Re-cap

So, Easter was an absolute success. Reagan had a great weekend. Friday night TC and I went to "secret church" from 6-12:00 and it FLEW by. David Platt is an exceptional speaker and spiritual leader. I could write and entire blog about just Friday night. We were up and early Saturday morning to head to Sylacauga. Reagan got to hunt eggs for the first time and LOVED it.

How stinking cute is she?

My grand-parents and Reagan's great grands!

Sunday morning we got up early and the Easter bunny came. I did make TC go outside and I am so glad I did cause I am sure the video is hilarious. Reagan was totally confused and we were so funny trying to get her to look down and see her basket. One of her eggs had mm's in it and I opened the bag and gave her two. I learned a lesson when TC walked in the living room 5 minutes later and she had the entire bag in her mouth!! Needless to say she had enough sugar before 9:00am on Sunday to last the rest of the day. 

After church we went to TC's grandmothers then stopped by Nana Sue and Paw Paw Bobby's house. Reagan had a long day to say the least, but it was great. Here are some of our pictures. 

With our basket we never saw!!

Our Family

Yes, she is wearing a TuTu...

Easter is coming!

So stinkin' excited for Easter to be here! I think Reagan is really going to "get it" and be into hunting eggs. (We have been practicing!) Today was my off day and she and I had an excellent day. We went to Belk early this morning with Cee Cee so I could get some new shoes to match my dress and Reagan was WIDE OPEN!! Needless to say we were there a max of maybe 20 minutes. She constantly amazes me. For example, she was standing on the new shoe box when we got home. Well, before I knew it she had pushed the shoe box over to the pantry, stood ontop of it and grabbed the marshmellows...(which is her version of crack I think!! She is obsessed with them) I mean she is only 17 months old, how does she think of these things? And of course I gave them to her cause I thought to myself, "My God, she is a genius..that was really smart".

Thursday nights are TC and my "date nights" meaning we always go out to eat while Reagan stays with MeeMee and Grandpa. I look forward to it alllllll week. We almost always go with friends and tonight is no different. We are meeting Robert, Anna Claire, Bill, Leigh and Rita at Pepitos later. YAY for Mexican food!! I am also getting pretty excited for "Secret Church" tomorrow night at Circlewood. David Platt is telecasting a service that is suppose to be AMAZING. I am not so excited about the fact that is is from 6:00-12:00PM!! I hope I am not layed out in a pew by the end. Supposedly, it goes by so fast you don't even realize its so late. Anyways and Saturday bright and early we are heading up to Sylacauga (sp?) Alabama for Easter with my dad's side of the family. I am the youngest grandchild and Reagan is the only great-grandchild so needless to say we are both a little spoiled by this side of the family. Reagan is absolutely in love with my grandfather. We take her over to my grandparents once a week to visit and she almost always has a "prize" waiting on her! They are in turn absolutely in-love with her too. Sunday is always a crazy day for us. We go to church, my grandmothers(mom's side) then Tc's aunts where his whole family is. LONG DAY to say the least. But a happy one at that.

Tonight I got her Easter basket all ready with all her stuff and wrapped it up. I am so excited to see the look on her face when we open the door and the Easter Bunny has come. I already have it all planned out and am making TC go outside to videotape she and I opening the door. TC isn't a big fan of the whole "lying" to your kid about fake people bringing them presents, but I am all about it. I mean, I believed in Santa Claus till I was like 14.....

WITH LOVE,
Meg

Weekends are so fast...

So Friday afternoon ended with a bang! Tornados all thru Tuscaloosa County = Sugarland being cancelled. We were very lucky and had no storm damage on our side of town but our church and homes around it had significant damage. Its amazing to see God's power when something like a tornado blows thru. TC and I worked in the yard on Saturday and he dug up a small little tree in our front yard. It took him a while to dig up the root system and I had to drag it out. Just this small "bush/tree" thing in our yard took forever to get out and HUGE trees all over Tuscaloosa had been blown over in seconds. It blows my mind to think of the power of a storm like that.

Anyways, so church had an Easter egg hunt scheduled for Saturday morning that we were so looking forward to but it was postponed due to all the damage. We ended up having a family day and then going over to Bill and Leigh's to eat dinner. Uncle "Be-ill" cooked not one but 2 drunk chickens, 4 fillets, corn and french fries. Sounds like enough to feed like 20 people? Nope, just me, Bill and TC! (Leigh had to work)

Sunday TC went to ride motorcross again so Reagan and I were on our own. We went up to MeeMee and Granpas and played outside. Well, meemee and Reagan played outside while I layed out by the pool and got FRIED!! I was sound asleep and didnt move a muscle I even had a burnt mark where my necklace was around my neck. I will just look at it like pre-gaming for Mullet toss weekend....Gulf Shores get ready!

