Finally An Official Name!

It is 9:00 pm on Sunday, March 18th and the four of us have finally decided what Olivia's full name will be....Olivia Elizabeth BaoXing Pitz. We have gone back and forth on different names and even asked for suggestions. We had to make a decision so we sat down Sunday evening to do just that. Thank you to everyone that gave us the many great suggestions but for different reasons we narrowed it down to these three that we all liked. They were Olivia Jade (thanks Mom!), Olivia Katherine (thanks Kathy!) and Olivia Elizabeth (Dawn's middle name). We just couldn't decide so we finally wrote each of them on a piece of paper and threw them into a hat. Then, of course, we had to draw straws to to see who would pick the name that would be with Olivia the rest of her life. Jenny picked the longest straw so she got to do the picking and we all decided whatever she picked, that would be the middle name. She picked Elizabeth and we all decided to incorporate her Chinese name also so we are keeping the BaoXing in her name. Finally, we could all agree on Olivia Elizabeth BaoXing Pitz. Dawn is happy since she is named after her now!! Although she would have been happy with any of the beautiful names...

The next step is to wait for the official travel assignments which should come soon so we can make flight arrangements. How exciting as the weeks fly by getting us all closer to meeting this little girl who has no idea that four people, half a world away, spent an hour and a half pondering what her name would be. We cannot wait to meet her!!