Slacking...

I have been slacking in the blogging world. I just really haven't made it a priority to sit down and update what has been going on in the Despain house hold. We have stayed busy this past month. Nic has been busy with work, school, and his carpet cleaning. If anyone needs their carpets done you should give Nic a call. I personally think he does a great job and is very affordable :) haha! Anyway...
We haven't done too much to prepare for our little guys. His room is not even close to being done... infact it isn't even started, but I have been stocking up on diapers, wipes, formula, and baby food. When we found out I was pregnant Nic and I decided I would buy a pack of diapers about once a month. I have gotten some really great deals on diapers so I have bought a couple here and there. Infact I got some Huggies Jumbo packs for $1.99! Anyhow Taya has been practicing changing her babies diapers. I think I am going to have quite the little helper!



I have been making time to take Taya too the park before I go in to work on the day I work late. She loves it and I sure do enjoy our one-on-one time together.


We had a wonderful Easter. We didn't go to Payson cause it was raining here and suppose to be snowing on the rim. So we stayed and went to Tatum's party and spent sometime together coloring Easter eggs. Taya wasn't as into it as I thought she would be. My mom and dad came for Tatum's birthday and it was good to have them around.





We went to Nic's parents house on Saturday night for dinner. It was fun to just relax and watch Taya find the eggs around the house.



Sunday- The easter bunny definetly found us and Taya was so tired when we woke her up she just stared at the baskets! LOL!



We went to church with Lori and Jared. Ben, Kati, and Lori were singing in church so we went to that and then had Easter dinner at Lori's house. It was good to spend time with the family and also with the Baker's. We are so thankful for the True meaning of Easter. To know that I can be forgiven and be clean because of Christ ultimate sacrifice has given me so much comfort. I am grateful for the bridge that it creates so that I can be with my sister again someday. Gratitude... what more can I say.

Here are a few pictures of Ms. Taya and her daddy on Easter Suday. I sure have a good looking family! HA HA!

Some GREAT news

We took Taya to Phoenix Children's Hospital on the 6th to get a VCUG test done. The test was to see if the procedure she had done back in December worked or not. Taya and I checked in at 1:15 and Nic came later to go into the test with us. I can't be in the room when the actual test is being done because it is an xray and I am prego. I was glad he was there. Taya did great. She really does so good the only time she ever cries is when they put the cathider in, which is completely understandable. Their staff is so awesome! We love PCH! Anyway, Taya got to pick a toy after the test and she found a Winnie Pooh dressed up like a bunny! She loves it. We then headed across the street to meet with her eurologist to get the test results. Dr. Richie gave us some wonderful news. Her kidney's are functioning perfectly! He said he didn't need to see her again unless she gets a UTI! No more medicine, no more tests, no more visits! It was such wonderful news. I had such a full heart when we left. I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father for taken care of Taya. We are so thankful that she is healthy!!

Our busy weekend and....drum roll please....

We continue to stay very busy. Even on a weekend like this past weekend that was suppose to be relaxing we found plenty to keep all of us busy! On Friday, I watched Marcus Pixley, he is my friend from work, Megan's son. (that was kind of a confusing sentence lol) Any way, he was a joy to have. Taya loved having some one around to play with!




Disclaimer** Taya was playing with her dress up clothes and Marcus brought me the dress and wanted to play too... who am i to tell him no.LOL!

Then we went and saw Amanda and Madden for a bit Taya and Madden had a ball! Taya loves going over there and I am so thankful that Amanda is willing to keep her 3 days a week for me!! Here is a picture of Taya and Madden playing ring around the roses.


On Saturday we went to the Nursery by our house and bought some flowers, strawberries, and seeds to plant the garden. Taya and Nic had a lot of fun. She loves to be outside working with her daddy! I drove to Phoenix to visit Kati and do some hair at her house! Thank you for all of you that came over there! I appreciate the business! Here are some pictures of Nic and Taya at work.




Nic and his dad also canned 40 lbs of chicken! We love canning! It is a lot of fun to do and to know that you are following a commandment on top of that makes it even more worth it.

Taya has been such a helper lately! She loves to do the dishwasher... as she calls it. She loves to clean! I hope it continues LOL!

She also loves to brush her teeth and is getting quite good at it!



And last but certainly not least! We went and had our ultra sound today! Everything looks great! They say HE is completly healthy. In the 63% percentile! So yes.... We are having a BOY!!!



He moved around like crazy during the ultrasound. He did not like being looked at lol! Nic was excited. It is time this house got a boy... there is way too much pink (according to him lol. We have talked a bit about Kamden as a name... but we don't really know! Anyway... he is healthy and a BOY!!

An update that is LONG over due.....

