It's a Boy!

I couldn't resist posting a picture of my new nephew, Wilson Lee, born to my sister, Regina and her husband Gerald! He is also welcomed by his twin sisters, Monica and Melody. :)

Update...

The political situation remains much the same - tense. It has definitely cooled off some for at least over the weekend, but they say that things will heat up again tomorrow. Commercial flights are still not coming in or leaving... They are cancelling flights through Wednesday and we expect longer than that, as the government is supposed to release the results from the recount on Thursday... When Dad's found out yesterday that their flight was cancelled for the 3rd time, they decided to try to find another way out. God worked it out that they were able to switch their tickets to fly out of the Dominican Republic with no charge and they were able to find transportation for the 12 hour trip to the airport in Santo Domingo. So they left early this morning and are planning to fly out tomorrow, Lord willing... I talked to them a while ago and they were safely on the other side of Port, so hopefully the rest of the way to the DR border will be uneventful too... 

Port-au-Prince...

... seems to be a bit cooler today. The riots were not as numerous, and the gas stations and markets were able to be open for at least a while. The airport was able to be open for a bit today and some cargo flights were able to land. But commercial flights were still cancelled through Sunday. Dads and Lor are rescheduled for Monday and we REALLY hope that they are able to fly out then...

Beatitude for Haiti...

... "Blessed are the flexible for they shall not get bent out of shape"...

True enough... Dads and Loretta were planning to fly out today, but due to the riots in Port, American Airlines cancelled all flights yesterday and today... They're on schedule to fly out on Saturday, and we hope and pray that by then the airlines are flying again. Lor is going home to spend nearly 3 months with her family, so she's really anxious to get there after being gone since March...

The riots are due to a foul presidential election, the people say. Port-au-Prince was completely shut down yesterday, they tell me that not even motos were on the streets. There were a lot of tire burnings and people throwing rocks... I had to wonder how the people with cholera are faring if the capital is shut down like that...

We've been having rain all day today and that is unusual for December, but it has definitely has worked to put a damper on the tire burnings out there... We also heard that they're planning to recount the votes, and have the candidates and other international observers there to watch, so we really hope that things calm down again soon...

He's sitting!

For weeks now Weston has been sitting with a pillow behind him, but he would fall over so much. Then it seemed like one day he could sit all by himself, and while he still falls over, his balance is much better! He loves sitting on a bed and watching the world go by. Isn't he charming?!!! :)

Dec. 7, 2010

Dad's are here for 3 days... A flying trip to get the damaged shop pieces reordered and get everything lined up to put it back up and hopefully finish it in January and February...

Weston is so intrigued by Dad. He just stares and stares when Dad talks!

 Can't you just imagine the thoughts going through his brain?! It seems like Dad's are familiar to him and that's why he tries so hard to figure it out... It's only been a month since Dad's were here...

Bethany

Bethany's hair was one of my recent projects... it took me probably about 4 hours to do the 99 braids - but I didn't do it all in one sitting! It was a few braids here and a few there over the period of a a day and a half... I really hope it lasts a month at least. It's really good for their hair to braid it tiny and not as often... And Bethany has a bad habit of fiddling with her hair, so that half the time it looks like she never gets combed. I hope this will last a lot longer!

Our laugh for the day...

A while ago Donovan stopped in with some flour and a battery for us... We offered him some delicious brownies that Amy had made. As we were all around there chatting, I spied Michael coming up to the pan of brownies sitting on the table. He covered them, and quickly carried the pan off to the next room! He was afraid that Donny would eat them all, and he wouldn't get to taste them! :) We had a good laugh out of it.