Overview
- The couple say Everley was born Dec. 29, 2025, in a planned home birth where Hayley did not have access to an epidural or other pain management.
- They describe a calm setting with candles and music, and Derek calls witnessing the labor a life‑altering perspective shift.
- They chose the name Everley after several days, intentionally matching the “ley” in Hayley’s name, noted a numerology link to 11, and picked Capri as the middle name.
- Hayley reports feeling physically well but remains vigilant about headaches and occasional PTSD‑like anxiety connected to her 2023 brain bleed and surgeries.
- The pair reflect on a difficult stretch that included a 2022 car crash, an emergency craniectomy with a later skull implant in 2023, and a miscarriage disclosed in Oct. 2025, saying Everley is their “rainbow after the storm.”