Baby Emily Aria
Dear Emily, thank you for making these two people into a mom and a dad. They are going to be the best parents ever! Welcome Baby Emily Aria. Welcome! Michelle May all babies be born into loving hands
Baby Reilly Caroline
Sweet Baby Girl! You are just the best thing ever! Welcome, Baby Reilly Caroline. Welcome! Michelle May all babies be born into loving hands
Dana & Wren
I always had known that I wanted to be a mother but never once did I think that I would have my babies anywhere but at home. I couldn't envision a hospital setting being as warm and comforting as my own four walls. So, determined and armed with the knowledge that it was safe, healthy and possible I took to the internet to look for a ...
Baby Jonah Emery
Jonah, I hope you know how brave, faithful and strong your mother is. Silly me, of course you do -you lived inside of her for nine months! Baby Jonah Emery, welcome to this wonderful world. Michelle May all babies be born into loving hands
Eating Together Again
If you have ever seen my Facebook or Instagram pages, you have seen a lot of food pictures. Not just food, but of food shared and ended -these are photos of meals. In my household, eating together is important. Here is a post I wrote for Albany.com entitled Eating Together.
Baby Arya Jillian
This baby girl's first weeks were quite an adventure -from planned home birth, to most of a day at the hospital, then a trip to the NICU. And what does she have to say about? "No big deal!" Welcome Baby Arya Jillian. May your exploring spirit always serve you so well! Michelle May all babies be born into loving hands
Baby Aurora Kya
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. As we gaze on your sweet countenance, what words would you have for us, Aurora? Welcome, Baby Aurora Kya. Welcome! Michelle May all babies be born into loving hands
Baby Kenneth Wayne
Labor is hard, really hard. Yet with support, love and faith, it is doable, completely doable. And when you get to the other side? There is love, big, beautiful love. Welcome, Baby Kenneth Wayne. Welcome! Michelle May all babies be born into loving hands
A Father’s story: Freeman’s Story
It was around 5 p.m. on a Tuesday and I found my wife upstairs in our apartment balancing on a yoga ball, her head resting on the bed and both our 12 pound dogs perched on either side of her looking concerned. I had left work early. Amanda was two weeks past the due date and had said she was cutting short a walk with the ...
Just Breathe
Lately it seems that there is so much violence, hatred, and discord in the world: Suicide bombings. Mass shootings. Environmental disasters. Rapes and murders. Political mayhem. Cyber bullying. Schoolyard bullying. Suicides. Drug overdoses. Every day there is another mass shooting or senseless slaying somewhere in the US, another report of a heinous attack somewhere in the world: Orlando. Dallas. Chicago. Turkey. Nice. Belgium. Paris. Baghdad. Medina. ...