HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! I thought I would post a picture of our Daisy dressed in her Halloween best.
Have a SCARY day!!!!!

Quilt Square #48

This square and wish is from Feliciyt & Mike LaRosa from Melbourne Beach, FL. This is from an individual swap. Thank you. This makes #48.

Quilt Squares #46 & #47 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These squares and wish is from Pat, Brian & Kaira Lynch from Brooklin, NH. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #46 & #47.

Quilt Squares #44 & #45 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These squares and wish is from Jeff & Kimberly Shelton from Albuquerque, NM. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #44 & #45.

Quilt Squares #42 & #43 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These squares and wish is from Bill & Aleta Boetticher from Astor, FL. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #42 & #43.

Quilt Squares #40 & #41 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These squares and wish is from The Stone Family from Springfield, MO. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #40 & #41.

Quilt Square #39 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Michael & Rosemary (Frank) Colombo from Ashland, MO. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #39.

Quilt Square #38

This square and wish is from Kristina & Tony Sowers from Bradford, PA. This is from an individual swap. Thank you. This makes #38.

Quilt Squares #36 & #37

These squares and wish are from The Eaks Family of Burleson, TX. This is from an individual swap. Thank you. This makes #36 & #37.

Quilt Square #35 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Christine & Bill Warner and Anthony & Alexander from Columbus, OH. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #35.

Quilt Square #34

This square and wish is from Carolyn Anderson from El Cajon, CA. This is a friend of Dean's parents. Thank you. This makes #34.

Quilt Squares #32 & #33 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These squares and wish is from Anik Nolet from Montreal, Canada. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #32 & #33.

Quilt Squares # 30 & #31 form the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These squares and wish are from Robin Tillman from Louisville, KY. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #30 & #31.

Quilt Square #29 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Robin Tillman from Louisville, KY. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #29.

Quilt Square #28 for the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from The Winge Family from Moncks Corner, SC. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #28.

Our Littlest Flower...Daisy

Last but not least we have our BABY-Daisy. She is 1 1/2 yrs old. She is our Jack Russell Terrier, if you didn't know. She is full of energy and lots of love. I call her my "Sugar" or our "White Fluff" or even better "The White Toranado". We got her last September when we started IVF. At that time I really needed some one to mother and she was perfect. The other two were so grown up now, it was like they didn't need me like that anymore. I was so excited when Dean agreed to getting her. She was the hairest little monster I have ever seen. When we saw her at the breeders she seemed so gentle and docile, but when we got her home it was another story. She was a giant ball of energy. We really thought that her and Bailey wouldn't get along ever. Then within a few days and lots of grouling and bitting, they became the best of friends. As for her and Lily. Well we all know that they is the "Princess" and the Ruler of the Clan, let's just say that Lily tolorates her. Here is a pic of Daisy when we first saw her at the breeders house. Daisy and Daddy...Love at first sight.

The next pic have to put in...here she is sleeping in the car after going to the pumpkin patch the first time last year. I love this picture.

This other pic is of her doing the "Wiener Dog". Mind you, we have a wiener dog that only kicks his legs out when he is sleep or stretching. It is almost that he is ashamed to do it. Our JRT does it all the time.

Here is a picture with her and Bailey. They are really the best of friends.

As you can tell, we really love our pooches. I know that Alicyn will have lots of fun with them all. We can't wait for Ali and I know the dogs can't either.

Our Little Man...

Next we have Bailey. He is our "Little Man". He is 8 yrs old and I got him as a gift from my Mom, when I graduated from Western Career College. We bought him from a breeder in Loomis. He was the most cutest thing I have ever seen. He had the biggest PUCKERS on his mouth. It looked like he had sucked a lemon for days. I do have to say that he is very candid. Here is a pic of him doing what he does best...EATING!

He also loves to sleep and follow me around all over the place. He is known as my "Shadow". He has always been like that. I love this next picture of him. This pic is of him in Ali's room. He loves going in her room. I think they will be great friends when she gets here.

Princess Lily...The Ruler of the Clan

I thought I would put some pics of the kids up. Our oldest is Lily. She is 10 yrs old. We got her a few months before we got married. I was working as a teacher for an after school program when a parent ask if I would like to have her. It was love at first sight. She was the tinniest thing I have ever seen. This pic is from when we first got her.



The next pic is a more recent one of what she looks like today. She is now the Princess of the Clan. She is such a Diva. In this picture she has a shirt on that Terri(She works with Dean) gave her. She is also talking, which is what she does quite a bit. She likes watching TV. She talks when there is ANY type of animal on.

Quilt Square #27 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Laurie Carmichael from Salem, NH. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #27.

Quilt Square #26 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Jason, Trina & Trevor Cook from Phoenix, AZ. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #26.

Quilt Square #25 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Peggy and Bob Heller from Knoxville, TN. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #25.

Special Quilt Square from Ali's Pooches #24

This is a very special square and wish for Alicyn. This one is from her Pooches: Lily (Chihuahua) 10 yrs old, Bailey (Dachshund) 8 yrs old and Daisy (Jack Russell Terrier) 1 1/2 yrs old. They are so excited to have a little sister. This is their special wish to her. This is square and wish #24.

Quilt Square #23 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Rebecca and Doug Bryant. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #23. This is the most unique way we have had a square/wish come. It came in a clear envelope. When we got it I couldn't open it until we had a picture. It also had a Fortune Telling Fish in it. What a TREAT! We really love this one. Thank you so much.

Quilt Square #22 from the Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Jennifer and Darcy from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #22.

Quilt Squares #20 & #21 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These two squares and wish are from The Atkinson Family of Ontario, Canada. This is part of the Dragonfly and Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #20 & #21.

