Martinez Family: When I Grow Up

When I was younger I wanted to be just like my older sister. If she wanted to be a teacher so did I. If she wanted to be a nurse so did I. Even if she wanted to be a garbage woman so did I. (She never really wanted to be a garbage woman for the record but if she had I would have wanted to as well.) I eventually grew out of that phase and set my aspirations high. I was going to be amazing and successful. I was going to be a doctor. I think that was when I was about 10. Once I decided to be a doctor my mind was made up. People would ask what I wanted to be and I would always say a doctor. I don't know when it happened but sometime in high school I started to change my mind. People would ask and I would still say a doctor but secretly... I just wanted to be a wife and mom. My senior year I took a medical assisting class and started working in a doctors office. I soon learned that the last thing I wanted was to be a doctor with long hours away from my family. My dream of wanting to be a doctor changed just like that. I still had to be something so I picked the next best thing, a nurse. I would take a couple classes here and there but I could never stay focused for long. I knew what I wanted and it wasn't this. I had this longing to be a wife and a mother. Nothing else would suffice. Then one day after a very strange introduction I met someone. At first I blew it off. It couldn't be. What I was aching for was staring me in the face. A whirlwind later and I was married to my Mr. Perfect. Everything I have ever wanted he has given me. So with all that said I got my dream of being a wife and mom. It is better than I could have ever imagined.

Some updated photos since it's been so long.

Getting ready for bed.

My feet are mmm mmm good.

Audri's first time eating rice cereal. After a couple of bites she started crying. It took 2 months for her to eat any type of solids without bursting into tears.