our way! Sita gave him some coins to throw in and after tossing in a handful of pennies practically all at once my mom exclaims, "man, I'm at this rate I'm going to have to start getting out the silver coins!" We were all dying laughing! Also spotting a plane in the sky to show his uncle.

Naturally since Lyla napped her way through the shopping experience she didn't sleep a wink during Liam's nap. Pretty proud of herself if you can't tell ...

My mom and I entertained her on the floor with this little monkey and some magnatiles (which apparently make some pretty good teething toys) while Nic and Liam both napped.

Later that afternoon we had some amazing hors d'oeuvres at my dad and Edie's house! Liam was having a ball chasing the girl cousins around with a flashlight in hand and that was right about the time Lyla's lack of an afternoon nap caught up to her and was that officially losing it. We took both kids back to my mom's and promptly put them to bed. Between Lyla battling the bedtime routine for a good 2 and a half hours and an unusually late dinner, I was ready to go to bed myself.

It was a long night of a whole lot of wake ups (likely due to Lyla's stuffy nose, poor girl) but Saturday morning I woke ready to try and turn this day around. We met my sweet friend Brooke for breakfast at Jamba Juice and it was so fun to catch up on each other's lives. Love her so much! This is also one of my favorite pictures of Liam. Nic did his hair that morning and he looks adorable!

Saturday we just hung around my mom's house. The colds and sleep deprivation were catching up to all of us so we took the kids out in the sunshine. Lyla squinted a ton from lack of exposure to sunlight so far in her life haha and Liam found the one spot in my mom's backyard where he could cover himself with the most dirt. We sure got some cute pictures though ...

I love that he wanted to hold his rock that he found for the picture! 

My Grandma Crockett was in town for the weekend too! Not only was it fun to see her but pretty special to get this generation picture. Doesn't she look amazing at 95 years old?! Blows me away she is still healthy enough to travel and is always dressed to the nines. 

Saturday night we got all the cousins together again for lasagna and s'mores. So much chaos from the laps they were running around the living room but SO.MUCH.FUN. too! I love this picture of Lyla girl and her auntie so much!

It's good to be home and settle back into our routine. This daylight savings time change is kicking our trash (please tell me WHY we have this again???!!) so I'm praying we are all on the mend and catching up on sleep very soon.