December was a very busy month for our family of 3 and 1/2 (almost), and it didn't slow done in January either. We celebrated Nic's birthday three times! Once with his family, once with just the three of us, and another time with a combined party for him and Scott Adams. It was alot of fun and we were so thankful for everyone who came to help us celebrate. Taya had an ultrasound done of her kindey. The doctor said that he couldn't tell much from the ultrasound but it didn't look like the kidney was hardening, which can be a side effect of the procedure she had done. We go back for another dreaded VCUG test on March 6th. This will show if the procedure worked. She is back on antibiotics once a day. She's become a good sport and doesn't fight it anymore. I don't understand why they have to make kids medicine taste so nasty.... I guess so they don't try to drink it all the time... hmmm who knows?

Taya is getting so grown up. She will talk your ear off if you give her the chance. If you have ever seen here with her little baby dolls you will know that is going to be an AWESOME big sister. I wonder if she will be a bit too helpful???!!! Here are a few happenings from this past month in a half....






Nic and I did celebrate our third anniversary on January 20th.... It is amazing how time has flown by. I sure do love him. He is the biggest tease I have ever met, but I love that about him. It is never a dull moment around our house and he is constantly keeping me laughing... even if most the time because he is making fun of me!!! We were able to escape to Greer Lodgings, in Greer AZ for the weekend. My parents kept Taya and it was really nice to get away with just the two of us! I didn't bring my camera cause I am pregnant and blonde.... ENOUGH SAID!! LOL! But here are a couple pictures I took with my phone. These pictures really aren't much but if you get an opportunity to go up to Greer. GO!! It is beatiful up there and the resturants surrounding the cabins are excelent!



Any of you who know my husband know that he is ALWAYS on the go. The man can't sit still. He always has to be doing something productive, or what he may think is productive. He rarely sleeps in and any thing he can do to help some one else he will do. Anyway he was suppose to go straight home from work last Wednesday when his dad called and needed help with fixing his window on his truck, it was off the track or something. Any way Nic went over to help his dad out. I got to the house about 5:15 to pick up Taya and it wasn't ten min later that Randa came in and told me to stay in the house and for Nic's mom to come outside. Wierd?? I thought so too. So I waited a few min. then walked outside to see Nic holding a towel against his hand a few drops of blood here and there all over the carport. I looked at him and asked, "How bad is it?"
He replied, "Pretty bad???"
ME: Does it need stitches?
His mom: YES!
ME: Do we need to go to the Urgent Care?
Nic: YES!
ME: Well, let's go.
I think I was a bit in shock and in trying to keep my cool, he thought I was mad that he had cut himself, lol. I laughed and told him that it was me trying not to panic. His mom called and Urgent Care near their house that is run by Doctor's she works with. So even though it was a Pediatric Urgent Care, they let us come on over. We were there for about 2 hours. I have never seen Nic in so much pain. It brought tears to his eyes. He couldn't sit still either he just waltzed all over the place. He made it through it though it is healing slowly but getting a bit better every day. He had to get 5 stiches and he will lose he finger nail off his left pointer finger. You are probably wondering how he cut it?? Well I still don't understand something about a wire and a motor and releasing this thingy that came back and SLICE!! It was dangling at first. Nic was pretty sure he cut it off. We are lucky it wasn't any worse than it was. Any where here are a few pictures...




As for me... Well I stay plenty busy with the two of them lol. I did get to watch Randa's kids last Friday... It was alot of fun and show's me what I will be doing in a couple years... busy busy busy.



We look forward to our new arrival. We find out what it is March 3rd! YAY!! Hopefully I can stay on top of this! Any we love you all!

The Month of December

Here it is January and I am just getting to what happened to us in December! We had a great and eventful month. We started off the month by me flying to Florida for a week to do training at our Florida site. I really didn't do much but WORK... I am not to much of an adventure on my own. LOL! We sent Taya up to Heber to spend some time with my mom and dad. She had a blast and we are so glad that Grandma and Grandpa Despain were willing to bring her back for us. Nic picked me up from the airport. I have never been so happy to see him and little Taya. It was a long week with out them!

The next day we went to the Despain Christmas Party! It was alot of fun! It always is Great food, Great Company, and a wonderful white elephant gift exchange! Nic and I walked out with and ASU shirt and a bag of jerky! WHOO HOO!! In the cousin gift exchange Taya got the cutest tutu and crown! Thanks Ayla and Julie!

We also went caroling this year! It was a lot of fun. Great idea Grandpa!

