Martha's Blog Entries


Action 4 News anchor Martha Benavides is a first-time mother.

Martha's son Diego was born in September 2008.

She is keeping a blog about the joy and her new experiences as a mother.

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By Martha BenavidesFriday, November 06, 2009
This year, Diego and I joined up with Clay Williams and his son Connor to shop for the Toys 4 Tots campaign.
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By Martha BenavidesFriday, August 28, 2009
A big congratulations to our friends State Rep. Eddie Lucio III and his beautiful wife, Jaime Barrera Lucio, whose baby was born on Wednesday.
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By Martha BenavidesThursday, August 20, 2009
KGBT-TV National Sales Manager Robert Ledesma brought his beautiful 18-month-old twin girls to the Action 4 News studio on Wednesday.
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By Martha BenavidesThursday, August 06, 2009
Anytime the phone rings, Diego assumes it's for him.
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By Martha BenavidesWednesday, July 08, 2009
Diego's at that age where he prefers to feed himself....you know exactly what this means.....prepare for a HUGE MESS!
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By Martha BenavidesWednesday, June 10, 2009
Baby Diego made his first television appearance during the Children Miracles Network telethon ths past weekend.
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By Martha BenavidesThursday, May 28, 2009
We felt it was time for Diego to get a taste of a real swimming pool.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, May 19, 2009
Diego is starting to stand up and already trying to climb out of his crib!
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, May 12, 2009
I couldn't have asked for a greater gift on Sunday!
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By Martha BenavidesWednesday, May 06, 2009
The "Fresh Food Feeders" from Munchkin Products is really  is helping Diego make the transition from baby food to table food.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, April 28, 2009
My father is terminally ill but Diego has been an amazing source of strength for me and best medicine for his 'abuelito'.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, April 21, 2009
When you’re a first time mom, you tend to go a little nuts when it comes to your babies clothing.
By Martha BenavidesTuesday, April 14, 2009
Diego may not be big enough for an Easter egg hunt but our 6½ -month-old boy really enjoyed getting his first Easter basket.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, April 07, 2009
If we allowed him to, Diego would probably stay in his baby swimming pool all day.
By Martha BenavidesMonday, March 30, 2009
Diego is moving around like you wouldn’t believe.
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By Martha BenavidesMonday, March 23, 2009
Bronson and I followed the advice of a friend and used an anesthetic cream to make getting immunization shots a lot easier for Baby Diego.
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By Martha BenavidesWednesday, March 18, 2009
There’s no place like the bathtub for Diego!
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By Martha BenavidesMonday, March 09, 2009
Teething started quite early for our Little Diego.
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By Martha BenavidesMonday, March 02, 2009
Diego is only five months old but Martha and Bronson have decided to already let him start eating baby food.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, December 02, 2008
Baby Diego had plenty of visitors this holiday weekend…but the visit we believe he enjoyed the most was Bryan Hale’s.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, November 04, 2008
Martha, Bronson and Diego celebrated Halloween with a visit from a special guest.
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By Martha BenavidesMonday, October 27, 2008
Action 4 News anchor Martha Benavides dropped an e-mail to say Baby Diego is five weeks old, healthy and happy.
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By Martha BenavidesMonday, October 13, 2008
Diego is about to turn three weeks old, but we think he's quite mature for his age -- very aware of his surroundings.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, September 30, 2008
Our little angel is celebrating his first whole week of life.
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By Martha BenavidesTuesday, September 09, 2008
In her first "Baby Blog" entry, Martha says she is days away from giving birth to her first child and wants to thank viewers for their support.
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