SO all in all another great weekend. Dreading tomorrow, Comcast is suppose to be coming between 8-11 to fix our DVR. For those of you who know this story, TC is pretty dang excited. We will just hope Reagan doesn't hide the remote or hit any random buttons that will jack up the channels. (She has been known to do this)

HOME ALONE!!!

I am home ALL BY MYSELF!!! Please, do not get me wrong I LOVE LOVE LOVE my hubs and sweet baby, but I can't tell you the last time I had the house all to myself. It is absolutely glorious. I have watched a movie, eaten sitting in the recliner and painted my fingernails and toenails...These things do not happen often.

TC is over in Starkville, MS watching the Zac Brown Band in concert. I haven't gotten details yet but he and our good friend Bill (Be-illl as Reagan calls him) got to go to the meet and greet and eat dinner with the band!! TC text me a pic earlier and they are basically front row for the concert. If I know him well he is in heaven! And Reagan is spending the night with her Mee Mee and Grandpa (TC's parents).

And it is official Reagan is going to start Pre-school 2 days a week in May. TC and I went to her little school today to drop off paperwork and meet her teachers. It makes me so sad my baby is growing up! She is going to love it though. She is the most social little person ever (she def gets that from me). She just walked right in her classroom and checked out all the other kids and started playing. Not gonna lie my mamma heart was proud. This afternoon we went and bought her a nap mat and matching lunch box to take with her on her first day. I of course got it monogrammed cause who goes to school without their name on all their stuff these days. I can't wait for her to see it and would love to be a fly on the wall the first time her teachers try to get her to nap on it. I def think that will be a challenge!!!

TGIF tomorrow!! Can't wait for the Sugarland concert in the new Tuscaloosa Amphitheater!

Weekends are the best

What an amazing weekend the Lightsey's had! Friday night we had a cookout over at "Uncle" Bill and "Aunt" Leigh's house. Bill whipped up some amazing stuffed porkchops. Reagan loves their house cause they have an awesome back patio where she can play. Murphy loves it too cause he gets to play with Alleigh and Lucy their two dogs. Anyways, Saturday morning we got up with NO plans and it was awesome! We headed over to the Remote Control Model Airplane show to watch some old men fly their planes and it was so cool. Reagan is a big fan of the airplanes (which she can say!).

Enjoying some Juice while watching the planes!

We then had a quick lunch at Taco Casa and headed up to the lake on our good friend Chad's boat. Our boat is in the shop getting all the kinks worked out for the time being. We quickly learned Reagan is NOT a fan of the life jacket which she will def have to get used to since we will be by water all summer long between the lake, pool and beach.

Cashed out on dad's shoulder during the boat ride!! 

Then Saturday night Reagan went to spend the night with CeeCee and Poppa (my parents) and we headed over to Anna Claire and Roberts house for some crawfish!! I stinking love crawfish but as TC says you never get full from them, just get tired of working so hard to get one little bite. (Very true statement)....

We ended the weekend with a beautiful sunday. TC went up to Maplesville, AL to ride dirtbikes while Reagan and I had an awesome day of playing outside, blowing bubbles, going for walks and eating popsicles. She is at one of my favorite stages yet and is so stinking cute!! She is talking more and has the funniest little personality....A little "strong-minded" at times (she must get that from her daddy?) but cute nonetheless....

So that's our weekend.....A great one to us!!

Blogging....

Have tried to blog in the past and did a horrible job. Have decided after becoming addicted to others blogs that I want to try it again. Will I be successful this time? Probably not, but going to give it a shot anyway.

I wish I had a picture of my backyard. Tc has decided he is now a farmer and tilled up literally HALF of our backyard. We planted (wait he... and our gracious friend Bill) planted corn, squash, tomatoes etc... Therefore, I will now need to learn to cook these things. For those of you who know about my cooking skills, this is scary....Very, very scary. Did I mention he wore his overalls while planting our garden? I could not stop laughing and he wanted me to wait to take his picture while he held his garden hoe. Nope, I couldn't make this stuff up. I will post a picture later of our amazing new garden. I am pretty excited to see how it turns out.