Lefty

Brandon has been super cute lately (like that's new). He loves to draw and color. Any time he sees a pen or writing utensil he says "pen, pen" and wants it immediately so he can draw. He also has a thing for watching "Blue's Clues" and knows how to "sign" notebook (not sure if it is actually a sign or not). So he asks for a pen and then signs notebook so we will give him paper to draw on. He is so funny. In the picture he is holding the pencil in his left hand like a pro. Who knows if he really will be left handed, but he sure likes to hold his pencil and crayons and stuff in his left hand.

Night Night Jesus!

At night we have a ritual that we usually do with Brandon, at least most of the time. He has a bath, gets into his pajamas, we read books or hang out for awhile, he gets a bottle and then we take him to bed. The funny part about it is he is usually so ready to go to bed that he will run to his room and sometimes try and climb into his bed. He is so cute. The past couple of nights before putting Brandon to bed he has noticed the picture of Jesus hanging on our living room wall, and on the way to put him in bed he waves and says "Jesus, bye bye" and he waves until we get into his room. He is getting so big and I love him so much.

Taylor

This is the cute Kerns family. Baby Taylor is doing well and has gained some weight. She now weighs 3 lb. 11 oz. Keep on growing you cute little girl you!!

The Zoo

Saturday, the same Saturday of the car wreck, Brandon, Ben, and I went to the Hogle Zoo. It was Brandon's first time at the zoo. He liked seeing all of the animals but he loved the leopard the best. The leopard would pace back and forth in front of the glass and Brandon would stand there waiting for him to walk by. Every time the leopard would walk by Brandon would tense up a little and just giggle. It was so fun to watch. It was a little cold that morning, but we sure enjoyed it. It's fun to do things as a family!

The Car Wreck saved Taylor!

Saturday my Mom, 2 sisters, sister-in-law, and her 3 kids all went to the Disney Princesses On Ice. They all rode together in my mom's mini van and afterward were heading down to American Fork where my Brother was meeting up with them to eat lunch. When they were getting ready to get on the freeway a car two cars in front of her suddenly stopped and so the car in front of Mom and Mom had to slam on their breaks to not hit each other. Mom then looked in her rear view mirror and saw a truck heading right for them that must not have seen them because he didn't stop at all. She told everyone to get ready because they were going to be hit. He rammed right into the back of my mom's van smashing the rear window and sending it flying into the van, which sent mom into the car in front of her. So the front and the back of the van got smashed. Everyone was alright except for the to be expected whiplash. My sister, Emily, who was pregnant went to the hospital so she could get checked out. She ended up having contractions (she wasn't due until April 18th) and every time she had a contraction her baby's heart rate would drop to 60 or below. They decided to watch her for 24 hours before she could go home and she ended up having a c-section around noon on Sunday because they figured the cord was wrapped really tightly around her neck. Taylor Elaine Kerns was born at 11:56 am Sunday morning. She weighed 3 lbs 6 oz and was 15 in. long.



So if my mom wouldn't have been in an accident that sent my sister to the hospital to be checked out, we may have lost our new little Taylor. Doesn't God work in amazing ways!?!

ER

If only I were talking about the television show... Yesterday morning I couldn't get Brandon to take a nap when I needed to shower so I let him shower with me, which usually isn't a big deal anyway. Well he was standing up and lost his footing and slipped :( He landed right on his chin and sliced it open as well as biting his tongue. Boy was it a crazy moment because here I am in the shower all wet and still having conditioner in my hair and Brandon is bleeding in his mouth and from his chin. So what do I do? Well I wasn't thinking at all so I just turned off the water and climbed out and held Brandon while I went looking for my phone to call Ben (of course I was still dripping wet). Finally I found the phone and called Ben (luckily he just works around the corner). While I was waiting for him to come home and help me I sat Brandon on our vanity and cleaned him off and saw that we were probably going to have to go get stitches, and then covered his chin with a band-aid.
We ended up going to the ER and luckily the Dr. was able to basically just super glue it back together. Brandon is such a good boy he handled things probably better than I did. Wow what a day!

Sleep? Yeah right!

This morning in a wonderful effort to let me "sleep in" a little longer Ben got Brandon out of bed and took him into the kitchen to help make breakfast. Brandon being the little sneaky monster that he is would wait until the very second that Ben wasn't paying attention and take off at a dead run for our bedroom yelling "MOMMA". Ben would hurry and catch up to Brandon before he would make it to the bedroom and take him back into the kitchen with him. After about 3 times I told Ben to just let Brandon come in. Brandon runs in and jumps up on the bed (with Ben's help of course) and gives me a great big hug. Even though sometimes I don't get as much sleep as I would like, being a mom is great!

Signs

Sign language? Who would have thunk it? I don't know much, but it's fun to teach it to Brandon. He mostly has been using thank you and please, but he also says them. He also has been using more for who knows how long, but not until recently did I realize that he doesn't think it means more of something he has already had, but "I want to eat that". He just wants to be able to say everything that we do. Another cute thing he has been doing lately is grabbing Ben's face and giving Ben a big smooch. He sure is a cutie.

Here goes nothing...

Wow! Once upon a time I thought I knew a lot of computers and the internet and technology, and now I'm becoming one of those people that say... "What? How do you do that?" I had heard of blogging before, but I sure didn't know how to do it or what it was all about. So here I am finally posting my own blog. Maybe this will help me keep my life written down somewhere.



This is my little boy, who used to be my little baby, Brandon James Pugh. He brings me so much joy it's hard to really describe. He was born November 1, 2006 so now he is just over 15 months old. He is walking all over and of course he is getting into anything he can reach, and what he can't reach he climbs so he can. He is also trying to copy everything we say. He just wants to be all grown up already. Too fast for me. But life is great can't complain too much.

This is my little guy being his normal crazy self!