Welcome to our new blog!
I decided to start this blog since we have a new baby on the way and hopefully this will motivate me to do a better job at writing down things about our family. I used to keep a journal just about every day but that was B.C. - Before Child!
This blog will be written by me, Erin. I guess I should start by telling a little bit about our family...
We'll start with the boss - Isaac! He just turned 4 years old on Halloween!
I can't believe my baby is so big! He is very smart. He remembers everything! He says very funny things. He loves Baby Einstein and has started getting into superheros, especially Spiderman. We introduced him to Star Wars last week. I'm not sure if that was such a good idea since he wants to watch the Ewoks all day long! He's very good at imaginary play and will act out things. It's very fun to watch when he doesn't know we're watching! He also LOVES fish!! He can name just about any fish he sees. His favorite thing to do is to make a "coral reef" out of blankets and pillows and then to carefully put his stuffed fish animals inside of the reef! He is also very musically gifted and I'm excited about that! I practice many of my lessons on him and am amazed at how fast he catches on!
Erin - I am very busy right now! I am in my last two weeks of student teaching to be an elementary music teacher. I have been student teaching since the end of August at Crystal Hill Elementary Magnet School, teaching grades 1-5 and a 6th grade beginning band class (woodwinds) at Maumelle Middle School. I have loved almost every minute of it! It has been so fun and more than I ever expected. I am sad to leave the kids, but I am also excited for the new chapters in my life that will begin and having my own music class. I will graduate on December 15th and am due to have our 2nd baby on December 31st! We are having a little girl this time and I am so excited! It was a little hard to get used to the idea of having a girl around at first, but now I couldn't be more excited! Aside from that, I belong to a flute duet called Duo Desto. You can read more about that by visiting our website: http://www.duodesto.com/. I am RS president of the Spanish branch, but we have downsized so much that I am usually the only sister there! Lemuel is a senior at UALR and is a biology major. He wants to be a pharmacist and has also thought about doing nursing. He has been quite busy thi
s semester with school and also dealing with the passing of his wonderful father, Miguel Martinez. He has made several trips to Houston to be with his family, yet still managed to stay in school. His father was a great man and will truly be missed! Lemuel has been very supportive and helpful during my pregnancy. He is Isaac's buddy and they wrestle a lot! I'm glad that I won't be outnumbered by boys once this baby girl comes! Lemuel is the Elder's Q. president in the Spanish Branch and is really a good teacher and leader of the men. There are way more men than women so his job is greater than mine.
s semester with school and also dealing with the passing of his wonderful father, Miguel Martinez. He has made several trips to Houston to be with his family, yet still managed to stay in school. His father was a great man and will truly be missed! Lemuel has been very supportive and helpful during my pregnancy. He is Isaac's buddy and they wrestle a lot! I'm glad that I won't be outnumbered by boys once this baby girl comes! Lemuel is the Elder's Q. president in the Spanish Branch and is really a good teacher and leader of the men. There are way more men than women so his job is greater than mine. Last but not least we have our unborn daughter, who we have decided to name Gabriella. We don't have a middle name yet. She is a very active little girl and is doing some wild things in moma's belly!
Here is her first photo:
7 weeks 5 days
I have seen a regular OB with this baby, unlike with Isaac when I saw a perinatologist. That means I have only gotten 3 ultrasounds and the pictures were very poor quality. I think I got spoiled with my weekly ultrasounds with Isaac! Oh well, we'll just be even more surprised when baby Gabi comes.
Since we are in a small 2 bedroom apartment, Isaac and Gabriella will be sharing a room. I decorated the room in a Ocean Creatures theme from Pottery Barn. They have matching bedding and it is super cute! I'm not quite done, but here are some pictures of the bedding.
Isaac's bedding:
And Gabriella's Bedding:
We'll that's about it. This is my "short" update on our family. Please feel free to post a comment so I'll know who's looking at our blog! Please visit again!
~Erin M.
In loving memory
of
Miguel Martinez
1931-2007
