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.