Jay's DR trip

There are lots of pictures from Jay's trip, and I imagine we'll add more, but here are 3 that seem to do a good job depicting Jay's journey in the DR. I'll have Jay write a post describing his adventure, but I wanted to get a few pictures up in the meantime. The site that Jay (called "Doctor Jay" during his time there) and the Yestermorrow group worked at was very remote and perched between a butcher shop and wilderness. They camped on the beach, had electricity from solar panels and running water from a cistern. The projects they produced were made using fabric and cement! I'll let Jay explain more. :)

Ben & Cat

Ben loves to pick up Chi- if only she were 15 years younger, she might appreciate the playmate too! She doesn't look pleased in this picture, but she does well to put up with it while I snap a photo.
Jay arrives home tomorrow night, which we're all looking forward to. It's been quite a journey these past 20 days, but we made it!

Winter in Maine

We've had a couple of nice days and Ben still loves to go outside and walk around in the driveway. He's discovered sticks and loves to poke them into the snow banks.
We're missing Daddy, but he seems to be doing well (busy!) and we're just 8 days away from having him home again... Grammie and Grampy Phil Simpson have arrived safely in Florida. We're happy that they're in warmer weather, but we miss them here too!

Bright and early!

Benjamin has enjoyed getting up around 5am the past few weeks, and this morning he decided 4:15 was a good time to start playing and singing in his crib. I decided to leave him be for a while, but by 4:45 he was ready for some company. YAWN! Needless to say, I napped when he did today and I'm hoping for a later awake time tomorrow. This photo was taken around 6am today--- he has a smile on his face! :) Such a boy. He's lucky he's so darn cute. So's his Dada.

... and he's off...

Jay is headed to the Dominican Republic for a couple of weeks. Here he is packing! (Yes, Ben IS watching TV in the background, but he can't help it- Jay bought him 'The Jungle Book' just before he left and he can't keep his eyes off it!) Jay will have a wonderful time--- and he'll be in WARM weather. Yay, Jay!