Lizzie is the name we have chosen for our daughter. Her full name will be Elizabeth with part of her Chinese name incorporated as a middle name. Elizabeth is my mother's name,as well as my mother-in-law's, sister-in-law's, Grandma-in-law's, and several cousin in-laws' middle name. Plus it is one of our favorite names. So Lizzie it is.
I had a quilt made for Lizzie by my friend Jane's mother in-law Mary. Mary is a very talented quilter and kindly agreed to make a crib quilt for Lizzie. The quilt blocks are the Journey to California pattern and start in one corner with a China quilt block and move down to the opposite corner with our house in California. It's colors move from red to pink. It has handprints of both Jeff and I as well as our boys and Sophie the dog. I absolutely love it. I can't wait to wrap Lizzie in it. Jeff is very afraid she will ruin it by spitting up on it or worse! He just wants to hang it. I want her to use it first. It can be washed after all. I look at it every day and it never fails to give me chills. I think one of my favorite parts are the Mommy and Daddy handprints that are reaching for China. Then it ends with our house block and Cooper's , Nate's, and Sophie's prints. So it tells the story of Jeff and I getting her in China and arriving back at home with her brothers and her Wonderdog! Plus it has a pocket for a Beanie Panda and ladybugs and beautiful fabric and I could just go on and on! LOVE IT!