Well number two has arrived. :)
Rafe Andrew
December 7, 2010
3:45pm
8lbs1oz 21in
Brother to Bentley, son to Levi&Aussie, grandson to Michael, Lily, Andrew and Julia. Nephew to Chris, Skye, Rebecca, Hailey, Kirsten, Ana, Will, Alexis and Sophia. Cousin to Isla, Kyte and Halee.
I was in labor for 24 hours. It sucked. :l Especially without the epidural! But I don't regret not getting one - recovery was so much smoother, and I felt myself again almost right away. Plus it was so much more rewarding just to know that I did it without pain medications. :)
Rafe is a fairly calm baby - for now! He's asleep (he seems to do nothing but sleep!) at the moment, thank goodness. So is Bentley. I think Bentley is adjusting fairly well. We got home today at about 4:30pm. I'm happy to have been able to go home so soon, as well.
I'm pretty sore right now, but otherwise I'm feeling fairly good. It's weird to say Rafe's name, because I'm just not used to having two kids! Haha. Levi was really wanting a girl, but I'm glad it was a boy. He's the sweetest thing, and that way he'll have a big brother to look up to. And if we have a girl someday, she'll have two big brothers to look out for her. :)
I'm just super exhausted, but I feel like I can't fall asleep!
I can't even believe I'm on the computer... I think I'm addicted.
I'm also STARVING.
And that show Storage Wards is actually interesting. They just sold this locker for over 4,000 dollars... WTF?
Anyways.
Sigh.
I LOVE MY BOYSSS<3 Rafe, Bentley&Levi!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
I apologize.
I'm so sorry (especially to Tahnee!) that I'm such a loser for slacking on my blog. :)
There's not a whole lot to write about though! Baby still isn't here. I've still got tons to do before the baby comes. I haven't gotten much farther on Christmas decorating. I haven't done ANYTHING on Christmas shopping. I'm an AWFUL gift giver, so we'll see what awful gifts I decide on this year. :l Anywayssss. Not a whole lot to say. I wish it would get colder out, it's winter for God's sake.
I also want a hippopotamus for Christmas. And only a hippopotamus will do. ;)
There's not a whole lot to write about though! Baby still isn't here. I've still got tons to do before the baby comes. I haven't gotten much farther on Christmas decorating. I haven't done ANYTHING on Christmas shopping. I'm an AWFUL gift giver, so we'll see what awful gifts I decide on this year. :l Anywayssss. Not a whole lot to say. I wish it would get colder out, it's winter for God's sake.
I also want a hippopotamus for Christmas. And only a hippopotamus will do. ;)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Oh, &
The final name list. :) We've got 3 for each.
BOYS!
Milo Andrew
Rafe Andrew
Lyle Andrew
GIRLS!
Miya Jillian
Sela Jillian
Kadence Jillian
BOYS!
Milo Andrew
Rafe Andrew
Lyle Andrew
GIRLS!
Miya Jillian
Sela Jillian
Kadence Jillian
Almost here? :l
I'm having a feeling that labor is coming pretty soon. I'm hoping to hold out one more week until 37 weeks to be officially "full term" and I might even like if I could actually make it all the way to 40 weeks but oh well. :l
I've been having A LOT of BHs, and I passed my mucus plug. The baby "dropped" and now I get to waddle around with a bowling ball between my legs. Yaaaaaaaaaaaay.
There's still a lot to do, though. I still have to put all of his/her clothes away as well as wash them, pack my hospital bag, figure out where Bentley is going to go, plan meals for the first week back, clean the house so I'm slightly less stressed, finish unpacking everything, and put up Christmas decorations (because God knows I won't want to after the baby is here.)
Soooooo yeah. I'll let ya'll know whenever anything happens. :)
I've been having A LOT of BHs, and I passed my mucus plug. The baby "dropped" and now I get to waddle around with a bowling ball between my legs. Yaaaaaaaaaaaay.
There's still a lot to do, though. I still have to put all of his/her clothes away as well as wash them, pack my hospital bag, figure out where Bentley is going to go, plan meals for the first week back, clean the house so I'm slightly less stressed, finish unpacking everything, and put up Christmas decorations (because God knows I won't want to after the baby is here.)
