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Monday, November 24, 2008

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When we woke up this morning there wasn't any snow on the ground, by 11:30 there was already 3 inches! HOW FUN! Mom turned on the Christmas music and after we picked up daddy, we went outside to have some wintery fun!
Brogan wasn't too sure about the snow at first, with the crunchy noises it was making (good packing snow) and all the layers of clothing that he had on made it hard to move! He sure is a cutie though!



Buddy thought that it would quite funny to throw some snowballs since it was such good packing snow, but we got him back!! Then we decided to build Brogan's first snowman together!!!

Buddy giving Brogan some first time pointers!

OK son you gotta pat the sides to pack it tight, and make the snowman round!Hows that dad?
HEY daddy you got white stuff on your NOSE!

Smile for the camera while dad is making the belly and the head!Look at the big boy standing up all by himself!
Helping mom put on the finishing touches!!

::Brogan's first Snowman ::

**The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? **
**J.B. Priestley**

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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