Julius & Tammy

We hope that you will enjoy reading our profile. More importantly, we hope that you will believe from this profile that we will be an ideal match for your child's hopes and dreams. We promise to be loving, caring, nurturing, and supportive of your child. If you pick us, please be assured that your child will know he or she has a very special birthmother, who demonstrated the ultimate celebration of love. Preferred Gender: Either

Julius Tammy Job Description Network Engineer Staff Accountant, Future Stay at Home Mom Education college college Favorites Family Activity Playing Board Games Family Activity Picnic Hobby Yard Work Hobby Embroidery/Craft Shows Sports Star Horseshoes Sports Star Badminton Thing to Cook Anything on the Grill Thing to Cook Appetizers TV Show Wheel of Fortune TV Show Any Game Show Children Addyson-1 year old

We have many family traditions that range from getting together with both our families for birthday dinners and celebrations. However, our favorite family tradition takes place on Christmas Eve. This is such a fun event that the planning starts over Thanksgiving dinner; where we draw names for the Christmas Eve gift exchange. Also during the Thanksgiving break, Tammy puts together her Santa list, comprised of the neighborhood kids, friends, friend's children and family member’s children who she will send surprise Santa signed secret letters to. Tammy usually sends out about 40 letters to various children. This is a top secret project, some of the parents still haven't figured out where the letters come from, and Tammy enjoys stamping Mr. Claus' signature on each one, and hearing later from the kids about the great letters they received.

On Christmas Eve, Tammy's immediate family along with extended family of about 25 people arrives at our house around 4pm. Everyone prepares traditional Christmas food to share. After eating we all gather around to play games, watch movies or just catch up. Then we have everyone come to the family room where we participate in the much loved gift exchange that always brings much laughter and many smiles. After everyone has left for the evening, Julius & Tammy get to play Santa and deliver their godchildren's gifts before they awake on Christmas morning. We usually arrive at Tammy's parent's house first thing Christmas morning for breakfast and to exchange gifts with her immediate family. After lunch we head to Julius's parent's house to exchange gifts and have dinner.

I will never forget that day in May I got the call at work that we had been selected by a birth mom who was due in June. It is a feeling I will never forget. I thought June would never get here then 2 days later we got a call that our daughter was born 6 weeks early. We got on a plane the next morning to meet her. We met Addyson’s birth mom first and hit it off right away. Then we went down to the NICU and met our precious baby girl. We spent the next few weeks at the hospital all day and night with Addyson. It is such a great feeling to finally be a Mommy and Daddy. When we brought Addyson home all our friends and family were there to greet us….what a great day!!

Now that our first adoption is complete, it is hard to express how much we truly appreciate the wonderful gift we received from our birth mother. We now send cards and letters to this special lady and occasionally talk on the phone, and will always be very thankful for her and her choice. After being blessed with Addyson, we are certain that a second child will fully complete our family, and we can’t wait to welcome home another addition and introduce Addyson to her new brother or sister.

Out to Dinner with Family Friends

Our friends would say "fun" is our middle name, and some days we would have to agree. We both are firm believers that a good time is what you make of it. While we love to spend time together alone, we equally love our time with our friends and family.

Cookouts and gatherings at our home is a norm. We love to invite friends and neighbors over. Every July, we've gone on vacation with four other families and their children, to South Carolina for a week long beach getaway. In addition, we have four godchildren, two of which live very close to us; we love to show our support at their school and sporting events.

We also have embarked on an embroidery hobby which has proven to be a lot of fun for both us. We attend local craft and hobby shows throughout the year and even take embroidery requests from many friends and family. In addition, we also enjoy quiet evenings where we sometimes cook and clean together, as we discuss the happenings of each of our days. Another thing Tammy has recently begun is scrapbooking, which has been very fun and relaxing. We look forward to the time when we can share all our fun times and start making memories with a new addition to the family.