The following week Taya had a procedure done on her Kidney at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Before she was born they discovered in an ultrasound that her left kidney was not draining properly. They told us when she was born that because of how enlarged the kidney was that she would have to have surgery before she was 3 months old. After some testing and many prayers, blessings, and fasting. We went in to get the results. Dr. told us everything looked GREAT and that he wanted her to come back in couple years to get some testing done to make sure things were still functioning right. So In November Kelli and I took Taya to Phoenix Childern's and had a VCUG test, xrays, and and ultrasound. Results weren't as great this time. Taya's Dr. (Dr. Richie) suggested she get a minor procedure done that would block the ureter that was causing the reflux. He said it was 90% effective, only 1 in 10 kids have to have it done again, out patient, she'll be about her normal activities same day. Nic and I discussed it and decided it would be the best thing. I hate the testing!!! Anyhow so we took her to PCH. My mom came with us for moral support! Thanks MAMA!! Taya did great! They let us get her changed into a gown and scrub bottoms (I wanted to take them home they were so cute)and we met with her doctor and the anesthesiologist. Then they took us down a hallway and took Taya one way and me and Nic another. Taya's Dr. met us at the door and said "come on Taya," and she turned and waved by and off they went. I turned to Nic and said, "They just took her, they didn't even ask!" I started to cry! It seemed like not even five min later that Taya's dr came out to talk to us about the results. He said," You knew your daughter was special right? Well she doesn't just have 2 ureters on the left kidney she has 3 and two on the right!" He said it was only the 3rd case he had seen in his 25 years of being a Urologist. The bad news was that he said he doesn't recommend the procedure they did. So we have to go back for more testing in a couple months to see if it worked.

We also celebrated Cortney's, Nic's sister, 19th Birthday!! Happy Birthday CORTNEY (this was the night before Taya's procedure)




My family also got together to do ginger bread houses. Thanks mom for providing EVERYTHING!!! She made the gingerbread molds and everything! She never ceases to amaze me!







And then of course there was Christmas... We had a wonderful Christmas! We did Christmas early with Nic's family since we were going to be at my parents for Christmas. I got a new cartridge for my Cricut and Nic got a new saw and we both got two boxes of food storage items! We were really excited about that! Taya got lots of toys and some really cute clothes from Cort. I also got a cute sign from Randa! We ate some great food and had a really great time. Then we left for Heber Christmas Eve. It was a white Christmas and it was a great one. My parents got us a pressure cooker for canning. My mom got an awesome had painting from my dad. My camera died right as Christmas began! But if you want to check out pictures you can go to www.bostonandkati.blogspot.com Lucky for me they took lots of pictures. We also went sledding and it was alot of fun. New years was spent at Lori's house. Brian and Ginger were there and we sure did enjoy their company and getting to spend time with Eric. We sure do miss our Azure. Brian complied all the pictures he had of Azure and burnt them on the CD. That was his gift to us and I sure do appreciate the time he spent doing it! Oh and Nic got me a new car!! It a 2003 Volkwagon Passat. It is black with pretty rims and I love it!!



Nic also built a shelf in our garage and a work bench. He never ceases to amaze me!




Nic's birthday was yesterday! Happy Birthday babe! We had his favorite dinner and just hung out and watch movies. He got some jerky, candy, a game called Quelf, and a snowboarding trip from me and Taya. Taya even got him a card. It was Hanna Montana with stickers. It was hillarious. Any way I love you Nic and hope you had a great Birthday!




Last but not least. As some of you know and many of you don't know. We are expecting baby number two! July 20th 2009!! We are so excited! Taya especially she always asks when she can feed her baby a bottle and when she can hold it. She's ready for a brother or a sister. Here's a picture from our first ultrasound it was done the 23rd of December.

BLACK FRIDAY!!

As some you may know and a lot of you don't I love shopping the day after Thanksgiving. My father in law thinks I am crazy and so does my husband infact they joke that I get more excited about it then I do Christmas. But I Love shopping knowing I am saving a ton of money for us. I do coupons too and I love walking out of the store spending 8 dollars and bringing home over 100 dollars worth of grocery's! Any way my sister in law's found out that the AZ Mills mall opened at midnight so we all jumped in the car and headed that way!! We were so thankful that Randall drove cause traffic was insane trying to get off the free way to get in the mall. We got to the mall and walked in and decided it was not worth it. IT WAS INSANELY BUSY! So we let Kelsey do some shopping that she wanted to do and headed home. Then we went home. Cort and I took Randa home and then went back to mother-in-laws and woke her up. We went Khols first. We divided into sections and where in and out in 14 min (waited about 20 min for the store to open) with everything we needed. Then we went to Wal Mart. We called Randa on our way there and she met us there. We waited to be able to get our stuff for about 20 min again but where only there 18 min and got everything we needed. I had to do some good manuvering to get Nic's movie but it was well worth it!!! Then we were off to Target... we waited for about 15 min there and then where done in about 20 min. Once again with everything we needed. Then we headed to Old Navy where I go Taya some clothes for super cheap and some stuff for Nic and my brother! After that I was done and pretty much just along for the ride! Randa needed to go to Toys R Us for Teagan and when we pulled up there we decided it wasn't worth the savings the line was completely around the building! So we headed to sears where Randa got a vaccum they were out but they ordered it for her there and she still got the savings! I didn't know you could do that! Then we went to children's place. I needed tights for Taya's Christmas dress. Randa got some really cute clothes for Teagan and we even found a tie for $2.00. Then we headed home. I was so tired!! I hadn't been to sleep all night and I was starving! I ran into a good friend of Azure's, Ashley Dwiggins, who was kind enough to give me a gronala bar at Sears! Ashley it was SOOOO GOOOD!! It was really good to see you too!