another funny from kyle...........

1st- Last week he had diahorrea, and I told him to tell me when he needed a poop (which he did) I asked him if it was runny? and he said.."no its a slow one!" I was happy things had gone back to normal, but just as I was leaving the bathroom, Kyle corrected himself...... "actually, it came shooting our like a meteor!" em...ok kyle!

2nd- (and this is my favorite) It was just me, Kyle and his cousin Sam driving home in the car. The boys were happily chatting, and I put on one of my cd's, I began singing loudly, ( I sometimes get a little carried away and start fantasising that I am on a stage somewhere entertaining millions) I must have been singing for about 20 minutes when, I was rudely brought back to reality! Kyle said... "Mummy, we dont like your songs!" (then worrying about my feelings he quickly changed his tone and added....) "But we like you though!!

I love my kyle xxx

plenty more fish in the sea............

Today we said our goodbyes to our new friend sushi. She passed away peacefully in the night. We have no reason to suspect foul play or suicide. She was only with us for a short time but was everything we would expect from a fish. We solemnly flushed her remains this morning. Kyle says that Santa will bring us another fish, but we reminded him that there are no fish in the north pole because it is frozen over, Unfortunately (for us) Kyle insisted that it is still possible to find live fish under the surface of the ice!!! (seriously... why is he so intelligent??)

farewell our beloved sushi!!

merry christmas from the pug boys xxxx

crazy cowboys...................

no we don't need the toilet! this is how we dance!!

new addition..........

meet our new pet "sushi"!


we inherited this bad-boy at a christmas party! This was my white elephant gift (thanks cheryl)
I hate animals and they hate me! I had a fish once before, that commited sucuide so we will see how long he lasts!

precious brody

Ever since Brody was born, Marks sisters and his mom have told me that he looks like a precious moments doll! I had never seen one before, but I did'nt really think much more about it! But as he has got a little older, I have more and more people come up to me and tell me.... "Oh my goodness, he looks just like one of those precious moments dolls!!" So I had to see for myself! I can't believe the resemblence, what do you think?



Is there a way to make money out of this?

here comes santa claus......

we had our family christmas party on monday and it was SOO MUCH FUN!! Everybody thought so, except Brody who thought sleep was way more important than hanging out with family!! He slept on the floor while we ate yummy soups. (at one point he had rolled his way under the couch in his sleep) there were probably 50 people at Jills house, and they were not holding back on volume!! But this did not phase little sleeping Brody.

The highlight of the evening was when we had a visit from everyones favorite celebrity!! Not even santa or his lovely wife could interupt Brodys snooze.


imagine waking to find that fuzzy face inches from you!! that would be pretty scary!!!!! (no offence santa!)

wake up Brody!! zzzzzzzzz

its dinner time Brody!!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

seriously Brody!! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

drama.......... can't live with it, can't live without it!!! (apparently)

As the temperatures drop outside.... they are rising inside!!

