New Photo & More Fabric

Last week at my baby shower we received more fabric & good wishes from friends. We have a great collection of wonderful fabric. I'm so excited. The wishes are beautiful and I can not wait for Ethan to read them one day. Here is a photo of the fabric we received from the shower.


I have met 2 ladies on Ethan's orphanage yahoo group and one of them has received photos of her son. This morning I was sent this photo and in the background is Ethan. I was so happy to see this photo. I'm not sure when it was taken. But it is still a treasure. I have also emailed the company again about photos that I ordered and she said she called them again this past week and she's still waiting to hear from them. I hope and pray we get some good photos soon. Until then, I'm going to cherish this one. It's grainy, but it's still precious. Ethan is in the back against the wall. We think the other child in the front is his friend Max.


Praying about our travel. Pray that we will hear something soon and that the airline prices will come down A LOT!

Until next time.....

Quilt Fabric

I received more fabric & wishes this week. I'm so excited to see how much fabric we have collected. I've also been working on Ethan's Good Wish book and it's starting to fill up. I am enjoying reading the wishes & prayers to him. But we still have plenty of room. So please keep sending me the fabric & wish.
Thank you to my cousins Ricky, Linde & family and to my friend Pam H & family.
Until next time....

Fabric

We have received more fabric in the last 2 weeks. We are so grateful. Thank you all for your wishes & fabric. Ethan is going to love seeing how loved he is even before he's home.

Keep the good wishes & fabric coming! :-)

P.S. My Princess Journals has been updated. I do not know why it does not show up on the side as being updated. Tons of photos of the girls.

Until next time....

Quilt Fabric

We have received more fabric this week. The first was from my friend Antje. It is from Germany (where Antje is from). We are so excited to have fabric from Germany. Thank you Antje and family.

The second is from my parents. Thank you mom & dad. We love the bright colors. I know it will be perfect in his quilt.

More Fabric

Thank you Clark Family for the cute fabric for Ethan's quilt. How funny that it goes perfectly with his puppy dog themed room. :-)

Quilt

Thank you to my Mother-in-Law for the very cute puppy fabric for Ethan's quilt. It is perfect and goes very well with is bedroom. We are excited to add this to his quilt.

We would still like more fabric & good wishes. His book does not have many wishes at all. If you do not want to send fabric, we would still love a good wish for Ethan. It will be great for him to see how much people are thinking about him before he is even home.

Thanks in advance. Until next time....

More Fabric

I received another piece of fabric this week from my BFF from my childhood years. Thanks Mindy for sending Ethan fabric and for his good wish! :-)

We still need a lot more fabric. We want his quilt to be very colorful and his good wish book to be filled with prayers & good wishes. Please send us some fabric & a good wish. We would like to start working on his quilt soon. If you need our address, please email me. tiffsmom95@me.com

Today, 2 friends boarded the flights to China to meet their little ones. I'm praying for safe travels, protection while in China, A wonderful bonding experience for the babies & families. One day soon it will be us on the plane. I can't wait!

Until next time.....

Quilt

More fabric came today! I'm so excited. And the envelope was addressed to Ethan. His first piece of mail. :-) Thank you Jocelyn & family for your fabric & wish. We appreciate it.

We still need more fabric & wishes. I want to fill up a book for him with good thoughts. Please send in your fabric & wish soon. Thank You!
Debbie

More fabric from friends

Fabric has been coming in slowly, but it's coming. :-) I'm so thankful and excited to see Ethan's quilt come together. This weekend we received fabric from 2 close friends. The McIntosh's and Whitten's. THANK YOU. The fabric you chose means the world to me. And your thoughtfulness means so much! I can't wait until the quilt is put together completely and until Ethan is wrapped up in it.

I know more fabric is coming. I can't wait!

No news from China. Still praying things will go faster than expected. God is in control!



Until next time....

YAY! More fabric & wishes

Last night Tiff came home from church with more fabric & wishes for Ethan. I was in tears with the generosity. Wow!

Fabric from Tiffs friend Ashley


Fabric from Ms. Barb (Ashley's Mom)


Fabric from the Strever Family: Stephanie, Gabby & Kaylee


Thank you so much for giving to Ethan's quilt. We feel so blessed. We can not wait until we can start putting all of the fabric together.

Until next time.....

