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Sunday, July 6, 2008

.:* 4th of July * :.



We had so much fun on Brogan's 1st 4th of July. It was a very long weekend though. Buddy had a bye week this weekend so he was able to hitch a ride home with some friends to experience it with us. It is also his birthday weekend, tmr the 7th he will be 22. Happy Birthday Babe!!!

We started off at the parade in Grandville Friday morning. Auntie Morgann and Auntie Chelsea and soon to be Uncle Kody met us there along with Grandma and Grandpa Rivera and Uncle Jon and his girlfriend before they took off on their motorcycles! We walked there from Auntie Brookes house it was SOO hot!

Brogan fell asleep on the way to the parade but as soon as we got there the motorcycles that started it off woke him up! He sat right up and wanted to know what was going on. He didn't cry a bit, and was very interested in everything. ESPECIALLY his American flag! He got a BIG bag of candy that mostly mom and dad ate. Also he got a special treat! Dad gave him a couple licks of his popsicle! he lovvvved it... of course, and it probably felt really good on his gums!


:: My first piece of Candy ::


After the parade we checked out the 3 on 3 basketball tournament going on at the middle school. He sat with Brandon and dad and watched the guys play and loved it! He's such a boy. Loves sports already!

At night we went to Drew's and watched the fireworks from his back yard. He was so amazed. Even though it was past his bedtime, he wasn't too bad, but fell asleep before i even had the car on to go home. What an awesome day!
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::Introduction::

Although his life was unplanned Brogan has brought so much joy to ours. We found out we were pregnant May 21st, 2007, and what a shock that was. Looking back on that time now, as i look into his big blue eyes, I don't think we ever could have known what happiness he would bring with his arrival. I worked right up until my water broke at 4:40pm on January 15th. My heart was beating so fast as Buddy met me at my house (after i had to call and pull him out of an interview to let him know it was "TIME", he got the phone call he had wanted! Since I was scheduled to have an induction on the Thursday following and we both really wanted it to happen naturally. We got to the hospital between 6 and 6:30 and i was dilated to 5. After I got the epidural around 8:30 -9 I dilated to 10 within the hour, but was so numb that I could not feel my contractions to push. Poor Brogan was stuck there for another 3 hours with his head just trying to come out! We turned down the epidural, and when I could feel enough to push, it only took 1 hour and our baby boy was delivered into this world by his Daddy and Grandma Wood at 1:51 am on January 16th 2008. Grandma R and Aunt Chelsea and Aunt Brooke were also there to share that special moment and capture it with photographs and video. The rest of the family came in shortly after. What an amazing experience this has been...

-Brogan Lee Rivera-
7 lbs 6 oz, 19 3/4th in. 1:51 am 1/16/08