Quilt Square #18 & #19 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These two squares and wish is from The Dudley Family of Colstrip, MT. This is part of the Dragonfly and Butterfly Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #18 & #19.

Quilt Square #17 from Surprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Ivy Shaffer and Dani Marks from Westampton, NJ. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #17.

No Update, just a little background.

People have asked us how we came up with her name

Alicyn Shea

We chose Alicyn to honor Dean's Grandma Alice Knight. She has always been supportive of Dean and welcomed Cyndi from the day they met. Alicyn is a variation of Alice. It means Noble and Truthful which we're sure she'll be. As for the spelling we chose it that way because it had "Cyn" in it. We wanted her to also have part of Cyndi's name. Also it is different.

We chose Shea because we like the way it sounded with Alicyn...Oh and by the way it also means 'Fairy Palace'...go figure. In case you didn't know, Cyndi is crazy about fairies.

We'll keep you updated as we get closer to her arrival. We EXPECT her sometime around February of 2008. Could be more, could be less, we hope it's the latter.

Kindly sign our guestbook .

Quilt Square #16 from the Suprise Girl Swap

This square and wish is from Jennifer & Bill Franklin of Londonderry, NH. This is part of the Surprise Girl Swap I joined. Thank you. This makes #16.

Quilt Squares #14 & #15 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These two squares and wish are from Karrie & Chuck Mikulus and Family of Newbury Park, CA. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly wish I joined. Thank you. This makes #14 & #15.

Quilt Square #13

This is quilt square is lucky number 13 and also #1 from our list of friends and families that we sent out. This square and wish is from the Sunding Family from Auburn, CA. Tom works with Dean. We want to personally thank them for helping us with this project for Ali.

Alicyn Shea's 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Alicyn Shea’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt

Hello Everyone!

Dean and I wanted to ask our family and friends to help out with a very special gift for our little girl. We are in the long process of adopting our baby girl from China: Alicyn Shea (insert Chinese name) James.
In Chinese culture there is a tradition called 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 on a separate piece of paper. Part of the cloth needs to be put on the wish. What we will do is take the fabric squares and make a quilt with that and the wishes will be put in a scrapbook with a piece of the fabric that matches it. This quilt will have the luck, energy, and good wishes from all our friends and families who contributed a piece of fabric to her quilt. This quilt will be able to be passed from generation to generation.

Here is what we would like you to do:
-Choose ANY 100% cotton fabric that you like.
-Cut ONE 8”x8” (at least) square from the fabric.
-Include your “good wish note”. Please add a spare piece of fabric along with your wish. This will be added to the scrapbook.

Ideas for selecting fabric squares:
*select a fabric that is meaningful to you.
*100% cotton fabric
*If there are several members in your family, please feel free to send more than 1 set of scraps. It would be so special to include good wishes from all members of your family.

Ideas for selecting good wishes note:
Well…what would you wish for a newborn child to have in her life? Some ideas that come to mind are good health, perseverance, compassion and sense of humor. Use that as a guide for your good wish note. Keep in mind that she will not see your note until she is older, of course. Also, please include a small piece of fabric on the wish.

Please email us for our address if you are interested. Thank you all for your help.
Cyndi and Dean :)

Quilt Squares #11 & #12 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These two squares and wish are from Dimari Isla from San Juan, PR. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly wish I joined. Thank you. This makes #11 & #12

Quilt Squares #9 & #10 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These two squares and wish are from Diane M. Olson from Milwaukee, WI. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly wish I joined. Thank you. This makes #9 & #10.

Quilt squares #7 & #8 from the Dragonfly/Butterfly Swap

These two squares and wish are from Dean & Becky Rotan of Fisco, Texas. This is part of the Dragonfly & Butterfly wish I joined. Theirs was the first. Thank you. This makes #7 & #8.

Quilt Square #6

This quilt square and wish is from Laurie Carmichael of Salem, NH. I also did an individual swap with her. Thank you. This is square #6.

Quilt Square #5

This quilt square and wish is from Theresa Johnson of North Attleboro, MA. I also did an individual swap with her. Thank you. This is square #5.

DTC 10/4/06

It is official....Today, 10/4, is our DTC date. Our papers have been sent to CHINA!!!! YEAH!!

Betty Butterfly Rocker

This is a gift from Alicyn's Auntie Callie. I LOVE this rocker!! I saw this in the JC Penny's catalog back in June and I just fell in love with it. I could not stop talking about it. Well, my hair dresser/friend, Callie, got this for Ali and had it sent to us on 9/27. I was so surprised when I went out to greet Dean and this was on our porch. This was a wonderful surprise. We want to personally thank Callie and Travers for this beautiful gift.

Quilt Square #4 & 4A

This quilt square and wish is from the Meyers Family of Fishers, IN. I also did an individual swap with them. This is square #4 and 4A.

Quilt Square #3

This quilt square and wish is from the Jacobs Family of Tulsa, OK. I also did an individual swap with them. This is square #3.

Quilt Square #2

This is a quilt square and wish that we received from the Dudly Family in Colstrip, MT. I did an individual swap with them. Thank you. This is square #2.

New date of DTC...

Well, 9/29 came and went and our papers did not go to China. I received a call on 9/28 saying that they were not sending any papers to China on Friday due to some sort of Convention in China. I guess everything closes down during this time. So now are papers are due to go out on Wednesday 10/4 (which is the day before Dean's Birthday!) Want to hear a funny thing...Well we sent the papers to our agency to start the adoption process on 5/10, which is the day before my birthday and we will have our papers sent to China on 10/4, which is the day before Dean's birthday. Crazy, huh??!! I just want them to be sent and on the way!!