Micah James

Little Micah James Hayes made his way into the world on April 24, 2012. The labor was short, only lasting two hours at the hospital, from 2cm to 10cm in an hour and a half. He came into the world in the water, and had the cord wrapped around his neck three times. He is healthy and gained his birth weight back in under two days!! We are in love with him, and his focused stare and his sweet coos. Maya has turned into the post protective, gentle big sister, and we couldn't be more proud of both!

I love my Uncle Walt

Beautiful life

Today I feel so blessed...

I've been battling with the idea of homeschooling and wondering if I have the discipline and creativity to keep Maya enjoying it. Lately we've started our week days with either playgroup, library, or our simple homeschooling, and the last two mornings Maya has asked to do her writing books. Today I started to feel like I can do this and love every second of it. We do our little work books, sing some songs, talk about the days of the week and the weather, do a crafty art project, and then go outside. I have literally gotten zero house stuff done this week, but this afternoon while we were outside in the dirt and sunshine planting bulbs I felt like the luckiest person around. We live in a very small dome, don't drive brand new cars, we don't take tropical vacations, but today I felt so rich. As Maya called me "darling" and kept looking up to the trees when she heard birds chirping, I really don't think I could ask for anything more... Except maybe for this little boy in my belly to come out as sweet and smart and caring as my Maya...

Catch up

It's been a VERY long time, so there will be slot of posts, some not in order to catch you up on this last year... We missed you.

The Things She's saying

Maya found a feather...

Maya - Look a feather!

Mama - Did that come from the pillow?

Maya - No, from the duck...

Duh..

Crayons are all over the floor of her room...

Mama - Maya! Who made this mess?!

Maya - Daddy did.

70 Degrees at the Oregon Coast

Maya was sick all week long with a fever and more, and Omi and I took her to the beach to soak up some 70 degree February weather. I think it helped, because she's back to herself today!

Maya Does Yoga

This sweet little one is all about the yoga, she follows along with a video, and gets really excited about the whole thing. We also started a new swimming class which is a bit more challengeing and Maya LOVES it. She's now swimming a bit all by herself, and starting to roll over to her back. She's also starting to get the hang out of climbing out of the pool more smoothly. She's such a water baby!