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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

:: First Trip to the Zoo::



On Sunday we went to John Ball Zoo! I have spent so many years coming to the zoo now its fun to take Brogan! He was a lot more interested than i thought he was going to be. It was a perfect day for it. The first Animal that Brogan really noticed was the Chimpanzee's. They were close to the glass so they were easy for him to see and notice the movements. He also enjoyed the "Walk with the Wallabies" where the wallabies could actually come down and walk around by you!



Brogan also LOVED the petting Corral.. he got to touch a cow, and goats, and pygmy goats! Here's some pictures and a video!





The zoo has gone through quite a few renovations in the past couple years, and it is awesome now! They have a little pool with sting rays in it that you can touch and feed! And they just opened the new LION exhibit! Though they do have the same 'ole favorites like the waterfall!


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All in all it was a great day and enjoyed by everyone!!! And before we left we had to take a group picture at the Statue!!!

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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