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Thursday, November 27, 2008

:: Happy Thanksgiving ::

Ok, so I am a little late on the thanksgiving post... I was trying to wait until I got some more pics from my sister from my grandparents house, since I was so busy talking and chasing our little man who is walking all over the place, that I forgot to take any pictures :)

I am so thankful for my family, and Buddy's family who are SO supportive of Buddy myself and Brogan. We couldn't do it without you guys! We love you very much! I am also very thankful for a faithful God, who even in hard times, will always be there. I am thankful for health, that we have all managed to survive this year without any major bumps or bruises (minus a sprained ankle that was all shades of purple) We all have so much to give thanks for this year, and every year!
"Our Little Charlie Brown watching the Macy's Parade! WAIT a minute whose that! Its the Charlie Brown Float!!!"

First we had dinner over at my house. We eat early in the day, since most of the time us kids have another Thanksgiving -or 2 in our case- to go to later! While we were preparing DELICIOUS meal #1 Daddy and Brogan hung out and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and a little football of course!




At my house we were fortunate enough to have my Uncle Don(my dad's oldest brother) and his daughter Emma over! What a great surprise that was! We had the doorbell ring just as we were sitting down and were so excited because we didn't know if they were going to make it or not!



After we let our food settle for a little bit, it was off to the other side for some more TURKEY and fixins!



Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for some more pie and ham sandwiches :) The last in a long tradition of Thanksgiving open houses at their house- Our family has simply grown too big for their Condo! There were 32 of us there this year!




When we had our fill, we traveled back home and let the triptophene kick in from the turkey... needless to say we all had a VERY good nights sleep :)

::Thanksgiving 2008 ::
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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