Caroline turns 11!

Happy Birthday my sweet girl, the years are flying by too fast..
Caroline turned 11 on April 3rd. Due to the move and the birth of Brady we celebrated a month later. It was worth it because her dad took her and two friends to Carowinds, an amusement park in Charlotte, NC. They had a blast and closed the park that night.

Watch out Carowinds!

Getting ready to ride, oh the anticipation..

Love this picture

Brady at 6 weeks

Easter

Easter was the first time I returned to church after having Brady. It took me almost 6 weeks, I think I went back when Claire was only two weeks if that. A stressful move on top of a 4th child made things a little big more difficult this time! We were settled in enough however to enjoy a good egg hunt at our new home. Here the kids are Easter morning with their goodies. Those are two dollar Easter baskets from walmart, I could not find their monogrammed easter baskets from pottery barn among all the boxes. Of course Jack and Caroline could not stop talking about how much more they liked these baskets than the others, go figure.

Helping little sis look for eggs. Claire got to go first in her own "easy" section of the yard

The older two got the back yard, some of those eggs had dollar bills which really excited them

Sweet Claire

Not a great pic of Claire but the best one I got of them dressed up for church

Number 4 hanging in the car seat

New Home

We moved across town when Brady was 1 week old, not the best time to do such a thing! We love our new neighborhood however and the views from our house are amazing..

Brady is here!

Hello world

Number 4 and number 1

Timid but sweet stare

My boys

Claire holding her baby brother for the first time

Going home

Oldest and youngest, Caroline loves to hold him

Mommy's baby, Claire's baby. Claire has been nursing her dolls, they all have diapers on, she follows me around with her baby and lays her next to Brady in the basket. How cute is that!

My sweet little man was born Friday morning. We went to the hospital around 11, my contractions were probably 6-7 minutes apart. I got my epidural around 2am after

handling some pretty intense contractions. My water did not break for the first time so

they did that after the epidural. After that, things were nice and calm, I even slept for awhile. I woke up to some pressure and it was time to get things started. After about three rounds of pushing, he made his debut into this world! My hospital stay was wonderful, great nurses, alot of rest and bonding with Brady. I stayed two nights and went home Sunday afternoon.

Brady Edwin Sandlin
March 18th 2011
7 lbs 8 oz

Caroline goes 50's

Caroline was invited to a 50's murder mystery birthday party this past weekend. Her role was a cheerleader in poodle skirt attire. A friend of mine actually had an authentic skirt her mom wore as a little girl and was kind enough to let us borrow it. I thought she looked adorable and I think she knew it too, ha. We had a busy weekend with her 3rd piano recital as well as a mother/daughter tea with the GA's at our church.