Owen is in Kindergarten

On August 4th, Owen started Kindergarten!! How in the world is he big enough to go to school?! He had been counting down the sleeps until it was time to start!

 

I have a shelf in his closet that has all of his clothes set out for the week. So at 5:04 am he comes downstairs completely dressed for his first day of school...shoes and all! Bless him





 He brought his lunch the first day but has wanted to buy lunch all but one other day! He is loving school and learning so much! :)

Dr. Pruitt is on call

Residency started July 1st with Justin working in internal medicine on night shift! I think both of us were really nervous! His first two night went well and we survived at home without him! I'm so glad that his month of internal medicine is OVER. That was by far the hardest month we have had as a family. He was gone A LOT and missed him A LOT. 

DCOM Class of 2015

At the beginning of May we headed back up to Harrogate, TN for Justin's graduation! This was an event that we had been waiting for for many years! The Thursday before graduation, we attended a graduation "party" at The Stables. This was a fun time to catch up with everyone since we had not all been together for two years. 

A rare picture of the two of us dressed up without a kid or four hanging from our legs. :)

 The original playgroup moms! I don't know what I would have done without these ladies! We spent many days playing at each others houses, eating lunch together, and going on adventures while our husbands became doctors. When we all first met, we had 7 children between the four of us...now we have (almost) 12!! :)

Saturday, May 9th was such a special day!! We became Dr. and Mrs. Justin Pruitt!! I am so proud of him and all of his hard work! The four years of medical school flew by and we made so many memories during those years!

 

Match Day

March 20th finally arrived and we found out that Justin matched family medicine at UAB-Huntsville!! We had been waiting on this day since the first day of medical school! Match day is such a big and exciting day as a medical student! We were so excited to be headed back to Huntsville for at least the next three years!

Charlotte Gayle

Well...so much has happened since my last post, but I'm not giving up on trying to keep up with this blog! I have loved looking back at my blog books and I want to keep it up through residency! So...here goes some crazy and exciting updates!:)

 

First up...Charlotte Gayle was born on March 10th weighing 7lb 5oz and measuring 19 in.! I was completely shocked that we had another little girl! I kept asking Justin if it was really a girl! The entire time I was pregnant, I had a feeling it may be another little girl, but I didn't want to get my hopes up! So now we have 2 boys and 2 girls! :)

Completely in love with our little Charlotte!

 

 Look at all that blonde hair!

 The kids were so excited to meet baby Charlotte!

 Pruitt- family of six!

 Precious girl wearing the dress that I came home from the hospital in followed by her big sister...now her!

DCOM Re-Reunion

Last weekend, we headed up to Chattanooga to meet up with our med school friends for lunch and a play date at the park. We had beautiful weather and such a great time catching up with friends! Between the 7 different couples, we have 20 kids...and two more on the way in just a few short weeks! :)

Owen and Natalie having fun! These two have really missed each other this past year.

 Grace Ann had a great time too! She hung right with the big kids!

Natalie did a great job chasing Walker around!

 Walker enjoyed watching this little dog for a long time. See that family having a picnic? Well Walker busted up right in the middle of it just a minute after this picture was taken! I took my eye off of him for 10 seconds, and he decides to join their picnic!

I can't believe that the next time this group gets together, it will be at graduation!!! Not to mention that we will have expanded our group by 2 kids! :)

Daddy/Daughter Date at Chick-fil-A

While I was Chick-fil-A getting my free coffee yesterday, I noticed they were having a daddy/daughter date night that evening! I texted Justin and told him and he was able to come home from the hospital in time to shower and take Grace Ann on a date! I got Grace Ann all dressed up and even curled her hair! On a side note...I'm loving that she is letting me "play" with her hair these days!! Anyways, Justin rang the doorbell and we let Grace Ann answer it! She was so excited to spend some special time with daddy!!

 Pretty girl ready for her date! :)

 And we are looking at the camera!!

 Justin texted me this picture of her during their date! Notice the candle on the table?!

They both had a wonderful time! Grace Ann will be talking about their date for days!