Soooooo yeah. I'll let ya'll know whenever anything happens. :)
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thanksgiving!
Well it was wonderful. :)
We had a bit more people than expected, because Levi's grandparents drove down. But the more, the merrier!
In total, we had 20 people, including Levi, Bentley and I. My parents, Levi's mom, Levi's grandparents, my sister, her husband and their 3 kids, Levi's 3 sisters and his sister Rebecca's fiance Skye. My brother and two other sisters. So it was a pretty full house! But we had so much good food. Turkey, deviled eggs, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, corn, gravy, rolls. And then for dessert we had fudge, pumpkin squares, pecan pie and chocolate chip pie. We all ate very well. :) It was absolutely great to have everybody together. Seeing Isla, my niece who was born in June, made me excited for that little baby thing. I missed when Bentley just sat in my arms and didn't try to get into everything! Meeting Rebecca's fiance Skye was great. He's a charmer, and we're all pretty excited for them! They're too sweet together. I've really missed being at home. Alexis is getting beautiful. My little 13 year old sister is really starting to become a woman, and that makes me nervous! I don't want her getting into bad things. But I'm confident that Will will keep his eye on her. :) And missing Sophia growing up kind of sucks too, but I guess it just shows that now I'm going to have to spend more time with them. I mean, they only live what, 15, 20 minutes away? I don't have any excuses as to why I don't see them often.
But anyways. I'm really excited for Christmas, now that it's officially Christmas season. :) We've got the tree up, but we still haven't decorated it yet. It's pretty big - I think it's a 10 foot tree? It's fake so Bentley won't get into it. And we'll just have to be mindful of the ornaments we put at the bottom. It'll be weird to have him as a 17 month old this Christmas. Last year he was only 5 months! Couldn't really get into much. Now he's walking, talking, doing all these silly things. I honestly don't think I'm going to get him many toys, etc. He hardly plays with the ones we do have! He just gets into cabinets and plays with pots and pans. Heck, he plays with Rebel's toys more than he does his own! And Rebel plays more with Bentley's toys often. Haha.
Well it's quite late, and after a long day of shopping (got most of my Christmas shopping done and surprisingly really did get great deals!) I'm ready for bed. :)
Night night, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Much love,
Aussie, Levi, Bentley&Rebel. :)
We had a bit more people than expected, because Levi's grandparents drove down. But the more, the merrier!
In total, we had 20 people, including Levi, Bentley and I. My parents, Levi's mom, Levi's grandparents, my sister, her husband and their 3 kids, Levi's 3 sisters and his sister Rebecca's fiance Skye. My brother and two other sisters. So it was a pretty full house! But we had so much good food. Turkey, deviled eggs, homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, corn, gravy, rolls. And then for dessert we had fudge, pumpkin squares, pecan pie and chocolate chip pie. We all ate very well. :) It was absolutely great to have everybody together. Seeing Isla, my niece who was born in June, made me excited for that little baby thing. I missed when Bentley just sat in my arms and didn't try to get into everything! Meeting Rebecca's fiance Skye was great. He's a charmer, and we're all pretty excited for them! They're too sweet together. I've really missed being at home. Alexis is getting beautiful. My little 13 year old sister is really starting to become a woman, and that makes me nervous! I don't want her getting into bad things. But I'm confident that Will will keep his eye on her. :) And missing Sophia growing up kind of sucks too, but I guess it just shows that now I'm going to have to spend more time with them. I mean, they only live what, 15, 20 minutes away? I don't have any excuses as to why I don't see them often.
But anyways. I'm really excited for Christmas, now that it's officially Christmas season. :) We've got the tree up, but we still haven't decorated it yet. It's pretty big - I think it's a 10 foot tree? It's fake so Bentley won't get into it. And we'll just have to be mindful of the ornaments we put at the bottom. It'll be weird to have him as a 17 month old this Christmas. Last year he was only 5 months! Couldn't really get into much. Now he's walking, talking, doing all these silly things. I honestly don't think I'm going to get him many toys, etc. He hardly plays with the ones we do have! He just gets into cabinets and plays with pots and pans. Heck, he plays with Rebel's toys more than he does his own! And Rebel plays more with Bentley's toys often. Haha.
