Caroline: They Say It's Your Birthday!

Caroline celebrated her 4th birthday on November 4th. For those who don't know, she was born a middle child two and one half years before Josie arrived.

We almost named her Bill.

Anyway, poor Caroline. Her birthday started out rough. Her 4 year checkup resulted in a flu misting AND a shot. Not the best planning, but thankfully I pulled the long straw.

I feel bad for Mom, though. I heard it was fairly traumatic.

If I were the doctor, I'd strongly consider witness protection. As a warning to the unwary, Caroline's DEFCON 1 is calling someone a "maniac". If she throws that at you, she considers you dead to her.

Think of Caroline's logo as follows:


I think her pediatrician made the "maniac" list.

I worry about the next appointment.

But let's cut back to the birthday.

Apparently, shots, flu mists and birthday drama lead to drowsiness. This is CP2 shortly before her birthday party.

Despite her rough morning and her late nap, Caroline rallied nicely for the big show. Here's the birthday girl opening gifts.

And the group of cousins who joined the celebration.

When it came to the cake, Caroline surprised her old man by hanging in for the full Happy Birthday song without tears. In fact, she almost blew out her candles before remembering how un-Holman North it is to enjoy birthday singing and candle blowouts.

There's always next year, kiddo!

Seriously though, CP2 is the apple of her dad's eye and there's nothing we wouldn't do to get a slew of smiles on her special day.

Or at least that's what I will continue to tell her so she doesn't put me on the "maniac" list.

Happy Birthday, Caroline!