Huge Massive Update!

Ok so I have let WAY too many big days go by without an update so bare with me as this will require some time, and perhaps a second cup of coffee! ;)



Laci's birthday party:

Went off perfectly! I timed my morning well on picking things up and was back in time to get dressed for the party without getting cranky and stressed! :) She had a great time and looked like a bitty princess in her floor length multi shades of pink dress that she chose to wear. We had a ton of kids and Joey was in his zone at one point jumping on the trampoline with about 7-9 kids at a time! Christopher fully enjoyed having his girlfriend over and my mom got to meet a lot of people too. Laci only fussed once when she wanted to get on the trampoline and she did a fantastic job of blowing out her candle and opening her gifts! :) (will post pics today). The day was fun and passed quickly and before we knew it, the last guests were rolling out around 4:30! Wow! We unwound and had some dinner and the kids were both in bed by 8:30. The weather was warm with a cool breeze and comepletely sunny and we couldnt have asked for a better day! :) Happy Birthday again Laci! ♥ ♥



Laci's Birthday day:

We got up and had pancakes and showers. The kids both slept in til about 9am. Then we packed the wagon and more stuff and headed to the Atlanta Zoo! Another beautiful fair weathered day with a slight breeze. The kids loved the zoo and it even made me really appreciate how very lucky I am and me and Brian were especially lovey all day long. We took our time as everyone was in a great mood and had fun watching animals, petting animals, and playing in the zoo playgrounds. We had some lunch and christopher started not feeling so well. While we were there a woman with an accent came up to us and asked if we could use "these" and handed us 2 adult and one child city passes! In them were tickets to both the aquarium and fernbank!!!! So we thanked her a ton and immediately planned the week out. What we hadnt planned on was christopher having food poisoning. :( But 3 days down he is getting better everyday and not letting a weak belly keep him from stuff! He refused to miss out on the weeks activities so we have been full steam ahead...with a few barf bags in tow! Anyhow we finished the day out at the zoo and headed home. The kids both passed out and we got home and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon. Another great day in the books! :)

Monday:
Christopher was still sick but wanted to go to school so we let him. That afternoon Laci went to see the dermetologist and had her "spot" looked at on her face. Turns out it was a cyst with a Calcium deposit. He decided to lance it there in the office on the spot and drain it and remove the 2 large calcium "stones" from it. She was done in about 20 mins and her spot is on the mend now and looking a lot better. The doc said if it didnt go away to come in for a second lancing, but a third time will require a periatric plastic surgeon. So we are praying once was enough!

Tuesday:
So we realize that Christopher may possibly have something other than food poisoning since he is still puking and getting more lethargic, but his spirits were high and he didnt want to miss anything so we set out on an adventure to the Georgia Aquarium! It was a cloudy day but warmish and we headed out around 10am. The trip down was super easy as I think I am finally getting used to Atlanta roads and starting to recognize intersections and areas better to find ourselves around town easier. The aquarium was great! Other than the big jellyfish exhibit being down, we enjoyed it imensely! The kids were both pretty good and we stayed for almost 4 hours! :) We got some good pics and had lunch and got a few treats at the end and just enjoyed yet another day of relaxation. The kids both slept soundly on the way home and we had a nice evening. Tuesday night Laci started to snub food which made us go on high alert.

Wednesday:
Christopher is still puking but feeling hungry. He wanted to eat all day long but had trouble holding a lot down. He is holding liquids well though and we think he is on the mend. Its a rainy day. We go to a local shelter looking at dogs as we think we may finally be ready to open our hearts and home to a new one. The kids enjoyed it, esspecially the cat rooms, and once a month on a saturday morning Christopher is going to start giving back to his community by visiting the cat rooms and brushing them and feeding them. :) I think its good for him to learn to give back. Laci is increasingly fussy. We decide to take it easy and not do much else for the day. We rented some movies and all watched "Bolt" together. It was a super cute movie and we all enjoyed it! Laci starts puking at 11:45. :( We realize at that moment we have a re-infection of a possible Rotavirus.