Well it's quite late, and after a long day of shopping (got most of my Christmas shopping done and surprisingly really did get great deals!) I'm ready for bed. :)
Night night, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Much love,
Aussie, Levi, Bentley&Rebel. :)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Not feeling too great!
Well last night I wasn't feeling well, and I'm still not feeling all that great. I have a pounding headache, and my stomach hurts, and I'm having BHs pretty bad. :l This really just is NOT fun, and I'm ready for this baby to be out now!
Bentley I think has another ear infection. I think Levi and I are going to ask the doctor about putting tubes in his ears, because it's just too much! He has them ALL the time. It's really awful to see him sick all the time! I hate it. :/
Speaking of Mr. Bentley. :) At almost 17 months old, he's walking, talking. We're still rear facing but I think once he's close to or at the age of 2 we'll probably front face.
In other news,
Levi is on his way home from work so we can start cooking for Thanksgiving.
Bentley I think has another ear infection. I think Levi and I are going to ask the doctor about putting tubes in his ears, because it's just too much! He has them ALL the time. It's really awful to see him sick all the time! I hate it. :/
Speaking of Mr. Bentley. :) At almost 17 months old, he's walking, talking. We're still rear facing but I think once he's close to or at the age of 2 we'll probably front face.
In other news,
Levi is on his way home from work so we can start cooking for Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Weather.
Anybody want to tell me why in the world it's 80 degrees in November?! It's winter, people. GET THE MEMO. :l Well obviously it's not officially winter... But it's close enough and I'm TIRED of the heat. :(
Anyways. I tend to use that word quite often.
I'm actually fairly nervous about this whole baby thing. I still need to finish the baby's room. We need to arrange the furniture and I still haven't even gotten some things that we need. I haven't even had a baby shower! Guess I won't be having one, haha. Oh well. But anyway(there I go again!). We've got final 4 names for each gender. :)
Boys;
Lyle Andrew
Milo Andrew
Forrest Andrew
Rafe Andrew
Girls;
Kadence Zipporah
Sela Jillian
Jillian Hope
Acacia Jillian
Hope Zipporah
Anyways. I tend to use that word quite often.
I'm actually fairly nervous about this whole baby thing. I still need to finish the baby's room. We need to arrange the furniture and I still haven't even gotten some things that we need. I haven't even had a baby shower! Guess I won't be having one, haha. Oh well. But anyway(there I go again!). We've got final 4 names for each gender. :)
Boys;
Lyle Andrew
Milo Andrew
Forrest Andrew
Rafe Andrew
Girls;
Kadence Zipporah
Sela Jillian
Jillian Hope
Acacia Jillian
Hope Zipporah
DRs!
Welllll things are still progressing. I'm just a bit more dilated&effaced than I was last week. I'm starting to get a bit nervous! There's still so much to do!
I can't think of a title.
Because I'm sleepy.
I'm about to go get my hair did, then I have a doctor's appointment. Gotta pray that I'm not dilated/effaced anymore! :l Anyways! I'll write later about how that goes.
I might meet up with Miranda later and we might go get our nails done, but we'd have to find someone to watch Elora and Bentley, so... That might not workouttt. :(
Tonight, Levi and I are probably going to have to go grocery shopping for Thanksgiving dinner. Since we're all moved in to our new (and quite large) house, we're holding it at my place. So Ana and her family, my parents, Levi's parents and sisters, and then my siblings as well are coming. So yeah. Lots of people. That's like... 15 people. Just counted. :) But we have to make the turkey and stuff. My mom is making other DELICIOUS stuff and bringing it, so that's good. But we pretty much have no food as is. We haven't gone grocery shopping in FOREVER.
Also, since Levi gets work off Thursday and Friday he'll get to help me out with stuff. :) I'm excited, haha. Still so much to do! The baby's room has been painted, but we haven't moved in all the furniture, etc or put away anything. I need to wash the baby's clothes, and do other things like that as well.
Sigh.
I'm about to go get my hair did, then I have a doctor's appointment. Gotta pray that I'm not dilated/effaced anymore! :l Anyways! I'll write later about how that goes.
