March 2011

I blog in the early morning of March 6, 2011 because a friend made me a cup of coffee late on March 5, 2011 and sleep has not come over me yet. Yesterday was a fun day with the family. We woke up, ate turkey bacon and eggs, cleaned the house and then went to Bette's Spot (location a secret because we have not had any other dogs there when Bette goes and it is land where owner states right to pass). We walked there on a day where the weather was perfect. I, Ryan, went golfing and Jamie ended up buying a sink from a ReStore (http://www.sbhabitat.org/restore.php). So now we are going to put in a different sink in our rented bathroom. $25 was all it took to purchase it and the labor to put it in will not be that bad.
Anyway, here is a picture of me and Savion, the bambino.

Savion Laughing in Coronado, CA

This past Valentines day, the Becker family went on a lovely trip to Coronado Island right across the bay from San Diego. The trip was brought to us by Paul, a dear friend of mine from my bellman days. Paul was also part of Bell 3, which was the best part of my Radisson Hotel Santa Barbara tenure. He wanted to give us a baby gift so he helped out with the room at Hotel Del Coronado. Here is a video of Savion in the hotel room having a laugh.

Savion Elias Becker is Born!

Well, after 4 months of bliss (so far) here is our first blog with Savion in our lives. Savion was born October 14, 2010 and weighed 7lbs 12oz with the length of 20.5in. The whole labor, birth and afterglow was absolutely surreal and will be remembered as the most amazing day of our lives. Getting married was of course fun, but to see God's creation starting from little pea size to a human emerging from Jamie is quite a spectacle. Here are a couple pictures of the little guy on his birthday.

Tobias, our new Guide Dog Puppy

This past Saturday Jamie and I received Tobias from the GDB puppy truck. This is now our fourth junior guide dog that Jamie and I have had. But, this is the first puppy at 8 weeks old. He's a jewel of a puppy and mostly just plays tug and pees. We are having a blast with him and other than waking us up every two hours to pee (hopefully when bambino sleeps outside the womb they will coordinate together) everything is just dandy with him. Bette is slowly warming up to the young buck. Here are some photos of him.

Baby Registry

If you have an inkling to help us out with what we need for Bambino, here is where we are registered:

(click on the word "Registry" on top of page in the middle)

Thanks!

Jamie the Dog Whisperer

Being Blessed is the Best

Some wonderful friends of ours sent us a box of slightly used baby clothes! All of the articles and items were amazing and filled our new dresser (also slightly used from craigslist.com)! The Lord is blessing us in ways we never thought possible and we are gratefully thankful. Here is Jamie sorting through the loot and putting clothes away in the changing table/dresser.