Ross & Selena

We love being parents. We feel it is the most rewarding and challenging step in our lives so far. We are really excited to add another child to our happy little family. We want you to feel assured that we will provide a stable, loving, supportive home full of life and laughter. We believe adoption is an amazing gift. We want you to feel assured that your child will always know the love you gave him/her and the courage it took to place your baby in our arms. Preferred Gender: Either

Ross Selena Job Description Application Developer for Library Software Middle School ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Teacher Education Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Master of Science in Education Favorites Family Activity Going to the Zoo or Aquarium on a Weekend Morning Family Activity Friday Ritual of Carousel, Dinner and Ice Cream Together Food Indian Food Food Thai Food Form of Exercise Cycling Form of Exercise Yoga Hero Mahatma Ghandi Hero Eleanor Roosevelt Hobby Playing Music Hobby Cooking Children Isaac-3 years old

Our Family

We have a wonderful son, Isaac. He is adopted from Guatemala. We were lucky to bring him home at almost 7 months old and he is now three. He will make a wonderful older brother.

With Isaac, we have told him his story from the beginning. We also read him the book Over the Moon, an adoption tale, and we have replaced the characters' names with our names. We have a life book that begins with us wanting and wishing for a baby and is still a work in progress. When we rock him to sleep we talk about everyone that loves him and we always include his two moms in Guatemala (his birthmother and foster mother). We have done this from the very beginning and it is his story - a beautiful story. We have kept all photographs and papers that were part of his adoption process and plan to share all of it with him when the time is right and he begins to ask more specific questions.

We will start the story of your child's adoption from the very beginning. We believe that as you "practice" the adoption story it becomes your child's story in a very positive and supportive way. We plan to answer any questions openly with an emphasis on the love that was bestowed upon them by his/her birthparent(s) by placing them in our arms, and the love that they will receive unconditionally from us.

We will read books together about adoption and address any difficult issues that may come up as well as positive aspects of the adoption. It is truly a beautiful act and we will encourage both of our children to view their adoptions as a positive and profound experience to add to a lifetime of experiences.

Reading to Isaac

Selena Teaching

We wholeheartedly embrace cultural diversity. In fact, Selena's entire job is cultural diversity! With our son being Hispanic, we have already introduced many customs into our lives that enhance our family traditions. We love to cook Chilequiles together, a yummy Guatemalan dish. We also have a kite to fly on Dia de Todosantos (all Saints' Day) where we celebrate the lives of all those that have been important to us and have passed on.

Luckily, we live in a very culturally and racially diverse neighborhood and community. The community celebrates differences together and truly learns from one another. Selena's classes are full of culturally diverse students and families. She loves to include her family into the mix and it has enriched all of our lives. We feel blessed to have adopted trans-racially and hope to do it again. We look forward to creating and adding more diverse activities to our family.