I might meet up with Miranda later and we might go get our nails done, but we'd have to find someone to watch Elora and Bentley, so... That might not workouttt. :(
Tonight, Levi and I are probably going to have to go grocery shopping for Thanksgiving dinner. Since we're all moved in to our new (and quite large) house, we're holding it at my place. So Ana and her family, my parents, Levi's parents and sisters, and then my siblings as well are coming. So yeah. Lots of people. That's like... 15 people. Just counted. :) But we have to make the turkey and stuff. My mom is making other DELICIOUS stuff and bringing it, so that's good. But we pretty much have no food as is. We haven't gone grocery shopping in FOREVER.
Also, since Levi gets work off Thursday and Friday he'll get to help me out with stuff. :) I'm excited, haha. Still so much to do! The baby's room has been painted, but we haven't moved in all the furniture, etc or put away anything. I need to wash the baby's clothes, and do other things like that as well.
Sigh.
Monday, November 22, 2010
fb music thing!
Lyrics from the first 30 songs on my ipod. Can you guess them? Bet you can't, without using google!
1. Everybody's talking, but they don't say a thing. They look at me with sad eyes but I don't want the sympathy.
2. When I see your smile, tears roll down my face.
3. I can't get you out of the sunlight, I can't get you out of the rain.
4. Like a boat on a river, this bus is floating down this old highway.
5. The Deceleration of Independence, think I could tell you that first sentence, but then I'm lost.
6. There's no time for us. There's no place for us.
7. I should be out in that driveway stopping you, tears should be rolling down my cheek.
8. Drove halfway to town last night and I turned around. In a field full of fireflies making such a lonely sound.
9. You feel like you're falling backwards, like you're slipping through the cracks. Like no one would even notice if you left this town and never came back.
10. I'm my daddy when I drink, my momma when I cry. I'm honest when I tell the truth and lyin' when I lie.
11. He says, "I'm just a man. I work with my hands. But lately no work has been around."
12. I said a bad word when I was kid, momma said that I'd be sorry for the sin that I did.
13. I'm gonna hold on, coz what I believe in is so strong. No matter how long, no one can tell me I'm wrong.
14. I remember vividly what that vision did to me; you layin' with her in our bed.
15. Well my daddy left home when I was three, didn't leave much for my ma and me; just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
16. I woke up the same way this morning, like a stranger in my own life.
17. Is there anything that can make you happy? I don't know what to say to make it better.
18. The first time that I saw you, looking like you did, we were young, we were restless. Just two clueless kids.
19. Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning. Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile.
20. Fifteen minutes left to throw me together for Mr. Right Now, not Mr. Forever.
21. What if there was no light? Nothing wrong, nothing right?
22. It's so like you just to show up at my door and act like nothing's happened.
23. You and I were two old and tortured souls, repaired by a love of broken things.
24. Every man has his own special dream. And that dream's just about to come true.
25. Somewhere in the country, there's a place where nobody knows your name.
26. Momma, you taught me to do the right things. So now you have to let your baby fly.
27. I hear the train a comin', it's rollin' round the bend. And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when.
28. All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces.
29. Radio, radio. Tell me what I wanna know, wanna know.
30. I grew up where I could see the stars. Drinkin' sweet tea from a mason jar.
1. Everybody's talking, but they don't say a thing. They look at me with sad eyes but I don't want the sympathy.
2. When I see your smile, tears roll down my face.
3. I can't get you out of the sunlight, I can't get you out of the rain.
4. Like a boat on a river, this bus is floating down this old highway.
5. The Deceleration of Independence, think I could tell you that first sentence, but then I'm lost.
6. There's no time for us. There's no place for us.
7. I should be out in that driveway stopping you, tears should be rolling down my cheek.
8. Drove halfway to town last night and I turned around. In a field full of fireflies making such a lonely sound.
9. You feel like you're falling backwards, like you're slipping through the cracks. Like no one would even notice if you left this town and never came back.
