Cutie Pie!

Yes folks - he gets cuter everytime we see him! How am I ever going to be away from him for 2 1/2 weeks??? We leave on vacation this Friday for a week and we won't get to see him until we get back to the lake the weekend of the 14th! Oh my gosh - he could be walking and talking by then for goodness sakes! I'm sure I will have to sneak down here a little early that week we are back cause I just won't be able to take it! Jenn and Mike came for a visit this Sat- it was great having everyone together. We went to Zorbas for supper with them and had a great time! Andrew and Meagan had some friends stop over so they stayed home - but they needed to get to bed early anyway. Dillon is sleeping pretty well - but sometimes likes to talk and play with Mom after she gets done feeding him, so he doesn't always go right back to sleep. Most of the time, but not always. He is a really good eater and is growing like a weed. I just can't get enough of him!

Greg and I leave for a Carribean cruise on Sat. We are flying to MPLS on Fri nite cause the plane leaves really early Sat morning. I can't wait to feel some heat! I an getting so sick of this winter - I hope it is getting nicer by the time we get back! We get to see some islands we've never been to before, Aruba, Grenada, Bonaire to name a few. Should be alot of fun. We will sure miss our traveling companions Bil and Mark, Mike and Lavaun, and Dave and Kim though. But it will also be nice to get away together and just relax just the two of us. Jenn and Mike get to go to Hawaii (Maui) the second week of March. It's a business awards trip for him, and they are really looking forward to it! They have both been there before, but not Maui so they are very excited. We will watch Briggs while they are gone - I'm not sure how he will survive - he is very attached to his Mommy. I will just have to spoil him rotten too! This will be my last post for awhile, so Shannon you will have to rely on Meagan to keep you posted with pics - but I hear you get to see the real thing this weekend - so sorry we will miss you! Take care everyone - love to all - Becky

Great Weekend!

Here we are traveling back home after a three day weekend at the lake. It was wonderful - saw Dillon quite a bit - relaxed - ate out - just perfect. On Saturday we went to some Polar Fest activities in DL. We watched the Polar Plunge at the Lakeside and then went to Zorbaz for the Chili Cookoff. It was a cold day, but no wind so not to bad. Lots of crazy jumpers just like Meagan last year and she is already planning her jump costume for next year!! We also drove on Big DL lake and watched the fireworks show. It is so beautiful when the air is so cold like that! I was a little freaked being on the ice, but survived! Afterwards we went out to the old Holiday Inn for Valentines Day supper. It was ok - not spectacular - but nice anyway. Anytme someone cooks and cleans up for me its ok. Sunday nite we had Andrew, Meagan, Dillon, Jill, and Mandy, and Chase (Meagans Mom and Sister and her son) over for supper. Mandy came to do Dillon's photo shoot on Monday morning. We stopped there and they said they took over 700 pictures!! OMG - what a treat to have a professional photographer for an Aunt! I can't wait to see them and share with you! They will be very special for sure. With such a beautiful subject how could they be bad They said he cooperated very well by sleeping through it all! He is changing and growing gaining a pound just last week, and sleeps alot and is eating really well. Just perfect - very mellow - and the kids are sure hoping it stays that way! Greg and I did get to babysit on Friday nite for about 2 1/2 hrs while they went to the curling club for a bit. It was so much fun!! Anytime guys - anytime! Have a good week everyone - Take care, Becky

I Forgot the Best Picture!

He IS a Beautiful Boy!

Even Better Than Imagined!

Hi Family and Friends! Words can't even describe how much fun it is to have Dillon Lewis in our family. Now I'm not telling you grandparents out there anything new, but the excitement and joy we feel now that Dillon is here is overwhelming! He is such a sweet baby and Andrew and Meagan are the best parents. When they talk to him he is calm, quiet and very attentive, looking at them, as they are beaming back at him. It is so wonderful to see the type of parents they are going to be - careful, but not crazy as he is being passed from person to person. They have had alot of company which they love, but I'm sure they are anxious to just settle down to their normal family life as they know it now. We had a wonderful weekend at the lake with Mom and Dad, and Billie and Mark visiting. We spent time with Dillon off and on (never enough for me of course!) and on Sat nite we had everyone over for a wonderful crab feast including Jennifer, Mike and Jack. I love having a house full and we had so much fun! Thanks to "ChuckWagon" Mark and Billie (lets call her "Cookie" ) for doing most of the cooking including breakfast!! Yummy! Love to all, have a great week, pray for no ice and snow!! We really don't need a storm!!! Love, Grandma Becky PS Please keep in your prayers Chris Bohn who is traveling with his wife Jody to Mpls this week for some more testing and meeting with doctors. It sounds like he is getting stronger every day, but still needs our prayers for a bone marrow transplant match. Thanks!

More Baby Dillon

These are some beautiful pictures that Mandy, Meagan's sister took this morning. She is a professional photographer and she did a wonderful job with Dillion's first photo shoot. He was even more beautiful this morning. We got to see his hair all clean and shiny and it is so black!! I think we got our Choctaw baby!! I sure hope his coloring, eyes, and hair stay this way!! But Meagan says her sisters kids all started out with dark hair and then went blond so you just never know! Great grandparents, Wayne and Jo came to DL today to meet Dillon and they were just beaming! Dad says he like them a little bigger before he holds them to much, but he was very very proud! They and Billie and Mark are coming to the lake this weekend to see him again, so it will be fun to see how much he changes. We had to come home tonite so I could go back to work, but I can't wait to get back! Auntie JJ (Jenn) came to visit too - and while we knew that Andrew and Meagan would make beautiful babies, she just couldn't believe just how beautiful he is. Of course we are just a bit biased. :) She looked so happy holding him - it's amazing how you can fall in love with someone so new and little!!

Take care everyone, have a great weekend coming up and enjoy the warmer?? weather. Love, Grandma Becky

He's Here!!!

We are so proud to announce that Dillon Lewis Barker has arrived!!! He is a 7lb 8oz, 19 in long beautiful baby boy with a beautiful head of black hair and from what we can tell, brown eyes. He was alert and looking around when we met and his eyes would move to all the new voices he was hearing! It was a total surreal moment watching our son holding his new son - Life is WONDERFUL!! Andrew and Meagan are naturals and they are all doing beautifully! Here are the first (of many you can be sure!!) pics! Isn't he cute??