Just precious

Those cheeks need some serious kissing!

Look at that big boy holding his bottle all by himself!

Stretching!

Little Helper

This picture Rebeca sent to us yesterday.

And we got these two pictures today.

This one shows Scotty helping Jason do the laundry.  He helped by waving the socks around to dry them out.

Rebeca said Jason sent her this picture after she sent him a message saying she wants to get home and smother Scotty with kisses!  Ha-ha, Scotty looks worried..... and like he's saying, "Really??  She wants to do what???"    ;-)

Shed is done!

So, the shed is done.  The door is on and painted and there is no more worrying about rain getting inside onto the unpainted wood. (Not that it ever really rained hard around here, anyway).  But still.  And all the surfaces are painted and look really nice.  Guillermo did a really good job building this shed.  He had some help from friends but mainly he himself worked really, really hard on it!  

And there are plants already inside being protected from the cold tonight!

It's still nice and roomy inside, but I'm sure the space in there is going to fill up in no time.

Good view of a hawk

Yesterday, I went out shopping and to lunch with Mom and Linda.  We had a good time picking up interesting things at World Market and then ending up at Logan's Roadhouse for lunch after all our other choices for where to eat were too crowded.
Meanwhile, Guillermo stayed at home working on the garden and looking forward to today, for when John Fardal was going to come over to help him put the door on the shed.

Well, when I got home from the outing with Mom and Linda, I was surprised to see John's truck in our driveway!  Turns out he would rather work on the door that day than on Saturday.  So, the door got put on yesterday and now we can lock things up in the shed!

When I got home, I went out onto the deck to say hello to the two guys and what did I see but the hawk sitting on the neighbor's fence!  I pointed the hawk out to them and John said, "That's nothing.  A little earlier, that same hawk was sitting on OUR fence not more than 15 feet away from where we were working!!"  He said that they admired the hawk for a little while and then, fearing they'd scare it off, got back to work anyway.  But the hawk stayed there and just looked around the whole time they were sawing and hammering and making all kinds of racket.  We're thinking that the hawk is probably interested in the birds that come to the neighbor's bird feeder.
Here is the picture we got of Scotty yesterday.  This picture sure makes us smile!

Today, we saw the hawk sitting on the neighbor's fence quite often.  And we even saw it fly up out of the neighbor's yard and apparently had caught something because it sat there on the fence eating something.

In this picture, it looks like he's sitting on our side fence, but he's sitting on the iron fence along the neighbor's back yard.  Yesterday Guillermo and John saw the hawk when it was sitting on our wooden fence there above the green and red little bird feeder.  Now THAT'S close!

And the picture of Scotty today!

NOT gray!

The lighting is a little weird in this picture - it makes Scotty's hair look gray!  Rebeca said he does have a little touch of cradle cap, so the way his hair looks may also have to do with that flaky white stuff.

Smiling sweetly

I just love this picture.  It's now the background on my phone so that I can see it a lot!

Mom's Birthday

Today is Mom's 85th birthday!  We celebrated at her absolute favorite restaurant - an English pub called The Lion and Rose.  Tomorrow I will put pictures on of us at the restaurant and also some pictures of Scotty.

Here we are celebrating with Mom at the restaurant.  Mom enjoyed her usual Fish and Chips with hot tea, and Bread Pudding for dessert.

And now some pictures of Scotty.

This picture is from March 10th

These are from March 11

Here he seems to be saying, "My Daddy and I make a good team!"