Pruitt Party of 6!!

O. My. Goodness.

Five days after I had a mammoth yard sale and sold and/or gave away almost every single baby item I had we received a glorious phone call. 

"Y'all want a baby girl?"

Well...those weren't the exact words of the placement worker but that was the gist of the phone call. 

Did I mention we were 11 hours away on vacation when we got this phone call?

Did I mention we had drove 22 out of  24 hours in order to bring sweet baby girl into our lives? 

I have a serious clinical obsession with little girls.  I love em.  I love em like crazy.  Pink.  I love pink!!!!  This little girl is a walking bottle of pepto bismol.  It's wonderful. 

As with any placement uncertainty abounds.  I can't dwell on that.  I have today. 

God knows the desire of my heart better than I do.  I trust in His plan for our lives. He has given me today. 

I never want the day to come when I have to part with this angel.  If that day comes I know the comforter.  I have no idea if I should approach this with a "name it claim it" faith or a "don't get your hopes up" attitude.  I can tell you that this baby has awoken areas of my heart that I shut down a long time ago.  That scares me more than I can tell you.  I can't live in that fear though.  I have today. 

This little princess is the best baby I have ever been around in my life!  She NEVER cries unless she is hungry and even then it isn't a big ordeal.  She is all smiles and squeals and giggles.  Her big brown eyes light up at the sound of Allen's voice and she gets so excited she can barely stand it when she can see him.  She loves it when I give her kisses and holds my face so I can't go anywhere.  I have lost hours of my nights just staring at her sweet little body all cuddled up.  She loves her older brothers and they ADORE her. 

As far as babies are concerned we've NEVER had an easy one.  I love love love every single baby we've ever had the opportunity to foster but NONE of them have been easy going.  God bless their wittle hearts!!!!  So this is an unexpected AMAZING turn in events.  Thank you Jesus!!!!!!

It has been crazy and I don't think any of us are adjusted to this new life.  We've been at the beach with our sweet friends for the past 7 days, we are getting ready to spend a day or two with my family in NC, and then we return to life in Knoxville.  Allen will return to work, and life will resume.  As daunting as "normal" feels, I'm also ready to get into the swing of things again. 

I love all of our babies so much.  With each placement I feel a new type of love spring to life.  So, I'm a mommy of four amazing little lives.  I love this life.  I love today.  Can we freeze this moment?