10. I'm my daddy when I drink, my momma when I cry. I'm honest when I tell the truth and lyin' when I lie.
11. He says, "I'm just a man. I work with my hands. But lately no work has been around."
12. I said a bad word when I was kid, momma said that I'd be sorry for the sin that I did.
13. I'm gonna hold on, coz what I believe in is so strong. No matter how long, no one can tell me I'm wrong.
14. I remember vividly what that vision did to me; you layin' with her in our bed.
15. Well my daddy left home when I was three, didn't leave much for my ma and me; just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
16. I woke up the same way this morning, like a stranger in my own life.
17. Is there anything that can make you happy? I don't know what to say to make it better.
18. The first time that I saw you, looking like you did, we were young, we were restless. Just two clueless kids.
19. Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning. Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile.
20. Fifteen minutes left to throw me together for Mr. Right Now, not Mr. Forever.
21. What if there was no light? Nothing wrong, nothing right?
22. It's so like you just to show up at my door and act like nothing's happened.
23. You and I were two old and tortured souls, repaired by a love of broken things.
24. Every man has his own special dream. And that dream's just about to come true.
25. Somewhere in the country, there's a place where nobody knows your name.
26. Momma, you taught me to do the right things. So now you have to let your baby fly.
27. I hear the train a comin', it's rollin' round the bend. And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when.
28. All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces.
29. Radio, radio. Tell me what I wanna know, wanna know.
30. I grew up where I could see the stars. Drinkin' sweet tea from a mason jar.
Intro!
Well here's the debut of my new blog - hopefully it will actually be kept up this time!
Anyways. My name is Austin Holly. Call me Austin and die. :) Aussie is the name. I was born on October 30, 1990 as the second child to my parents, Julia and Andrew. That makes me 20. I have an older sister name Ana who is 27 years old. She's married to Chris and has 3 kids. Halee Lulu is 5 now, Kyte Damon is 2, and Isla Penelope was born in June 2010. I also have 3 younger siblings. Will is almost 17, Alexis is 13 and Sophia was born in March 2010.
I graduated from high school in June of 2009, while 8 months pregnant, at the top of my class. Top 10%. It took a lot of work and dedication, but it was so worth it.
I found out I was pregnant in November of 2008. It was shortly before Thanksgiving. That's when everything fell apart really. My relationship with Levi began to be a constant struggle, a literal push and pull between us. Drugs, fighting and other bad things began to infiltrate our relationship. It was off and on, and consisted of many break-ups, better-fix-this's, and I'm-dones. But we got through it.
Bentley Michael was born on July 5, 2009 at 5:11pm. He weighed in at 7lbs 8oz and measured 20 inches. You truly never ever know love before you become a mother. Holding him for the first time just made everything in the world feel right.
Through even more ups and downs in our relationship, Levi and I got married on June 26th, 2010, when I was 14, almost 15, weeks pregnant with our second child, who is due December 26, 2010.
That's the basics! We have a dog named Rebel, and are looking into buying horses in the near future. :)
Have any questions?
formspring.me/aussieholly
Anyways. My name is Austin Holly. Call me Austin and die. :) Aussie is the name. I was born on October 30, 1990 as the second child to my parents, Julia and Andrew. That makes me 20. I have an older sister name Ana who is 27 years old. She's married to Chris and has 3 kids. Halee Lulu is 5 now, Kyte Damon is 2, and Isla Penelope was born in June 2010. I also have 3 younger siblings. Will is almost 17, Alexis is 13 and Sophia was born in March 2010.
I graduated from high school in June of 2009, while 8 months pregnant, at the top of my class. Top 10%. It took a lot of work and dedication, but it was so worth it.
I found out I was pregnant in November of 2008. It was shortly before Thanksgiving. That's when everything fell apart really. My relationship with Levi began to be a constant struggle, a literal push and pull between us. Drugs, fighting and other bad things began to infiltrate our relationship. It was off and on, and consisted of many break-ups, better-fix-this's, and I'm-dones. But we got through it.
Bentley Michael was born on July 5, 2009 at 5:11pm. He weighed in at 7lbs 8oz and measured 20 inches. You truly never ever know love before you become a mother. Holding him for the first time just made everything in the world feel right.
Through even more ups and downs in our relationship, Levi and I got married on June 26th, 2010, when I was 14, almost 15, weeks pregnant with our second child, who is due December 26, 2010.
That's the basics! We have a dog named Rebel, and are looking into buying horses in the near future. :)
Have any questions?
formspring.me/aussieholly
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