Happy Birthday, John-Paul

Today is John-Paul's 3rd Birthday. He has been so excited about his birthday and has been singing Happy Birthday to himself for weeks. He loved his Thomas the Train cake and balloon! Pictures to come soon.

One Month Since LID!

It is now one month since we were first logged in to China. One month down and 17 - 19 months to go if CCAI's guestimate is correct! Anyway, we are one month closer to our Elizabeth no matter how long the wait.

100 Good Wishes Quilt Squares Arriving Daily!

I joined a group of other parents who are adopting from China a couple of months ago. Someone at our adoption agency recommended doing this to help pass the time away and to get to know the people who we will be traveling with to China.

One of the things that the group has started is a 100 good wishes quilt. Basically, you send out an 8 X 8 cotton square to everyone in the list. When we are done, I will be 37 square closer to the 100 that are needed to make the quilt. One of the best parts are the little wishes, prayers and poems that come with each square. Each person sends this little note with a piece of the same fabric of the square that they sent and this is placed in the child's scrabook. I am going to take some pictures of the squares so you all can see them.

I am hoping that family and friends will also send us a square too!