Party Time!

So yesterday was Caroline's 4th birthday.  It was a fun day filled with lots of love and sugar! (the candy kind and the kisses kind :-)  We had a small birthday party for Caroline and it turned out great! It was a ballerina, princess, knight, superhero party.  Or, whatever costume you had party.  :-)  Brian's parents took Caroline out to Chick-fil-a prior to the party because Grandpa had to leave for the airport during her party.  We had cupcakes, a pinata, and lots of goodies and good times.  It was also nice to have some adult conversation with some great friends.  When it got dark, Brian built a fire and we hung out outside for a little while before bed.  Overall, it was a great day for Caroline and actually a pretty relaxing day.  I hope we have many more of those in our future!! Here are a few of the pictures from the party.

Aubrey before the party.

Brian and Aubrey

Caroline opening up presents from Grammie and Grandpa.

Getting into the presents!

A dress from Grammie and Grandpa.

A new book.

Caroline with Grammie and Grandpa.

Mason, Caroline, and Maddie

Aubrey squeezed herself in there for a picture!

Getting the goodies!!!

Lovely party favors!

Singing Happy Birthday!

Blowing out the candle.

Eating goodies!

Aubrey enjoying a cupcake!

Opening presents

More presents!

A backpack with goodies from Lorelei.

Opening Mason's present.

The group

Legos!!!

December....Really?

So again, feeling that I've neglected the whole blog experience, I feel like there is so much to catch up on! The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Aubrey got her cast off. Since then, it has been nothing but bathtime for Aubrey. Oh how she missed them. She just wants to sit in the water. It's so funny. She watches Caroline play and just seems to be "soaking" (forgive my humor) it all in! Over Thanksgiving, we had a wonderful time in Alabama. We celebrated Thanksgiving with my extended family in Alabama, complete with placemats made by Caroline personally for each person! I also got to catch up withsome of my favorite people from high school which was such a wonderful time!! Caroline's birthday is coming up soon, so we celebrated her birthday with my family. She got so many fun things, she continues to be entertained for hours at a time!!!

The birthday girl enjoying her cake on her favorite Mickey Mouse plates from Grana.

Aubrey enjoying some of the yummy cake too!!

After Caroline's birthday celebration, we attempted to take pictures of the girls including, Margaret, my sisters' daughter. Here are some of the shots, some turned out cute, some, not so much! I just wish everyone could see the hilariousness that was going on behind the camera to make the girls smile!

Caroline and Aubrey

Oh so close!

Sweet Margaret Clay

Why so serious?

Margaret was excited!

The gem of the day!

Unfortunately, when we got home, Aubrey got sick. This was not a fun couple of days; however, there was a bright spot. Up until that point, she had not walked and really, had no interest in it. After being sick and being held so much, I believe that she forgot about her "not being able to walk." Once she felt better, she immediately started walking again! Yeah for little miracles!

I guess the biggest news is that on Friday, we found out that we will be adding a sweet baby boy to our family! Brian, myself, and the girls went to the doctor on Friday morning for my 20 week ultrasound. Baby Franklin was not shy at all! We had no problem determining that it was in fact a boy. Since before Caroline was born we've had our "boy" name picked out, but never needed it. So it was quite easy to name #3. His name will be Andrew. We are not exactly sure about a middle name yet; however, we have a few we're discussing. Here are the latest pictures of Andrew.

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It's a boy!!!