Thursday:
So far today Christopher is doing much better. Laci however is having serious diarrhea and not very hungry. No more puking so far, but I am ready for it. She is fussy, its raining and all in all a pretty crappy day. Its coldish and cloudy and just blah. And at this moment I feel a bit uneasy in the belly myself. **prays its just in my head**. We were going to attempt Fernbank today but with everything going on we have decided to wait it out. Hopefully this weekend will be nicer and we will all be on the mend and can go and see the dinosaurs at Fernbank then! *crosses fingers*. Today I plan on taking it easy and having more of a repeat over yesterday. Me and brian Lysoled the house this morning and we are using hand sanitizer like mad! All of laci's diapers are going outside to the trash and we are trying to not spread this around, especially since Brian starts his new job on Monday!!!!!

And the biggest news of all~~~

THE PRUITT FAMILY IS STAYING IN CANTON PERMANENTLY!!

After much deliberation and thought we have decided that we are not willing to lose all of the equity in our home by selling now at such a terrible price. Canton is booming right now and honestly is becoming more and more like kennesaw everyday but a lot closer to all the fun outdoorsy stuff we love to do as a family, like the lake, Burts farm, Cagle, and the YMCA. So we are taking our house off the market and re-financing and trying to get in at a lower rate at 125k. We are then going to finish the wall in chriistopher's room so he has a real bedroom and not a loft, add a nice swingset/playset at the bottom of the hill for the kids, pay off the homeowners bill so we can have access to the pool all summer, and pay off our credit cards. The put money away for the next house and some back down on this one. Then in about 3 years we plan on selling. We will, however, remain here in canton and not pull the kids out of school.

Next Thusday I register Christopher at Liberty Elementary!!!!!! My baby boy is starting Kindergarten!!!!!

So thats all our news! Hope you enjoyed it! I am off to take a hot shower and keep waiting to hear about our refinance progress! Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

♥ The Pruitt Four!! :)

A whale friend at the Aquarium!

From our trip to the aquarium yesterday! :)

Happy Happy!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACI!!!!

Yes my baby girl is 2 years old today!!!! I am so happy and so sad at the same time!!! We are heading to the zoo in a few minutes! I will get back on and update this afternoon!

Much love!

Happy Friday Folks...

Its a beautiful spring day already and I am anxious to get to this beautiful weekend! Today I have about ohhhh 400 loose ends to tie up for the party tomorrow. I am having lunch with my mom at Chcik fil A and hoping she can get me a discount on the trays I have ordered there for the party tomorrow. Teehee! Then I have to start prepping the house for showings again. It is over on the first sale, and at this point after 2 days of "mourning" we are ready and pumped to get this house sold again!! We are all confident that a coventional loan appraisal is going to be higher and we know that we are 100% anti-VA loan now. We have an open house next sunday, a month and a half to get into our apartment, and a renewed fuel and drive to git-r-done! Today I am going to go buy some pretty flowers at lowed and fill in my bare flower bed outback to make me feel better. We are touching up paint in the livingroom, and have a bunch of odd jobs to do.
Tomorrow is the bday party! Yay! I cant believe its the day before my baby girl's 2nd birthday party! *tears* This last year has flown by and I know a lot of it has to do with the house being up for sale and a lot of time and energy put into it, I am praying for a quick sale again now so I can go back to looking foward to a relaxing year (or two) of just living for the family. Her party will be so pretty! I am excited to get up and decorate everything and I am anxious to see how many people show up since in all the stress of things I *never* got around to sending invites! :( Its been word of mouth only! oy! I am completely scatter brained anymore and more forgetful than I have ever been in my life!
Sunday for Laci's birthday we are heading to the Atlanta zoo!! :) I absolutely loved it last year and I know Laci will flip out with all the animals now since she is in LOVE with all animals!! I am super excited for that too! :)

Well I need to go get a gazillion things done! I will post pictures tomorrow after the party!

