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We had a wonderful, stress free experience in the hospital and we're one happy family!

Five LONG days after his due date, Cole Brennan Pruett decided to show up. He was born at 6:45am on Saturday, April 14th. He weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and was 19.5″ long. It was a great experience to be near family for the whole process and we had amazing care at the hospital. We still talk about how amazing the staff at the hospital were. It was a real answer to prayer and a blessing to be in such good care and to have such an easy transition into our new zone defense plan now that we’re outnumbered by our kids.

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Maycie’s birthday is coming up and she
is starting to think about her party. So far she seems decided on a princess theme. After breakfast this morning she informed us that she wanted to be excused from the table so she could “go shoot”. While still dressed up like a princess, she proceeded say, “I think maybe I want a gun for my birthday.” That’s my girl!

Later that same day, she convinced Bailey to give her a monster truck tatoo that came with a toy we bought her on our road trip. She was quite proud of her new ink.

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Shortly after our new baby is born Maycie will turn 4, and Dylan will turn 2 years old.

We are back in California and getting used to living in the States again. There are so many things we are really enjoying and not the least of them is being able to choose a Doctor and hospital for the delivery of our third baby. During Bailey’s recent appointment we had another ultrasound and can now say with confidence, “It’s a boy”! We are really excited to have a brother on the way for Dylan and we look forward to watching Maycie develop into one tough big sister. We are expecting the guy’s due date to be April 9th; one week before Maycie’s 4th Birthday. The doctor says both Bailey and the baby are healthy and progressing normally.

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This plus one more bag is all we could take with us for 9 months. We were so thankful to our home church who setup and furnished a house for us to come home to. All we had to do was unpack our bags, and we were settled.

We arranged the house to make room for the chaotic packing job.

Maycie and Dylan were excited to help us pack up.

We went through every room in the house and just pulled out the most important things and set them inside open suitcases. The things we left behind needed to be packed in such a way that they wouldn’t mold or get eaten by pests in our absence, so we put them in another pile which we would later seal in containers with desiccant.

Then there was the issue of the house itself, our vehicles, dogs, etc. It is very likely that the house would be broken into by thieves if we just left it without a caretaker. We had to arrange someone to watch the house, cut the grass and pay the bills. We also had to sign a new rental agreement on the house to be sure it would be ours when we returned, and we needed to arrange for someone to care for and exercise the dogs regularly. After that, we arranged for a couple of people to drive our vehicles periodically while we’re gone, someone to register them, a way to get insurance updated, and a means for transferring money to those who are helping us, etc, etc, etc.Needless to say, leaving for 9 months was a daunting task and a very expensive one. Thanks to a wonderful community of missionaries and Filipino friends, we were able to make the necessary arrangements and get packed up with time to spare. Things will most certainly come up that need our attention while we’re gone, but we now have one more major “missionary” experience under our belts.

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Many have tried but there is just no way to look cool driving a minivan. It's like a scab, picking at it just makes it worse.

That’s right. We came as a family of three when Maycie was just 4 months old and we’re returning with a 3 1/2 year old, a 1 1/2 year old and another one in the hangar due to arrive in April.  We are so excited about a third Pruett to add to the clan and to be at home for the first time when one of our kids is born – Maycie was born in Arizona during our flight training and Dylan in the province in Mindanao. (more…)

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