My Wish for CCAI Jan/Feb

This is the wish and the fabric that Maddie and I picked out to send to the group.

Wish # 9

How Cute! I love this wish so creative using ladybugs with a Chinese print.
This wish is from The Symonies family in Archibald, PA

Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.

~Christina Rosetti

Wish # 8

This wish is from Mike and Kelly in Georgia. Very creative I love this one!

@ Hope, that our family will soon be together
as we long for the days with our child in our arms

@Faith, that our family will be enlightened
to cherish the moments safe from harm

@ Joy, that enters our life when we realize
our dreams have finally come true

@ Love, unconditional a new child arrives
Welcome home baby, we love you

@ Trust, in this wish, it will all come true!

May hope, faith, joy, love, and trust guide your way in the maze of life.

Wish # 7

Madeline my 2 1/2 daughters favorite fabric so far she loves this. A wish from the Gower family.

We wish you a lifetime filled
with happiness and joy.

May all your wishes and
dreams come true!

JanFeb DTC group

Wish # 6

A wish from Amy, Mike, Nathan, Jon

Climb every mountain, search high and low
Follow every byway, every path you know.
Climb every mountain, ford every stream.
Follow every rainbow, 'till you find your dream!

A dream that will need all the love you can give,
Every day of your life for as long as you live.

Climb every mountain, ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow, 'till you find you dream!

~ The sound of Music

Wish # 5

Very Girly! From Chris and Julie (janfeb dtc group)

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter
don't mind, and those that mind don't matter.

~Dr. Seuss

Wishes for a lifetime of blessings.

Wish # 4

Dear Baby McNally

Our wish for you is a long, happy and
warm life!

A wish from Tina, Mike, Daniel, Alan and Mikey fellow JanFeb DTC members.

Wish # 3

SO Cute! A wish and song from Sara, Mark, Lena and Sammy another JanFeb DTC buddy.

Old McDonald Had a Farm

Old Mac Donald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o
And on his farm, he had a ....cow!
E-i-e-i-o.
With a moo, moo here, and a moo, moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo,
Everywhere a moo, moo!
Old McDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o.

Our wish for you: fun filled days
of endless play.

Wish # 2

This wish is from Laurie from our JanFeb DTC group:

Moon Catchin' Net

I've made me a moon-catchin net,
And I'm goin' huntin' tonight,
I'll run along swingin' it over my head,
And grab for that big ball of light.

So tomorrow just look at the sky,
And if there's no moon you can bet
I've found what sought and I finally caught
The moon in my moon-catchin' net.

But if the moon's still shinin' there,
Look close underneath ans you'll get
A clear look at me in the sky swingin' free
With a star in my moon-cathchin' net.

~ Shel Silversein

Wishing you the courage to dream big, and to
chase those dreams to the stars and back!

Our First Wish

This is a perfect wish and poem from Tamra, Jeff, Tyler& Morgan who are in our JanFeb DTC group.

Somewhere Out There

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

Ane even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think that we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewher out there
Out where dreams come true

~ James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

After many nights of wishing on the same bright star, may all your dreams come true as a Forever Family.

100 Good Wishes Quilt

Many of you know by know Steve and I are adopting another baby girl from China. We have completed all of our paperwork and now we are in the waiting stage. To keep busy during this time I have decided to take on a project of making a quilt and I need your help. I would like to invite you to participate in creating a "100 wishes quilt".

To welcome and celebrate a new life, there is a tradition in the northern part of 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.

During the adoption for Maddie I did not make a quilt but I am now making a quilt for each of the girls. We are inviting all of our friends and family to take part in this project.

Here is what we would like you to do:

1) Choose any fabric 100% cotton that you like. Cut "2" 8 inch by 8 inch cotton fabric square.

2) Cut 1 to 2 inch fabric scrap piece of the same square material for the memory book. (this piece will go with the each wish

3) Write or type a wish/poem/ on acid free paper (preservation purposes) expressing your good wishes and heartfelt sentiments for the baby; The fabric will be used to make the quilt and the notes and the smaller pieces of fabric will be placed in a books for each of our daughters to be given when they are older.

Ideas for fabric: When selecting your fabric make sure it is 100% cotton and find something that is meaningful to you. If there are several members in your family, please fee free to send more than one good wish note and fabrics for each of the girls. In China, these quilts were originally made from the garments of family and friends surrounding the child with luck and good wishes.

Ideas for wishes: What would you wish for a little girl in her life? Happiness, faith, security, prosperity, fortune and courage. Make sure you sign your name on the wishes. The girls will not see there wish books containing the notes until they are older. It would be wonderful to receive all the fabric and wishes by June 30, 2007 so I can get busy making these quilts before we bring Kinsey home.


If you have more than one person in your family who would like to participate then please feel free to send more than one set of fabric square (one for each of the girls) and a wish (for each of the girls). Remember I need 100 blocks of fabric for each quilt. Children are welcome to contribute to this project:)

Thanks again for all the support. I know everyone has busy schedules, but I hope you will be able to take time to help me create this special keepsakes. This will hold allot of meaning to them when they get older especially since it incorporates part of her Chinese Heritage.

Once I get the fabric and wishes coming in I will start another blog showing all the fabrics and wishes.