Here's Looking at You

Things are great here in P. Hill. We just survived about a week stretch of triple digit heat. Yuck. Hopefully next year at this time we'll have air conditioning. Nature's air conditioning is supposed to make it about 5 degrees cooler tomorrow. We're okay with that. The kids are terrific. Britten turned 3 about 2 weeks ago. He really had a good time with Aunt Angel and family, Aunt Suzi and his grandparents. He received some wonderful and very thoughtful gifts. Thanks to everyone!! Unfortunately, he just came down with another ear infection. His left ear doesn't drain very well and he had a slight cold and that was enough to trigger his third infection since April. Luckily, he's able to communicate the pain to us and we were able to get him to his doctor. He has an appointment with a specialist in two weeks to discuss putting a tube in that left ear.

Hailey's gggggrrrreat! She's starting to use words but I think I'm the only who understands what they mean. Everyday they become a bit more recognizable and she babbles a lot too. She's really into books now too. We read several in the course of a day. Her hair is starting to get pretty long and thick. It's so wonderful watching both of them grow up and become little people.

We're looking forward to seeing the family up in Sonora in a couple weeks. It should be a hoot.

Happy June B-days to Paradise and Austin. (I hope I didn't forget anyone.)

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday
Originally uploaded by The Hallfords.

Happy Birthday to Jackson. He turned four today. That is four in human years. I read an interesting article the other day that said that human years and dog years aren't exactly multiples of seven as is commonly said. As dogs get older the difference actually slows so that by the time a dog is about ten or so they only age about 2 1/2 years for each human year. There's some complex formula to figure you how old your dog is in equivalent human years. So, Big Jack is about 25 or so. Those mid-twenties were the best times of my life. I sure hope Big Jack is having a blast. Here he is on Memorial Day after a swim in the pond at Briones. He was pretty happy that day. The kids fed him some special treats tonight in honor of the anniversary of his birth.

Tom Girl

Tom Girl
Originally uploaded by The Hallfords.

Not only is she pretty in pink, but Miss Hailey looks terrific in John Deere colors as well. She is also pretty good with the bat and tee but she uses the carrot bat from Uncle Justin and Aunt Par. Her hand-eye coordination is quite impressive. How convenient for us if we had a couple of future pros among our brood.

Future Baller

Future Baller
Originally uploaded by The Hallfords.

Britten is such the baller. Obviously he's a huge A's fan. As well as a Bear fan - Both the Chicago and California varieties. He has mastered his Tee given to him by Uncle Joe for his 2nd birthday. It doubles as a golfing Tee. He's also getting good at throwing a ball in the air and hitting it with a bat. Of course he's probably just your average soon to be three year old but we like to believe that he's special. He is very excited for his upcoming birthday. Today was Jackson's fourth b-day. Britten was also very excited about that.

Hailey's Baby Doll

Hailey's Baby Doll
Originally uploaded by The Hallfords.

Hailey just loves her baby doll. This is her first ever doll - from Grandma Cathi. Here she is giving her baby some love. She can be such a little princess - when she isn't biting or throwing a tantrum :) We love her so much.