I have been craving fries all morning.
I got the boys sorted with their lunch of hotdogs and fruit, and began making my own lunch. I poured some oil into a pot and placed it on the stovetop to heat. I turned around and began chopping potatoes into slices, I went into fantasy mode, I would put Brody down for his nap, settle Kyle with a movie, and I would curl up on the couch watch Dr Phil whilest eating a big bowl of delicious golden fries!!!... I was brought back to life when Kyle pointed out calmly that there was a fire. I turned to face the stove, to find the pot completely in flames. I calmly tried to decide what to do, I knew not to put water on it (from previous experience). but could not think what to do. Every alarm went off in the house. I switched the cooker off and pushed the pot off the heat, but the fire still raged! I stood there staring at the burning pot for a few seconds, racking my brain, but I could not think of a solution fast enough. The fire grew very fast and within seconds it was fierce and angry. I could feel the warmth on my skin and panic set in! I knew it was getting out of control and I started screaming for the boys to get out of the house!!
Kyle got soo scared that he ran and hid somewhere in the house. At this point, the fire caught hold of the microwave and all of a sudden the glass on the microwave shattered and exploded all over the kitchen! By now I was completely frantic, and kept screaming for kyle, who would not respond to my screams!! I finally saw and grabbed him and made my way outside dragging both boys with me! When we got outside, I began screaming... H_E_L_P!!!! but there was no-one in sight!! I was frantically running up and down the street shouting..."somebody please HELP!!" but... nothing!! Kyle kept saying..."call 911 or mark!!" I thought about calling 911, but I didnt know at what stage would that be neccesary??? I began ringing random doorbells on the street, screaming inbetween knocks!! and finally my next door neighbor came outside and asked what was wrong! " quick, please fire house, help fire help!!" my poor neighbor couldnt understand a word I was saying! apparently "frantic" and "scottish" is not a good combination!!!
While the boys waited outside, me and my new best friend ran back inside to find the cabinets now melting and blistering, and the fire continuing to grow. There were all manner of colorful words (not from my mouth might I add) but I must admit, I did agree with her!! I was absolutely petrified!! It was then that I noticed the vegetable oil bottle sitting on the counter -top, melting and leaning toward the fire. I did not feel that this was going to improve the situation, so I promptly moved it! A thick black smoke wrapped itself around us, and it was getting hard to breath, we ran round the house opening all the windows, and went back outside for air.
I grabbed the phone and tried ringing everyone I knew! I could not get hold of ANYONE!! mark, cheryl, Jill, cheryl, mark, mark, MARK, laurel, cheryl, CHERYL, jill, mark... seriously... MARK!!!!! but nope!! Paranoia set in.. why does nobody seem to care???
Meanwhile, my neighbor came back with her phone in hand and shouted to me... put a lid on the fire!! (she had just called her mom!) so I ran back in, and grabbed my huge metal wok, and bravely stuck my hand through the fire and over the whole pot! PHEW it did something! Infact it did alot! hey that was good advise!! I might not have to say goodbye to my beautiful new table or... my new house for that matter!!
Ok, I could try and calm down now, We all waited outside until the smoke went down, and within a few minutes the alarms stopped wailing, and I felt my blood pressure settling to a steady level, we did it!! Then I felt like a fool, why didnt I just do that at the start? it was so obvious and it could have saved a lot of damage! Or why didnt I just eat hotdogs with the kids? wait... I hate hotdogs!!! I finally got hold of Mark, and when I explained the situation he raced home. (Mark loves to save the day) He travelled at 100mph, to rescue us. (He loves an excuse to drive fast) He got here in record time, but forgot to change into his beloved yellow superman t'shirt ( I guess he didnt have time) When he got home he gave me a cuddle and said he was proud of me! It made me feel so lucky to have such a nice man, who finds it easy to put things into perspective. So, our 4 week old stove and microwave currently reside at the local dumpster! and our beautiful upgraded white cabinets are now a.... dusky black color with a lovely bubbled effect! Our fresh painted sage green walls, are a cloudy grey and the entire house is fragranced with a fluffy smoke flavor that goes right for the tonsils!! who wants to come to our house warming! (it certainly is warm in here!!)


here is one last look at the microwave before he left!

p.s I lost my craving for fries!

to those who voted...............

The voting I am referring to, is the poll on my blog (yes that is more important than, who is going to run the country!) My poll however is not affected by the numbers, for the outcome was decided before the voting began! I don't think it was a secret that I wanted a girl! (purely for shallow reasons e.g dresses and bows and a pink nursery!) I went yesterday for my ultrasound, and as soon as the image came on the screen, I couldnt help the little tears, it was such a beautiful experience, I felt a connection to the perfect little baby inside of me, all of a sudden I knew I didnt care what the gender was, because I knew I wanted that baby! And then I saw it... I said..... Is it a boy? and she said.... " there is absolutely no doubt!" So it is with much excitement, that I announce to the blogging world..... That we are indeed having another boy! and we could not be happier!!!! Mark said.... "we need to go buy another camping chair!" and it dawned on me, that while all the boys in my life go camping, I can go and get a pedicure!! Oh life is good!!!!
from happy pregnant me!

another brody moment............

yesterday I noticed Brody standing at the front window staring out. I asked him what he was doing and he responded............... "I'm just waiting on my girl!!!" "his girl" is sweet little Evelynne (his cousin who lives across the street) now I have 2 sets of kissing cousins (and we don't even live in alabama!!)

cute bro-bro

we were in the car driving home when Brody asked... "momma... I cool?'
to which I responded.... " yes Brody, You are cool!! Is mummy cool?"
Brody said...." No! You not cool! You bootiful!"

ahh brody how sweet (even though I look like a whale!)

Happy Birthday to Kyle..............

