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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Valentines Day Weekend <3

Valentines day weekend Buddy was able to come home again! We were very excited to have him here, one because of his brother Caleb's Conference wrestling meet, and two so that we could go on a date! hahaha (OK so number two was mostly me) So we spent our v-day at EK (my former stomping grounds) for the district finals. I can't believe I let my son wear GRANDVILLE attire there, but I guess it was to support his uncle Caleb so that's ok!

watching Uncle Caleb with Dad and learning all the tricks!
Someday babe! Someday!

CONFERENCE CHAMPION! GREAT JOB CALEB!

After the tournament, Buddy and I took Brogan home and got him ready for bed. My brother Travis had agreed to watch him so that Buddy and I could go for a late dinner. I had really been wanting to go to a hibachi style restaurant with Buddy because he had never been! So we went to KOBE- its a Japanese steak house/hibachi restaurant/sushi bar right across from Rivertown mall. For anyone that hasn't been to one- The chef cooks in front of you while putting on a show by throwing shrimp into your mouths, and lighting food on fire. Its SO much fun and the food is AWESOME. We put in our names and then went to the mall to stroll around for a little bit as there was a couple hour wait (they weren't taking reservations for Saturday so we just had to deal with it). It was so much fun! The food was great, and BUDDY LOVED IT! We had some pretty nice people at our table as well so it was an enjoyable evening. What a great day!




You really shouldn't say "I love you" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. ~Author unknown, attributed to an 8-year-old named Jessica

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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