So here I am again. :) It's a beautiful time in my life. So many things are just perfect and I am feeling fantastic! I recently decided that fantastic is one of my new favorite words, just because it fits the description of me and the way I'm feeling right now so well. I... Am absolutely fantastic. :)
SO! It's been a while since I've blogged, so I'll fill you in on the last month or two of my life, before moving on to this last week and why I am feeling so FANTASTIC!
November 24Th 2009, Olivia Belle Dooley came into the world. :) My beautiful, baby cousin. I went to the hospital a day or so after she was born, and the first time I held her I felt like I was in heaven. That's a weird way to put it, my I've never just absolutely loved a little baby like that just seconds after seeing her. I just wanted to hold her and stare at her little newborn face forever. She is so perfect. So beautiful. I love Olivia Belle. I originally tried to get them to name her Olivia Love. Which I think really fits her still. :) But Kate wanted to name her Olivia Belle, and I guess the big sister vote wins over the cousins. Haha Still a cute name. :) Olivia Belle... I like it.
December 19Th, 2009 was an amazing day. :) The day of our Christmas party at the Reed's, where we are still living. I went out on the Reed's riding lawnmower the day before and cleared the field so cars could park out there for the party.
We spent the day decorating and getting ready, setting up chairs, moving furniture, cleaning the house, and giving people directions. We put out an event thing on Facebook and surprisingly (Actually not so much since my dad knows everybody in the world) sixty or seventy people showed up. Possibly more. It was pretty darn crowded. Probably one of the biggest and best parties that I think we've ever had. :)
The party started at 5pm. We had soft Christmas music playing throughout the house as people came in. TONS of people brought food, so the kitchen was full and we had leftovers weeks after the party.
Caroline Rademachir and Steven Eldridge had some trouble getting there, but they eventually found the place. I hung out with them a ton that night. :) It was quite a blast. Me, Aaron, Austin, Kayla, Caroline, Steven, Ben, and Nathan went down to the river and lit a camp fire with WD40 and lighter fluid.
Steven, Caroline, and I went back to the house after a little while, ate, and laid on my bed. Steven was laying on my left, and Caroline was on the right with her arm around me. We talked for a long time, while listening to Seth and Melody lead everyone into worship downstairs. It was beautiful.
Caroline and I got to talk about some personal stuff together that we hadn't talked about in a while, which was really nice. :) I love Caroline so much. She's like my big sister. Wish I got to see her more often. She's leaving for Australia next year to go to Hillsong. I'm gonna miss her soo freaking much!!!!
I was hoping to get to spend more time with Kayla that night, but she stayed downstairs most of the night... I felt bad since she was alone, so I went down to talk to her. I don't know what was up with her that night, but she wouldn't tell me. I'm glad we've grown a lot closer since then. I love her so very much.
Christmas 2009 was very interesting... A good/interesting kind of interesting. Britany went into the hospital twice that week. Once the Thursday before Christmas, and once on Christmas day. I felt so sorry for her when they had to call an ambulance to come pick her up while we were eating Christmas lunch. I love Britany like crazy. She is my aunt, but she'll always be like a big sister to me. I was sorry to see that happen to her.
I got some cool stuff for Christmas, including the Relient K cd that I wanted, a Borders gift card that I used to buy The Hunger Games and New Moon, and Kiss by Ted Dekker! Which is what I'm reading right now. Super good book! And it all takes place in Austin which is pretty darn cool.
OOH! And I'm going to the Gathering 2.0 this year on April 24th! (Thank you, Zuckers!!!) I'll actually get to meet Ted Dekker! :) I am super crazy excited. Been talking to his daughter Kara on Facebook a little bit and she is super cool.
Christmas night was fun. :) Britany ended up staying in the hospital overnight, so mom and Sara ended up staying at their house to take care of Kate and Olivia. We got home, grandma and granddad went to bed straight away (like normal) so dad and I were left alone in the house, doing nothing on Christmas night.
After sitting around for a while, working on various things, we remembered that Sherlock Holmes came out that night. We had nothing else to do, so we thought we'd go see if any theaters around had any tickets left. We checked two theaters. The first one was sold out and we got tickets at the Tinseltown across the street. Some of the last tickets too! It was AMAZING!!! And pretty hilarious at times. Great film. I've seen it twice now and I loved it both times. Robert Downey Jr. is amazing.
On our way to the car, dad and I had the weirdest, most hilarious conversation. Now that I think about it, it wasn't very funny, but we couldn't help laughing that night. Maybe it was the joy that comes with Christmas that made us so darn happy. :) Who knows. I love spending time with my dad.
This is something close to how the conversation went.
"God, it's cold out here."
"It sure is. You know what your great grandmother would say if she was here? 'Colder than a witches titty in a snowstorm.'"
"What the heck??!" XD
"Oh, yeah! She said that one year at Christmas, and your grandpa and I nearly died laughing. I guess witches tits get pretty cold."
"How is that possible? I mean, since they're standing over those boiling pots all day. I'd think they'd be hot if anything."
Then we both just died laughing! It was the besstttt!!! XD lol
Anyways. Christmas was pretty fantastic. Spending it alone, without someone to hold... now that wasn't too fantastic. But... Nevertheless, it was a lovely Christmas. :)
Did nothing for New Years. Tried to make it to the Holcomb's New Years party, but ended up staying at Brit and Steve's house instead, holding and feeding Olivia. We stayed at their house for about a week around New years since Britany was still in the hospital. Steve was staying there with her too, so we stayed at their house to take care of the kids. After we got Kate and Olivia to sleep, dad, mom, and I watched Twilight. I actually thought it was really good! It was much better than I had expected after hearing so many bad comments about it. But I actually thought it was pretty good.
I had just finished reading the Twilight book and was reading New Moon at the time. Great books1 I still need to get the rest of the series. They are actually quite addicting.
Aunt Carol, and cousins, Erin, Lisa, and Jean, came into town right after New Years and stayed with us. That was a blast as well. :) And boooyyyyyy can aunt carol cook! They are fun to have around. :) Went to the River Walk with them.
Well. :) A lot has happened since the last time I wrote. I tried to fill you in on as many details as I could without making this too long to read. Not sure if I succeeded there or not. Haha
Tomorrow I'll try to remember to get back on and tell you why I am feeling so fantastic. :) Part of it has to do with someone that I care about dearly.
Love you all! Be back soon. :)
-Britain
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