Today is my baby's birthday! I can't believe he is 4 years old!!! He has been overly excited about his birthday for several months, and has asked me (almost daily) when his "guest-es" are coming? I have had to answer him saying they would not be arriving for 2 months!!! The next day he would ask... "is it 2 months yet?" It has been a long wait for all of us!!! but finally it has arrived and we made sure to have loads of fun!!!

We invited 2 of kyles cousins and his special friend sammy (who is only known by her full name!!!

They took a trip to the park


p.s the only way to control 5 toddlers, is to treat them like dogs!!

cake!!! (please notice my first ever attempt at cake decorating!)

car races!! (we dont really know how to entertain girls at my house!)


silly faces!!

presents............

hide and seek.............

Then they ate pizza and watched a video with popcorn! (no pics)

and then........... the big party started!! All the family came to our house and celebrated our little kyle!! He was soo excited to see soo many people, and soo many pressies!! Happy Birthday precious Kyle we love you!! xxxx

P.S Kyle went cold "turkey" on giving up his "dummy" (pacifier) tonight! so far so good! (yep I know he is way too old)

trunk or treat

Ok it has been a rough week for us, and I have been spending much time cleaning up large quantities of snot, vomit and diahorea. We didnt think we would get to celebrate halloween this year, but last night everyone seemed to be feeling better, so we went to our old wards trunk or treat! It was sooo much fun, and it was lovely to see all my old pals from pecos park! Kyle was an adorable pirate, and brody was a cute little cowboy! I was a fairy and mark....... well.... something happened to him when he tried on that wig! I think he enjoys the unusual feeling of hair on his head!!

more funnies............

Kyle: mummy why is your tummy cracking?

Me : No Kyle they are called stretch marks,

Kyle: Oh...... well it looks wierd!

Me : (mildly offended) Thanks Kyle

Kyle (totally serious).... Your welcome!



Last night Brody and Kyle were taking a bath when Brody started crying.... "kyle just put bubbles on my chiny chin chin!" (we have been reading the 3 little pigs alot lately!)

yep its another one from kyle..................

Ok I can't sleep until I record this one, as I might forget this in the morning.
We had quite a busy afternoon today which began at the doctors office, Kyle took a drink from the water fountain and completely soaked his t'shirt, so he took it off. We went to see Julia next, Kyle walked in with his manly exposed chest and played for a few minutes before needing to go to the bathroom. I followed him in there only to find a pair of damp transformer underpants on the floor and his jeans back on! I asked him what happened and he said "a little bit just "camed "out!!" I felt the jeans and they were dry, so off we went to our next stop, which was cheryls house. He played downstairs for quite a while, and when I went down to check on him he was completely starkers! I asked kyle what was going on and he said..." yep it just "camed" out again!!" so I said... "well Kyle now you are totally naked!" to which he responded very matter-of-fact, "No I am not totally naked, I still have my socks on!!!" sure enough, there he was wearing nothing but a red pair of socks and a cheeky smile!!!!!

utah trip

We just got back from utah this week and we had soo much fun!! We went to see my sister pauline who is serving on temple square. She gave us a tour, Kyle was very fascinated with everything there was to see. I cant believe how grown up Pauline has become and how confident and beautiful she is, I have never been more proud of her!! The weather was very different from Arizona, and it even snowed while we were up there! But it ended out being quite lovely around 55 degrees, we spent alot of time at the park, and we also went bowling which was soo much fun with the boys! seriously I still cant believe how much they both enjoyed it ( my camera was in the car) but they would roll the ball and then, both lie down on their tummies while they watched the ball go down and hit the skittles. It didnt get old for them, and embarrasing as this might be.... I came last! seriously my 2 year old beat me at bowling!!! We got to spend some time with mark grandparents and aunts. all in all it was soo much fun but we were all ready to come home!!

