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Waiting Families

Heidi and Kevin

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Dear Birthparents,

My name is Heidi and I would first like to thank you for reading our letters. It is our dream to raise a family. I hope this book will help you begin to get to know us and to see the love and laughter we wish to share with your child. We have been unable to conceive a child naturally and feel that we are meant to become adoptive parents. There aren’t enough words to tell you how much I admire you. You have chosen to make one of the hardest decisions a person could have to make. I know that Kevin and I could provide your baby with a life you would be proud of.

Kevin and I met 11 ½ years ago and have been married since 2003. Kevin is not only my husband but my best friend. I am truly a better person because of him. He is always my positive voice of reason and is there to make me smile and laugh. We have been through many stressful situations that have brought us closer together. He is very caring, warm and loving and will do anything to make me laugh. He is a big kid himself in so many ways and that is another thing I love about him. He is going to be a complete “hands on dad” and I know he will make the best dad ever. I have never seen him with a child who hasn’t instantly fallen in love with him. To say we are excited to start our family would be an understatement.

As a couple we have an amazing relationship with a strong sense of support, trust and communication. Our friends are always commenting on the great relationship Kevin and I have. We are truly blessed to have found each other. We both like to think we are hilarious, even though sometimes Kevin and I may be the only two people who think we are actually funny. (And we are okay with that). We can have the best time just spending time at home together cheering on our Green Bay Packers on game day. We also enjoy traveling to spend time with my family in Wisconsin. We especially love spending time at my parent’s cabin relaxing on the deck, swimming and riding the paddle boat around the lake. We also love having large family BBQ’s with Kevin’s family. Grandma Sharon is already looking forward to the first “Holiday Baking Extravaganza” as soon as our child is old enough to pick up a spoon.

We are already so blessed to have such a fulfilling life, but there is one thing that is still missing – a child to love and nurture. We have been practicing to be parents our whole lives and are more than ready to welcome a child into our hearts and our lives. Our families and friends are so excited to do the same. I can guarantee that your child will feel completely loved and cherished for life from not only Kevin and myself, but from all of their uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and our close knit group of friends. Everyone is already lining up to offer their babysitting services and “shopping services” of scoping out cute baby clothes. We are blessed to have Kevin’s mom and stepdad and his dad and stepmom living very close to us. Between “Grandmas Days” and our employers being very willing to work with our schedules, our plan is to have them in daycare no more than two half days per week. My parents will also be visiting from Wisconsin even more often to spend time with our child. We are so lucky to have such a great support system.

If you choose us to be the parents of your child, I can promise you that he or she will be cared for and raised in a fun, loving and happy home, surrounded by loving parents and a very large extended family. I cannot imagine what it must be like to make this decision, but I want you to know that your child will have the best life you could possibly want him or her to have. I understand the importance of openness and will do everything in my power to ensure that your child will know all aspects of his or her life story. Through photos and letters and occasional visits, my hope is that your child will be raised knowing how special and how loved he or she truly is.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to look at our Family Book.

Sincerely,
Heidi


Dear Birthparents,

My wife Heidi and I are really looking forward to becoming parents. We want to thank you for taking the time to learn a little bit about us. I can’t begin to know how you are feeling while you are trying to make this difficult decision. Please know that what you are doing by making your adoption plan is fulfilling the dream of a couple to become parents.

My name is Kevin and I have known my wonderful wife for 11 ½ years. She is my best friend and we have been married for 8 ½ great years. Heidi is so full of love and compassion and I know that will make her a great mom to our child. Our single friends jokingly call her “Mother Hen” because she is always looking out for them and making sure they are well fed and taken care of. Heidi grew up in Northern Wisconsin with her parents and two younger brothers. Her parents instilled in her the values that I know have made her such a loving wife and will make her a wonderful mom, such as her kindness, caring and just being an all around sweet person. We always enjoy time with our nephews and are so lucky to have them living so close to us. Our seven year old nephew knows about the adoption and has been asking when he is going to have his new baby cousin. Our child will also have uncles and aunts around that are so excited to be able to do activities with them as they grow up. Needless to say, all of our loved ones are extremely excited for the new addition to our family.

We are both looking forward to taking day trips to the coast, Mt. Hood or heading down to my aunt’s house down on the river. Our child will be blessed with three wonderful sets of healthy and active grandparents. My mom and stepdad and also my dad and stepmom all live very close to us. Heidi’s parents live in Wisconsin but visit often and will definitely be here even more once we have a child. All of the grandparents have so many different things to share with them, everything from kayaking, knitting, playing with train sets, cooking, playing guitar and sharing their love of traveling. We are huge Green Bay Packer fans and I am excited to have “daddy time” with our child watching them play on Sundays. Both coming from Wisconsin, we are proud to call ourselves Cheeseheads! I also look forward to taking them trick-or-treating or just going to the park close to our house. Heidi is looking forward to cuddle time, bedtime stories and sharing her love of music with them. She loves to sing and dance in the privacy of our home. We are hoping they will get your rhythm or mine, as Heidi can’t dance.*We have two very spoiled and funny pets, our dog Chloe and our cat Cody. They are extremely loving and an important part of our family. They both love their belly rubs and cuddling with us.

As you explore our Family Book, you will see that we have a large and loving support system and we love spending time with them. Heidi and I will do everything in our power to make sure that your child has every opportunity to realize their potential and dreams. We hope to provide a happy environment for your child to feel all of the love and support that we felt growing up.

We would love to meet you and get to know you and your dreams for your child. We hope you will consider us to be the parents of your baby. Please know that we are true to our word and that we will strongly protect and love our child with all our hearts. We will honor our commitments to you in terms of mutually agreed upon openness, letters and photos. Your child will always know their adoption story and where they came from.

I just want to thank you for taking the time to look at our Family Book and get to know us a little better. This will probably be one of the hardest decisions you will ever have to make in your life and I just hope we can be part of it.

Sincerely,
Kevin