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Sunday, July 6, 2008

:: First Boat Ride ::

What a weekend of TRAVELING!!! when I got home Sunday i picked Brogan up from Buddy's Parents house and then we went up to Newaygo to Pettit lake for a boat party!! My uncle and aunt were celebrating their new boat and the memories of the old one. AND TONS OF MEMORIES there are!!! We stopped at Meijers before hand and grabbed Brogan a new life jacket so that he could have his first boat ride. And since both Buddy and my own family love to spend time on the lake in the boats, what better time than now?!


We started off kind of shaky... while trying to get a picture with Cousin Caleb

2nd Generation of Cousins

Starting to get a little big more used to this....
"Who was I kidding THIS IS GREAT!!! " Big smiles all around :)

Mom and Brogan




And Below is the famous boating naps. We took these as kids and now Brogan is following right in the same footsteps. He'll be skiing and wake boarding and tubing in no time! But for now he was lulled right to sleep by the sound of the water and the hum of the motor. We love the water and we especially love sharing it with out friends and family.



When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
~Joyce Brothers
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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