new house

Ok we have moved! We finally have internet and phone! oh my goodness that was torture!! (yep I would make a rubbish pioneer!) so we are home sweet home! I completely forgot how stressful moving is! I am glad to say we are pretty much unpacked and settled. I will add pics of the house later.
The biggest challenge so far, has been trying to help Kyle adjust to his new surroundings. He has not enjoyed this experience one bit! Let me explain.......... We were living in a neighbourhood with one of marks sisters living directly behind us, and one sister living directly across from us! Kyle and his 2 partners in crime (they know who they are) were inseperable. Kyle had quite the little social life, and my phone was constantly ringing with invitations for kyle to go and play with his special cousins. It has been hard for Kyle to move away from his perfect world, and he has sobbed his heart out on many occasions, which breaks my heart. I have heard that his moving was not recieved too well on the other side either!! We have had to drive back and forward to keep the little friends happy! poor little kyle! Brody on the other hand, has had quite the opposite reaction to the move, he has settled in very well, and is especially happy to be living directly across the street from his cousin evelynne (who is only 6 weeks older than him) They have become best friends and go back and forwards to each others house constantly. Poor kyle misses his friends soo badly!! I took him out on a little date to coldstones this morning, so we could hang out, and I have also enrolled him in a preschool by our new house. I know he will make lots of new friends soon, and he will ALWAYS have his wonderful cousins!!!




this pic was taken after the kiss, (I could never catch the actual kiss) but believe me, there was much kissing! I dont know what it is about my boys and their cousins!!!!!

another kyle-ism

kyle: mummy?

me: yes kyle?

kyle: If I pulled my arms off, would it bleed?

me: Yes it really would!

kyle: ok, I wont pull my arms off

me: I am very glad!

I hate moving!!!

We are officially moving into our new house on Monday!! It is with excitement and tears that we go. Everything about moving is stressful I HATE moving!!!! The most depressing factor for me is............. we will have no phone line for..... wait for it............. a whole WEEK! How am I going to survive???? I feel naked if I dont have my phone at my ear!!! To all our lovely neighbours in Hi-5 subdivision..... Thank you for making us feel so welcome and loved, we have loved this area with all our hearts, we will miss you all. Thank you for looking out for my children and for picking them up when they fall (quite literally). We love you all and will see you again on halloween!! till then.......... kisses and hugs
The Pugmire family xxxx

war child.............

Today was eventful!! Oh how I don't like eventful days! But it was infact one of those days!! It started well, I was getting ready for a fun birthday lunch for my friend Holly. I love pei wei, and was soo excited for my child free lunch with friends. I dropped off my little men at auntie cheryls house, and they were getting ready to go to the park for a picnic. Kyle was very excited, Brody not too happy I was leaving him, but loves cheryl too. I was on my way! I got to pei weis and we were all sitting down waiting to order when I got a phone call..... The only words I could hear were..." Kyle..... face plant..... stitches!!!" I was out of the restaurant like a flash! I went speeding down the street creating in my mind a horrendous scene including unconscienceness, lots of blood and even an exposed skull (yep my mind is cruel to me), tears flooded my eyes as I imagined my sweet baby crying for me. I continued my race home, hoping not to overtake any police in my crazy state! I arrived at the scene, only to find a rather composed kyle with a mere bandaid on his forehead. I was overcome with relief, it was way more managable than my crazy mind had created! I got in the car with cheryl and we continued on to urgent care, Cheryl assured me that I would not like to see what was under the bandaid, and by the condition of both cheryl and Kyles stained clothing, I took Cheryls word, and decided to try and avoid it if I could. On the way to the doc, Cheryl explained that Kyle had been running ahead with his cousin, and they had fallen into eachother and Kyle had hit his head hard on the kerb! OUCH! We went into the office and Kyle had to be strapped down tightly to keep him completely still. I think this is what scared him the most. He was crying so much I thought my heart was being ripped to shreads. It was horrable feeling so helpless. He kept saying through his sobs..." I just want to go home" It was heartbreaking!!! But I tried to hold myself together so that Kyle could be brave, I had to try and distract him from his discomfort by telling him all his favourite stories, which he kept correcting me on (because apparently I was not telling them right). Anyway, so sweet little Kyle had to get 8 stitches in his forehead. When we left the doctor, Kyle could have asked me to buy him a puppy and I would have done it! It is amazing that when you see your baby so helpless and in pain, how much love you feel for them, I love my little Kyle soo much and am soo grateful that his birthmother made the difficult decision to place him for adoption, and I am even more grateful that she chose mark and I to be this special child's parents, It is an honor, and I need to remember that more often! we love you Kyle, and hope your head feels better soon xxxx

Here is kyle at bathtime, and then all creamed and bandaged up again ready for bed. I still think he could have a career as a model (but I might be biased)

try not to smile when you look at these pics...... its impossable!

yep its true....... we have
scrummy little boys!!!