More Fabric!

I'm so excited to get more fabric for Ethan's quilt. That's 6 squares. We have a long ways to go. 94 more squares to go. Thanks to Kris, John & kids. We truly appreciate the fabric & good wish.

Well, it finally hit me this morning. I'm ready for our son to be home. I'm ready to start taking care of him. I'm ready to get to know him. I think this time around, our 3rd adoption, I am not "as" anxious to get him home, as I was for Abby & Jadyn. I think I was anxious for Abby because she was our 1st baby waiting in China. Jadyn I was anxious because she was older and we had updated photos of her, and we were seeing her grow up without us. But with Ethan, yes I want him home, but the girls are keeping me so busy, I have not had much down time to really think about it. But this morning, it hit me. I need him home!

It's hard not knowing how long it will take to get our dossier translated. With how everything is going, I'm praying its fast. But we just won't know. I have had a lot of paperwork to do in this wait. Paperwork we'll need to bring him home. Once we get RA then we send all of this off. This could add a few weeks to our wait to travel. Again, praying it won't add too much time.

Today as I was going through some people's blogs, I came across this site Ladybugs N Love I think I would like to look into using them after we get our RA. I would like to get updated measurements of Ethan and hopefully even some updated photos. We are not supposed to contact the SWI until after RA, and since that was a question on the one form we had to fill out, then I think we'll wait until after RA. We did sent packages to the girls, and it was expensive to mail. I'm thinking if we use this service, then it will be close to what we would spend if we did it ourselves. AND, we can't get updated info our photos on our own.

Counting the days. Well, trying not to. Time is going by fast, even though some days it does not seem like it. It's been over 3 weeks since referral. Almost 2 weeks since PA.

Praying for some good news in the near future. Thanks for praying with us. And please send us some fabric & a good wish. :-)

Until next time......

Quilt Squares are coming in!

THANK YOU to the Olding & Weiland Families for giving us fabric for Ethan's Quilt. We truly appreciate it. I'm so excited to have this made for him. He will see how many people love him and are praying for him.

Just to clarify, we would like 1 or 2 10x10 inch squares of fabric. A fabric that you like, or that represents where you live etc. OR, if you don't want to cut fabric, you can go to a fabric store, like JoAnn's and buy a "fat quarter". This is a quarter of material that is already cut. They have tons to choose from. We will then cut the fabric to make the quilt.

The "good wish" can be typed or written on an index size card (or something similar). It does not have to be a long wish. Maybe a prayer, encouraging words, or your favorite bible verse. Then if you could sign your names (family names) and the city & state where you live, then Ethan will know who the wishes are from and where they came from. We would also like a piece of your fabric on the wish so we can remember which one you gave to him. If you would like, we can add it to your wish later.

I appreciate all the emails. We're looking forward to making this for him. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Love, Debbie

100 Wishes Quilt

To welcome and celebrate a new life, there is a tradition in China to make a Bai Jia Bei, or 100 Good Wishes Quilt. It is a custom to invite friends and family to contribute a patch of cloth with a wish for the baby. Part of the patch of cloth goes into the quilt for the baby, and the other part of the cloth can go into a creative memory notebook with the wish for the child. The quilt contains the luck, energy, and good wishes from all the families and friends who contributed a piece of fabric. The quilt is then passed down from generation to generation.

We would like to collect 100 squares of fabric to make a quilt for Ethan. All we ask is that you send us 1 or 2 10x10 inch squares of fabric or a fabric quarter (fat quarter). The fabric can be of your choice. We would like it to be something that could represent your family, or where you live. Or it can just be something that you like. Along with the squares, we ask that you write a little note to Ethan. A "good wish". It can be a note of encouragement, support or a bible verse. Then attach a piece of the fabric to the note, so that when he reads the notes, he'll know what piece of fabric you gave to him. Then sign the note with your name & family name, and what city & state you live in. The wish can be on an index size card/paper. I will put all of the good wishes into a scrapbook for him to keep.

If you need our address, please email me at tiffsmom95@mac.com and I will email it to you. We would like to have the fabric & good wishes as soon as possible. Hopefully by October. I will post updates on the quilt here on the blog.

Here are a few photos of the girls quilts. They absolutely love their quilts. We know Ethan will love his too.

Thank you!
Debbie