Dear Birth Parent

Dear Birth Parent,

You have been in our thoughts and prayers. As we sit down to write this letter we are trying to put ourselves in your shoes and to try to understand what would be the most important thing you could know about us. We feel you should know that we have a very strong and stable relationship full of happiness and love. We have been married for eight years and are more madly in love with each other than ever! We know that we will provide a nurturing and loving environment where your child will be unconditionally loved and accepted.

Soon after our marriage, we decided to start a family. We both love children and had dreams of having a large family. We became pregnant a few months after our wedding. We were just about to announce the exciting news to our families when the pregnancy ended in miscarriage. We have never been able to become pregnant since. After going through endless fertility treatments, we were faced with the decision to either do in-vitro infertilization or to adopt. After much deliberation and prayer we decided that we wanted to build our family through adoption. We have never questioned that decision since. We know we will love any child placed in our home with the same intensity as if he or she were biologically ours.

When we think of our future family we imagine having family dinners together every night, reading bedtime stories and playing hide and go seek. Kameron dreams of taking our children bike riding and Emily longs to bake cookies and dress our children in fun Halloween costumes. We love the outdoors and plan on plenty of outdoor adventures as a family (as well as trips to Disney Land--we love it!). We have decided that after we adopt Emily will leave work and become a stay at home mother. This is very important to us as a couple and feel it will be the best way to raise our children.

We both love children and have chosen professions where we work with children. Kameron received his master's degree in occupational therapy and works with children who have delays. Emily received her bachelor's degree in Social Work and has worked extensively with children and families. Education is very important to us. We know we will take an active part in our child's education and encourage them to live up to their potential.

We are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is important to us to attend church each Sunday as well as activities throughout the week. Our congregation is truly like another family to us. We have great friends who support and love us. We know that our child will be accepted and loved (and will have lots of play-dates).

Family is very important to us. We both have great relationships with our families and we love to be together. Our child will have plenty of cousins (right now there are six) and lots of aunts and uncles (Kameron has five siblings and Emily has three). Our parents are loving and doting grandparents who are excited about adoption. They often talk to us about making plans to come stay with us when our baby comes home. Our families are both full of stable and caring people who will be great influences in our child's life.

We purchased our first home in July of last year. Our home is in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood with lots of trees (it is Washington, after all). We have great schools, parks, and libraries close to us. We have a room in our house just waiting to become our nursery. We love our home and feel it is a safe, calming, and happy place to be. We love to have friends over for dinner and strive to make our house a place where people want to gather. We have a great yard and plan on starting a vegetable garden this year.

We know that the decision to place your child for adoption is a very serious and selfless decision. We respect the dedication and love you have for your child. We are wanting an open adoption where our child is aware of the sacrifice their birth parents made for them to have the best life possible.

Please let us know if you have any questions for us--we'd love for you to contact us!

Take Care,

Kameron and Emily