Paul Nardin and Jennifer DeSpain-Nardin, Freeport, are parents of a son, Brendan John Nardin, born Saturday, April 11, 2009, in the Monroe Clinic, Monroe. Brendan has a sister, Sydney Kathryn, 7 1/2, and a brother, Aidan Paul, 6. Grandparents are Kathryn DeSpain, Freeport; Larry and Laura DeSpain, Mount Carroll, Ill.; George Nardin, Freeport; and Murt Nardin, Myrtle Beach. Kathryn Breed, Elizabeth, Ill., is the great-grandmother.