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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

:: Kooiker Family Reunion ::


Saturday was another busy day for us! We had the Kooiker family reunion!! That's Buddy's Mom's side of the family! It was held at Buddy's cousin Erica's House which was BEAUTIFUL! They had so many activities for everyone there! There was a very large pond with a raft and paddle boats for swimming and riding on, Horses, bags, dirt bikes, and of course lots of FOOD! AND THE WONDERFUL CORN :) Everyone made fun of how much i ate :) IT WAS REALLY GOOD! haha





All the guys playing a Horseshoe tournament

Brogan and Cousin Elizabeth swimming in the pond


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Now this next set of pictures was SO funny...
Buddy being nervous that the horse is going to bite Brogan's hand while trying to take a picture of the three of us
Brogan not looking....

The Horse trying to eat my hair and me laughing hysterically because its breath was tickling me, again Buddy Nervous
Finally a good picture of the "4" of us

::My Cowboy::
My little cowboy

Brogan playing with the girls, he ran right into them in his walker!
Saying Goodbye to baby Jude

It was a very FUN but long day, with more to come tmr....!
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1 comment:

Our Family said...

Awe Bri you look like such a good mom.. I miss you guys so much give the little guy a kiss for me

August 6, 2008 at 2:24 PM

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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