My name is Desirae Prado. I am very blessed in life. I have married a wonderful man named Steven. He is truly the best. He is a loving father and husband. He puts his family before anything else which is more special than I have words to say. We have two sweet kiddos. Gavin is three and Olivia is one. They are a crazy duo that keeps me on my toes at all times, but I wouldn't change that for the world.
Ill kinda start at the beginning so you get a sense of me.
I was born and raised in Madera, Ca. I was raised in a family of 7. My parents had 4 girls (poor them) before they had their one and only son. (King Dylan is the perfect name. He could get away with murder I'm sure) :) My parents are hard working, wonderful people who I aspire to be like everyday. We sometimes call ourselves the Country Kardashians of Central California because it seriously is never a dull moment in that house. Come on, can you imagine growing up with 4 girls. CRAZY!!! (and that is being nice) :) Love my dysfunctional family! I truly wouldn't be who I am today without every single one of them.
I met Steven in High School. He was a Senior, I was a Freshman. (we didn't start dating until I was a Senior in High School). We dated for almost 3 years before we got engaged. We were engaged May 2008 and we married on March 21, 2009. Seriously the best day of my life.
Soon after our wedding we found out we were pregnant with our first child. Excited, nervous, and scared were my feelings in the beginning. I had a pretty decent pregnancy. Fairly easy too. Just morning sickness the first trimester. Then the day came.
May 3, 2010. I went to work that morning feeling huge and ready. Got to my desk to start my morning ritual and as soon as I sat down my water broke. Woohoo he is coming.
After that whole experience Steven had said he no longer wanted more kids. Who would? We were terrified our whole first year with Gav. I was never sure what to look for! We were told when the balloon dilation didn't work anymore he could pass out and turn blue. Like I said before SCARY!!! But as time passed so did our worries. I mean I still worry 24/7 but it has gotten easier. We are more educated about the disease and knowing that it is coming whether we want it to or not. So time has made is simpler to deal with.
After 2 years we had decided that maybe trying for one more would be ok. That conversation occurred in January 2012. We weren't sure when we would try but at least it was back on the table. Well god had other plans for us. :) We were pregnant by the end of the month and NO we were not trying. It just happened. I then had every test done in the book to make sure I wasn't surprised with some kind of illness. And she was fine. No problems. Thank the good lord.
We welcomed Olivia Mykael (pronounced Michael) Prado on October 11, 2012 (10-11-12 love love the date :)) She was 7 lbs. 10 oz. 21 1/2 inches. She was perfect.
We now have our perfect little family growing and amazing us everyday. Our children are our everything and we are truly blessed to have the life we have.
I have now decided to blog, not for any other reason but to document our lives so eventually I can look back over everything. I used to scrapbook (ALOT) :) before I had kids but lets be honest I can't with my rug rats running around everyday. Plus why make a mess. Haha. So Blogging I will try. I hope anyone that reads our craziness enjoys every minute. Im sure we will be bringing you lots of belly laughs!
Until then…
Desirae
