Back in the grind

Well, we are home and back in the grind. It was an absolute blast at the beach and I couldn't have asked for a better time. Reagan was an absolute angel and LOVED every minute of whatever we were doing. She was even really good in the car on the way down and back. Of course, she was bribed a few different times with candy and treats, but hey who doesn't bribe their kids?

Today we met with our FAV photographer Mary Keeley and did Reagan's two year old pictures! OMG my baby is 2? Seriously, 2 years old? What a miracle she is! She cooperated fairly well, so I know they will turn out great. MK is super laid back and goes with the flow, which is so great with Reagan cause she has a mind of her own. I have already started planning her B'day party and it is of course Hello Kitty themed!!! She LOVES some Hello Kitty and every time we talk about her birthday she asks about the cake. I have assured her that she will have a cake at her party. She then made sure to ask could she eat it? Which I once again assured her she could. She is such a joy these days and TC and I crack up at the stuff she comes up with. You can actually have a conversation with her and she is not shy to tell you exactly what she wants! She literally wakes up in the morning and starts bossing me around...wonder where she gets that from? Obviously TC.

Beach!

Quick update from good ole OBA. (Orange Beach, AL) The weather is absolutely beautiful and praise the Lord, Reagan has decided she likes the sand! She has been so much fun this trip and I hate TC isn't here to experience it with me. We are for sure missing Daddy! She has looked for shells and walked the beach until her little legs couldn't go anymore. She is also a big fan of chasing the seagulls, although they have continued to elude us hah! Yesterday, we drove all the way back into Foley just to get some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and OMG were they amaze. That is one thing the tornado stole from me that I am having withdrawals from. Well, there and the Hobby Lobby which I apparently went to 2 times a week to get my fix. I miss it like a druggy misses their rush. Here are a few iPhone pics from so far and I am updating this from my phone as well. With that being said Thanks Steve Jobs! What an innovator you were!!

I suck at blogging...duh

AHHH, I swear I am going to do better at this. But, ya know... the best laid plans and all. I absolutely cannot believe how fast time is flying by. Where did Summer go and how the heck is it Oct 5 already? In one month and one day we will be proud parents of a two year old. YES 2 YEARS OLD. She is the absolute joy of our lives. Her sassiness could be a little problem when she hits oh about 13, but we will cross that bridge when we get there. These days she is hysterical. You can actually have conversations with her and most days she NEVER SHUTS UP. She is a little parrot and repeats everything I say. The good, the bad and the ugly...hmmm

Some of my favorites from the past few weeks:
* As we wake up one morning and TC is getting ready for work. (He had a little, ok a LOT of bed head going on) "ohhh Daddy cute!" to which TC replies is she making fun of me?

* She says "mommy, daddy, Ray Ray, Murphy" about 50 times a day. To which we reply, "yep, that's your family"

* She was being really quiet sitting on the floor a few days ago and I asked her what she was doing to which she politely responded "Eatin boogers..."

* Her new favorite is to talk on the phone to whoever I am, so she gets it in her hand and says "HELLO" at the top of her lungs over and over.

* And lastly today I asked her who she wanted to invite to her birthday party and with absolutely no hesitation at all she replied, "Bill-Bill and Lucy"!! For those of you who don't know Bill Bill and Lucy, Bill and his wife Leigh are some of mine and TC's best friends and Lucy is their dog. Reagan is OBSESSED with Bill. She asks me once a day where he is and I have to tell her I think he's probably working? Oh the mind of  a two year old.

This weekend she and I are headed with CeeCee and Poppa (my parents) to Orange Beach for one last little fling in the sand. The weather is suppose to be AHH-mazing. TC gets a "hall pass" as he and his friends call it for a bachelor weekend. I am sure this consists of motorcycle riding and other interesting plans.

It's also the best time of year ever in the south....FOOTBALL SEASON.

Happy Fall Yall, I swear Im gonna blog more than once a month.

