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We received a surprising phone call from Lee (Jason's dad) this week notifying us that a woman named Debbie Soto had contacted a reporter from the Minneapolis Star Tribune stating that she has had Jason's baby book for 20 years! We were blown away to say the least and were baffled as to why she had Jason's baby book. It turns out Jason's baby book was lost most likely during a move and was probably donated to the Goodwill by mistake. Debbie received the baby book as a gag gift in 1988 because of it's outdated parenting advice from the '60's. Her sister picked it up at a thrift shop in Oakland, CA. Debbie didn't realize at first that it belonged to a child until she flipped to the back and saw Jason's information.

Debbie began searching for Jason about seven years ago by doing a web search with his name. There are quite a few Jason Rasmussen's out there but a story about a lost hiker caught Debbie's attention and the age of the hiker matched the age of the Jason from the baby book she had been holding on to. Even with that information Debbie wasn't certain how to find Jason and she put the baby book back on her bookshelf.

A couple of weeks ago Debbie re-visited the baby book again and did another web search for Jason. This time she found information with a reporter's name that had written a story on Jason and she decided to contact that reporter at the Star Tribune who was able to put her in contact with Jason's parents within hours! The big kicker to this entire story was when we found out that Debbie Soto lives here in Sacramento about two miles away from us! It also turns out that Debbie's daughter attended the same preschool that Anna attends. We were very touched by this story to say the least. It would have been so easy for Debbie to toss Jason's baby book but she has a big heart and felt it was important to get the baby book back to the person it belongs to. Today we met Debbie and her lovely family and Jason now has his baby book =). The local news station was quite interested in this story and they were there for the reunion. Here are some photos and the news clip:

Jason with Mike Teselles from KCRA 3, Sacramento

Anna put on her fancy Dorothy shoes for the special occassion =).

Jason and Debbie (we think the baby on the front of the book looks like Ben!)

Debbie's daughter Julie, Jason, Debbie and Debbie's husband Steve.


My sister Devona and our nieces Maddie and Olivia were there, too!!



Check out the clip from the news:
http://www.kcra.com/video/18407077/index.html