Hair Bow Swap

I joined the DTC NOV 2005 Hair bow swap to exchange hair accessories with some other waiting Moms. This is the awsome package I recieved from my Swap buddy Brandi upon our return from San Diego. I love it all and getting packages with little reminders of who is on the way makes this wait a little more tolerable. Thanks for your great hair gifts Brandi.

San Diego

We just returned from San Diego on Monday 5/29. Our Nephew Lashley got married last Thursday and we went to the wedding and then stayed for the rest of the weekend and took the kids to Sea World and Lego Land. Overall it was a nice time. A few very wet moments and unhappy moments but overall we had a good time. Coming home was a long day and we took one of "Burt's Great Adventures" and went the back way through Ajo and Sells. They are about as exciting as their names and about as big as their names are long. Yawn.

The Famous, Mysterious "Brown Envelope"

We received our "Brown Envelope" two days ago. It is dated 11/22/05. Where has it been for six months? Nobody knows. It is nice to have it, at least we know that our paperwork went through the Consulate's office. What will everyone call this if they run out of brown envelopes and change to say manilla, just won't be the same. Manilla is too common.

Also, click this link www.meili100wishes.blogspot.com or the one to the right for 100 Good Wishes Quilt to see the first few quilt squares we have recieved. Thanks everyone. Have a great weekend.

100 Good Wishes Quilt

We would like to invite you to participate in helping us make a 100 Good Wishes Quilt for our daughter.

A tradition exists in the northern part of China to make a Bai Jia Bei (a.k.a. 100 Good Wishes Quilt). The family invites friends and family to contribute a square of cloth along with their wish for the baby. Part of the square goes into the quilt for the baby, and the other part goes into a scrapbook with the wish for the child. It is said that the quilt contains the luck, energy, and good wishes from everyone who contributed a piece of fabric.

We would be honored if you would contribute a quilt square and a wish for our daughter to be. This tradition will show our daughter just how much she was loved before she arrived home, and it will become a special heirloom for her.

To participate please give or send to us one 7 x 7 in. square of fabric of your choice. The fabric can be new or something you already have. It could be fabric that has special meaning or just something you like. The fabric should be 100% cotton or a high quality cotton blend so it can be sewn, washed and will fit together nicely. To see some examples go to: http://www.originalquilts.com/100_good_wishes_quilts.htm

Along with the square, please send a 3 x 5 or 4 x 6 card with a small square of the material on it and your wish. The wish can be just a heartfelt thought you dream up, a famous or not-so-famous quote, song lyrics, scripture passages, a family recipe, …whatever you would like to say. It can be as plain or as fancy as you want to make it. You can hand write it, computer print it, use scrapbook supplies, scan the fabric and color print it on the paper, use cardstock, use stickers, use stamps.... it is completely up to you. (See example above)

If you will be mailing the square and wish, just fold the fabric in half and put them both in a business envelope and it will only cost you a 39 cent stamp to mail them. To get my address to send to, press the link to view complete profile on the right. On the profile page click the email link on the left hand side to send me an email requesting our address to mail a quilt square.

A link is provided on the right for these instructions once this post is old and no longer in view.

Thank you so much for helping us with this quilt. I will post pictures of it when we are done.