Friday we headed up to Jackson for Austin's sister Dianne's Wedding. We left Friday after lunch. We weren't in a hurry to wake up that morning and go plus we had lots to do before we left. We ate lunch and then hit the road. This was also planned hoping Colby would nap most of the way but does that ever work out like it should?!? He did well in the car though. He slept about 30-45 min of the trip but out of a 3 hour trip that's not much. When we got into Jackson we checked into the hotel and got dressed for the Rehearsal Dinner. The dinner was at this restaurant called Cock of the Walk right on the resevior in Jackson. I had been there maybe 2 times before when Austin and I were dating. I remembered it was good though.
Colby did well once we got to eating...poor thing I think was starving when we first got there and had a huge meltdown....after he got food all was well. He enjoyed playing/talking with his cousins Shelbi and Maggie. After dinner we took them outside to feed the ducks and run around. The 3 of them were so cute running around. I love now that Colby is older they are actually playing together and seem like they will be close. Colby says "Maggie" now and he seems to really adore both of them!
When we got back to the hotel we pretty much settled in for bedtime. We stayed in a Residence Inn which I love...it had a den, kitchen, and bedroom. The bedroom was tiny though and just one bed so we let Colby sleep in the den on his blow up bed. He did great! We would just close the door to our bedroom and turn off all the lights in the den and he was out in about 30 min each night. I love that our child can put himself to sleep anywhere!
The next morning we got up and had breakfast...another perk to the Residence Inn they serve a full hot breakfast in the lobby each morning. Afterwards we headed out to Target for a wedding gift and few other items. Then we found a really cool park with an awesome playground for Colby to play on. It was just us because the rest of his family was doing things for the wedding. Colby had a blast though! He got out a lot of climbing energy. I think we stayed over an hour! I wish we had a place like that down here. We are already talking about going back to Jackson for a few days because they have a new Children's Museum and some other cool places we think Colby would like. After playing we picked up lunch and went back to the hotel. After we ate we went back to our room and rested before the wedding. We knew Colby wouldn't get much of a nap if any but we made him lay down on our bed and sure enough he conked out after like 5 min. My boy definitely still needs his naps! We had to wake him after about 45 min so we could dress him for the wedding....talk about not fun! Had it not been Austin's sister getting married I think I would have let him sleep! I hate waking him up and try my hardest not to do so...it rarely happens at home we usually let him sleep as long as he needs...makes for a much happier child and parents!
After we were dressed we went to the wedding. It was at the Agriculture Museum which is basically a really old town with all the old buildings. Her wedding was in the old church. Very neat, original type place. It was fun just walking around...I wish I wouldn't have been in dress clothes so we could have enjoyed it more! Colby did pretty good in the wedding although that was mostly due to bribing with Teddy Grahms but hey you do what you gotta do! Shelbi and Maggie were the flower girls and they did really good! After the wedding the kids enjoyed running around the old town. They also enjoyed the reception eating cake and fruit! Colby was really good during this part. It wasn't until his major meltdown at the end that made us leave...he was playing outside and he had a balloon from one of the wedding signs when he fell off the front porch of the lodge place where the reception was (Thank God he wasn't hurt) but he lost his balloon and he let everyone in a 3 mile radius know that too!
After leaving at that point we went back to the hotel for some rest. We also started watching the first half of the Saints game. Colby enjoyed some down time. At halftime we went to his parent's and sister's room so we could eat dinner and watch the 2nd half with them. Colby and his cousins had a blast! They ran around and screamed and played! It was so fun watching them all wound up together! At the end of the game we took him back to bathe and be put to bed. It had been a long busy day for all of us and we all needed to turn in early!
This morning we woke up early to head home. A wintry storm was headed our way and we hoped to be out to beat it home. By the time we left the hotel though it was already starting to sleet. Ice was just pouring out of the sky! I wish we didn't have to travel in it though! We made it safely out of Jackson where the weather got better quickly thank goodness. I hear they started closing the interstate though soon after we passed through! Now we are just enjoying a quiet afternoon/evening at home. Its nice to kick back and relax and have no where to be!
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