Thank you so much for reading our profile. We are Helene, Ray and Lili and are welcoming you to our hearts and home where love is unconditional and dreams are chased. We will strive to teach your child the strong family & moral values that our parents taught us. That way we believe your child will grow into a self-confident & well balanced person.

Ray Helene Job Description Investment Banker for an International Bank Stay-at-Home Mom Education Masters Degree in Finance & is a Chartered Financial Analyst University Degree in Business Administration with a Specialization in Human Resources Favorites Disney Movie Peter Pan Disney Movie Alice in Wonderland Family Activity Boat Trips on Our Lake Family Activity Hiking, Skiing & Cycling Food Italian Food Fish Holiday Family Campfire with Marshmallows Holiday Big Dinner with Extended Family at Our Lake Side Property Type of Music Blues/Rock & Roll Type of Music Jazz/Soul Children Lili-3 years old

For many years, we cherished the idea of having a family. After 8 years of trying naturally, we embarked on a long series of IVF treatments to try to influence Mother Nature but to no avail. The ups and downs and the constant frustration naturally led us to consider adoption as a way to create our family. Three years ago a courageous young woman named Rhianna gave us the most beautiful gift possible on the face of the earth: she chose adoption and presented us with the gift of life.

Our daughter Lili is by far our best accomplishment yet as a couple. We are blessed with her presence everyday and she is a little piece of Love who is full of life, energy and has an abundance of love to spray around. She is already talking about a baby brother or baby sister and she even imagines that it is in her own tummy! She is so cute. One thing is for sure is that little brother or sister will be blessed to have Lili has a big sister.

We have met Lili's birthparents and their siblings before and after the birth. We have spent a lot of time with them and have taken lots of photos to share with Lili when she will be older. We send letters and pictures every year to the birthparents through the agency so they can know how Lili is doing and how she is growing stronger and more beautiful every year. It is easy to see through those pictures that she is growing into a happy, self confident and happy child.

We truly believe that Love doesn't divide and just multiplies and you can be assured that your child will receive the same amount of Love, care and understanding as we have been giving Lili for the last few years. We will nurture her or him and we will make sure he or she feels secure and comforted every step of the way within a closely knit family. He or she will have the best Life has to offer and will grow in a loving, caring and balanced person.

We are already discussing adoption openly in our home with Lili. Actually,one of her favorite books is an adoption book entitled 'Tell me about the night I was born' by Jamie Lee Curtis. We do believe that your child and Lili will share their beautiful stories of adoption together and will feel loved and privileged of having been adopted.

Telling your child about his or her adoption story is central to the development of their personality. So we will without a doubt tell them as much as we can about their extraordinary destiny. For our first adoption, we have kept for Lili a big pink box filled with all sorts of memorabilia from her birth and adoption: Newspapers of the day she was born, pictures of all her extended birth family and a short video of her birthmother. We also have a Life album containing the story of her adoption journey including her birth and the ensuing days getting back to London for her new life to begin. We will use this album to explain to her the amazing amount of love it took for her birthparents to give her the life she would otherwise not have been entitled to. She will grow up and understand how special she is for us and her birthparents. We plan to repeat to same approach with your child should you chose us as your adoptive family.

Central to that adoption story will be the understanding that his or her birthparents loved him or her so much that they wanted to offer him or her an opportunity to have the very best that life could offer and that they were unable to provide. That story is what makes them very special and precious and is, in our view, key to a balanced and strong personality. We will make sure that we present your life in a positive and grateful way, reflecting your selflessness and generosity to make his or her life a special one.

Birthday Time!

We usually celebrate the main holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Each time the house is decorated, friends and family invited and we make sure the kids take centre stage and that their eyes sparkle with life and bewilderment. We always make sure to take great photos to share with family members and friends later via email. Christmas and the summer holidays are probably the biggest events as members of the extended family sleep over and we line up a lot of activities.

Winter will always see a big Christmas dinner with Helene's brother Maurice dressing up as Santa Clause and surprise the kids after dinner. It is a magical moment and very often the highlight of the evening for the children. Horse drawn sleigh riding under the moonlight (amazing!), Snowman making outside the house, snow ball throwing, ice skating and cuddles by the huge fireplace are also very popular.

The summer holidays translates into boat riding, water skiing, non stop sleepovers and evening campfire with marshmallows and sausages on our beach. Lili likes to share her new playground by the house with her cousins and both adults and kids alike rave about the 'Monster': Ray's recent purchase of a 10 feet wide tube pulled by the boat that can seat 3 adults or 5 kids comfortably for an action-packed day! We also make sure that learning has its place with long walks in the woods (we have 10 acres of woodland surrounding the house) to discover the beauty and life forms offered by Mother Nature.