2nd Pregnancy

When Deia was 5 hours old, she started projectile vomiting on me, after she had only nursed and received colostrum. It was terrifying… holding this fresh, pure, just birthed baby at home after a water birth, and she is puking up the only thing she had taken in. It proceeded to happen a few more … Continue reading “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food….” Hippocrates

When I last left Nosara, Costa Rica I thought it was anything but the “Pure Life.” I had two ninos under the age of 3, was recently recovering from a 2 month bout of some sort of parasite, and was covered in layers of dust mixed with sweat. It’s been exactly 5 years since we … Continue reading Pura Vida

I find myself reflecting on all the beauty and balance of 2011….on Deia’s third month of life. All the lessons and experiences, the ascensions and plateaus. Last year at this time, I was meditating and asking the Universe for balance. As a mother, wife, friend, sister, daughter. All of the above. I just felt like … Continue reading Thank you, 2011

I was sure that there was a brown haired baby inside of me. I was pretty sure that there was a girl inside of me, but never wanted to get too attached to that idea. I was sure that that this baby was going to be born on September 23rd, the first day of Fall. … Continue reading The Birth of Deia Soleil 10-1-11

We left Nosara just about a week ago to come nest in the big city. Thanks to our dear friend, we are staying at a lovely casita in the mountains overlooking San Jose. There are trails all around the property, fruit trees, a creek (some days a river), waterfalls, and Spencer and Gavin will complete … Continue reading Our New Nest

I would have loved to have told people that the Terrible Twos didn’t exist with my child. I would have loved to say that it’s all how we approach it as parents. I would have loved to just miss out on this trying stage that we are in right now. But the truth is, Gavin … Continue reading ooh Gavin

How is it that a pregnant woman can be so exhausted and want to go to sleep so badly and then when she finally falls asleep she has to wake up to pee or “just because” and then lies there unable to go back to sleep? My first pregnancy with Gavin I had to pee … Continue reading A Right of Passage

Piglet: “How do you spell love?” Pooh: “You don’t spell it. You feel it.”

Spencer and I loved watching National Geographic, In the Womb DVD every few weeks during my first pregnancy. It was interesting to see what was going in inside of my growing belly at different stages. It definitely made it seem more real. This second time around, we have enjoyed watching it with Gavin and explaining … Continue reading Pregnancy DVD Recommendations

When I first got pregnant with Gavin, I couldn’t wait to go to Borders to browse the pregnancy section and pick out a book to buy. I had heard about “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and I did end up having that one by my bed. I enjoyed reading it each week to mark … Continue reading Pregnancy Book Recommendations

“The simple rose, at each moment of its slow blossoming, is as open as it can be. The same is true of our lives. In each stage of our unfolding, we are as stretched as possible. For the human heart is quite slow to blossom, and it only seen as lacking when compared to the … Continue reading 32- and predicting a year full of MAGIC

Have you ever finished a chapter in a book and paused, wondering if you should keep reading or wait until the next day to dive in? You are in such a good spot and don’t know if you’re ready to move forward. And the last chapter left you feeling so good. But you know that … Continue reading Moving on. But pausing first.

Sending Love on the Eve of Mother’s Day 2011! I hope this email finds each one of you healthy, at peace, and happy. I am writing with a request of some sort, if you can call it that. Over the last few years as I have been learning more about Kundalini yoga and the Sikh … Continue reading 120th Day of Pregnancy