I wanted to try to video Brogan with my new camera, in his favorite place…the bathtub! After further attempts to download the video and then seeing that I have to pay $59.95 for the upgrade, all your getting is pictures. Sorry folks!

Thanksgiving 2009…so many things to be thankful for!

*Kyle-always supporting me in my crazy ideas,adventures and life in general. Thank you for being a Godly man and leader in our house.  

*Brogan-what a blessing!!! We waited to soo long for him and he has been nothing but a complete joy. I wonder everyday what kind of  little boy and then man he will grow up to be. I pray that he watches his dad and grows into the same Godly man.

*Families-thank you for all your prayers for Brogan and help with Brogan. Because of your help Kyle and I can still work on our marriage.

*Friends-without you we would be very tired. Thank you for all the date nights. Again, this has allowed Kyle and I to work on our relationship. I know that many of you prayed for Brogan well before he got here and have continued to pray for him since. We are blessed to  have each one of you in our lives.

Here are a few pics of Brogan’s first Thanksgiving…

Laura and Andrew came over the other day and Andrew decided he wanted to hold Brogan. Laura got him on the couch, had him sit all the way back and here we go. Andrew thought he was being sooo BIG! He wanted to give Brogan his pacifier and then when Brogan did start crying he wanted to give him back. Here are some of the sweetest pictures!!!

I don’t know if this is more true for Brogan or me…rice cereal is my new best friend!  Granted we only give him two tablespoons at his last feeding of the night, but it helps him sleep from 10:30ish to 3:00ish. Oh how we love cereal!!!

I decided that maybe walking in Race for the Cure would jump start me exercising. Mom, Brogan and I walked our mile in the freezing cold and then headed home to warmth.

This was the first time that my brother, Brad got to see Brogan. Not only was it special to have him here, he brought his daughter Kiersten with him. Kiersten is an amazing little girl…The week before Brogan was born, Kiersten was diagnosed with a brain tumor. What could have been a very grim recovery ended up being a miracle. Kiersten’s parents were told that she would be in the hospital a minimum of 6-8 weeks and then have months of OT. She went home two weeks later and only needs OT a few times a week for a few months. What a blessing both of these babies are to their family.

Thanks to Brogan’s friend Olivia he has the best kick & play. He just figured out that he can reach the toys and boy does he go to town. Here are a few snapshots of Brogan enjoying himself.

That is harder than you think! There are too many parts that can’t be submerged yet! He did not like the bath at first but within a few seconds he was just fine. I have waited many years for the smell of MY baby after a bath. It was as heart melting as I thought it would be. I love this little boy!!!!

This is the first official Brogan blog. I must warn you in advance that it is long. I am a proud new mom, what can I say? Here is our play by play…We made it until September 10th. The morning started at 3:00 am. I woke up and knew I would not be able to go back to sleep until 4:00 so I got in the shower. We stopped by CVS so I could get some waterproof mascara…I know, that’s a shocker! We checked in at Labor & Delivery at 5:00 and went to our room. After filling out paperwork, blood work and the such,we were sitting ducks. We were the first ones scheduled at 7:30 and they came and got us at 6:50 since they were ready. We had the best nurses in the OR. They passed the camera back and forth and took a combined total of 200 pictures. The surgery went off without a hitch and by 9:15 I was headed back to my room to see my sweet baby boy.

We are going to create an e-mail group with people who want to be notified when Brogan gets here. If you would like to be included in this group please e-mail me (l.plumlee@sbcglobal.net) your address. I think this will be the easiest way for people to be notified. Of course we will have the lap top at the hospital and we (Kyle) will be downloading lots of pics! 8 weeks to go!!!!!