Love you all!

♥ Robin ♥

What the %$#@?!?!?!?!?

So its over, temporarily.

We are back at square one. With 9 days to go, and a max of 1.5 months to take advantage of our dream apartment before kissing it goodbye, our house sale fell through. The VA appraisal went crazy and only appraised us at 116,500. Thanks to the 15 foreclosures in our neighborhood we have lost ALL of our equity and are not far from chipping into the original 15k down payment. As of right now, we are just numb and in shock...and...back on the market. We could see a conventional loan bring us closer to our 125k asking price, but this neighborhood is shot...we will never see the original price again and likely not even in the mid 120s.

Please pray for a miracle for us. :(

Until some other day, I am off to focus on my baby girl's birthday party. Talk to everyone next week.

A very very sad mommy P.

:*(

Happy St. Patricks Day!

So it is saint patty's day! My happy Irish day! :) Woot! And we were given a lil luck o' the irish yesterday when...

BRIAN GOT THE JOB WITH ALLSTATE!! :D

Yup, he is finally out of the body shops! 10 years in the profession and *finally* he is in a job where he can retire! Where there is some form of job security and where he can be happy! I am so happy for him and proud of him! Hundreds of people applied for this position and he was one of the lucky few that made it! He is coming on as a Senior Writer as well because of his experience on the field so he isnt even coming in on the lower end of the totem pole! :) The only sucky part is that he has 4 months of training and sometime in those 4 months he will have to go to training in CHICAGO for up to 2 weeks! Without us! Wahhhh! ;) But he will be fine, and, *sniff*, so will we. We will just miss each other dearly during that time.

Anywho we went and got supplies for Laci's birthday yesterday and ordered the food from Chick Fil A. We also got christopher a green glittery hat and some shamrock beads to wear to school today for St. Patricks day. He is such a cute funny kid! ♥

Well its our TEN DAY COUNT DOWN!!!!
I cant believe in just 10 days we are moving! Its so wild! I have decided to leave a little letter on the counter for the new couple when we leave next friday. Just a little something wishing them well and telling them how happy our lives have been here and stuff, I think it would be cute.

Finally the rain is stopped and we can crank open the garage doors and get to work some more. But thats after I go to the doctor for my sinus unfection. I think its made its way into my lungs and I feel like hell! Ugh! :( But I dont have time to wear down to nothing! I got a big birthday in 4 days and a HUGE move in 10! Wish us luck!

Much Irish Love!
Robin

Monday, bleh!

Very quick update, lets see...

1. I have a sinus infection that has me on meds. I feel like its getting down in my chest and may have to go to the doc, ick.

3. It has been raining for 3 days now, and its going to all day today too. So that makes packing and moving really hard to do. So everything has kinda been on hold now.

4. Tomorrow is the day the tenant is suppossed to be moving out of our apartment! eek!

5. I went to Dustin's funeral yesterday and it was harder than I thought it would be being that I didnt know him.

6. Laci's bday is this weekend! I cannot believe my baby girl is turning two in a week! Where did the time go? I have SO much to do still its crazy! I havent done anything to prepare for her birthday yet. I have done such a crappy job with her birthday this year. I feel like such a bad mommy! :(

7. We went to christopher's girlfriends sister's bday yesterday at Build a Bear in the mall. The kids both made an animal and everyone had a really great time. What a cute idea for a party! We loved it! :)

8. Still no job for brian, money is starting to wear very thin now and we are almost at an uncomfortable scary stage...thank God we are closing in 11 days!

Well thats about it. Other than some very personal issues that stemmed from signing onto Myspace for the first time in weeks, I am doing good. When it comes to the myspace thing, I have adjusted my life accordingly. Time will show what that means, right? Hope I havent bored you all to tears today!

*robin*