Caroline and her Iron Will

How can you not love this? 

I think I've blogged about Caroline and her many nicknames before.  She's Lina, Lina-Lynne, Lina-Bean, Bug, Buggy, Buggy-Bean, Bear, Baby Bear and just plain Caroline too!  She's quite the handful as of late.  Try strapping her into her carseat against her will (oh, that's every single time she gets in the car!). She is so, so stubborn and so, so determined. She is not going to be forgotten or ignored as the youngest child, and she is not going to let anyone think that she is one day younger than Courtney and Gracie.  What a shock the poor girl will have when they go off to kindergarten and she has to stay at home!  She can be sweet, like every time she sees her siblings when they've been gone, she runs and gives them a hug.  She loves to distribute clothes and jackets to their rightful owner in the family.  She loves to take care of her dollies and stuffed animals, but she also wants exactly what everyone and anyone else has...toys, food, clothes and attention.

We all love our Lina-Lynne and don't know what we'd do without her.  Her determination and will got her here since we didn't go out looking for her like our other kids...so we're grateful for it, but also praying for guidance to find a way to channel it before she does us in.

 Caroline loves to help mommy and daddy.  Her favorite spot is sitting on this counter next to the computer.

 Thanks to her older siblings, Caroline has learned about time out.  She doesn't like to go there, but will stay for her 1.5 minutes.  Is this a pathetic picture or what?

 A true Carolina girl!  She loves all Carolina attire, even Daddy's shirt.

What more can you say?