Cabbage Patch Kids!

So as a child I always played with my cabbage patch kids. I am told I wasn't really into "playing babies" but Reagan totally is. She plays with baby dolls all day long. She drags them everywhere we go and sleeps with at least one. Her fav baby goes to school every week too. (The teacher informed me she does not share baby at school either. We are gonna work on that.) So anyways, I was over at my grandparents and mentioned to grandmother that I wanted to get Reagan a CPK. We then went on a hunt....cant find them at Walmart, Target or Toys-r-us? WHAT? So, grandmother likes to worry about something, just anything will do at any given time. Therefore, for the past 3 weeks she has been very worried about where she is going to get Reagan a CPK baby for her birthday. (Its not till November people). Long story short I just ordered one off the internet and can you believe people pay up to $375 for these "collector editions". Reagan definetly did not get the collectors edition. Just a good ole regular CPK. BUT, you know where they get you? Pay 3.00 and you can name is anything you want on the birth certificate and pick its birthday. So, of course I paid the $3. I mean, who doesn't want the cabbage patch baby named after them? Oh and shipping and handling was out of control. Just to warn you in case you need to order one.

Here's the one she ended up with. Kinda blurry but its cute. Blonde hair and green eyes so they will match. 

Happy Birthday Bill!

What a great weekend it turned out to be. One of our BFF's Bill had a birthday and his wife Leigh threw him a surprise party. We got to Chuck's at 6:45 for the big surprise and it was a success!

This is Bill's surprised face!!

Bad news was that  we had a waitress that sucked soooo bad. She had the personality of a brick wall. Not Cute Girlfriend. Dinner with 17 turned out to take 3 1/2 hours... AHHH needless to say we got creative with some picture taking. Here are a two examples!

We then continued the birthday celebration over at innisfree! Fun fun times for the Lightsey's and all involved! Saturday was the usual lake and swimming pool. Reagan has decided that it's fun to just dunk herself in the pool with no warning and give me heart attacks! I will try to post the video of it. It's crazy she has absolutely NO fear of the water. Not so scary in the pool where we can see her, but extremely scary near the lake where she could disappear fast!

Big Girl Bed!

Well, its that time in life where you get to big for a crib and need somewhere to sleep. I guess at some point it happened to all of us. We at the Lightsey's have had a sleepless couple of weeks. Miss Reagan has decided she HATES (yes that is all caps) HATES her crib. She screams bloody murder and freaks out when she sees it. SOOO, since Tc refuses to start the habit of her sleeping in our bed she has been sleeping on a cot beside us at night. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't consistently roll of the cot in the middle of the night EVERY NIGHT!! One night she even rolled off the cot, down the pillow and under our bed. This happened because our bed is super high on risers and she just slid right under there! She was up under the bedding yelling "Daddy, Mommy!!!". Looking back its pretty funny, but at the time is scared the heck out of us cause we couldn't find her in our sleep walking state. So, long story short we went today and ordered a bed. Its gonna take 6 weeks to get in so I am going to have time to make her room into a "big girl room". New paint, re-arranging, hopefully new light fixture, the whole 9 yards. Should be fun to do for sure.

Here's a picture of the bed we ordered. 

Her room is going to be done up super girly like this!!

Needless to say this is my new project for the next few weeks.

Where has the time gone?

Well, I obviously have not updated in MONTHS!! Summer is almost over and its time for ALABMA FOOTBALL!! Hooray, hooray, hooray!!! We are hopefully getting one more beach trip in before the fall weather sets in and I absolutely dread being cold. Cold weather is for the birds. Today was Reagan's first day of pre-school in the two year old room and she did great. Her best friends is Bay-ee (AKA Baylee). They are so stinkin cute together and Reagan has named all her baby dolls "Bay-ee". More to come tomorrow, Reagan is standing here yelling "bathtub" at me. I can take a hint when I hear one.....