Dear Birth Parent(s),

You may feel a lot of uncertainty at the moment as you face a difficult situation. We can only try to understand some of your worries about the future of your child; children are the most valuable gift of life. We had great difficulty trying to have our first child and we hope that our family will be blessed with another child to whom we can open our heart and our home. You are going to give the most wonderful gift on Earth: life to your child. You also would like to offer to that child the gift of the best chance of a happy future. By considering adoption you might be able to give a third gift: your child could be the most precious gift to an adoptive family. Your caring and sense of responsibility have already led you to consider adoption. We believe that if you listen to your heart you will find the best solution for him/her. We are very grateful for you taking time to read our introduction.

Our name is Tamas and Judit; we have been happily married for 14 years. We both feel like God made us for each other and our wish has always been to have children. Our son Bence was born and brought enormous happiness into our life, but we have not been able to have a second child. As Bence has been growing, so has our desire to have more kids. With time we learned that we cannot have more biological children so we decided that we will devote our love to a child through adoption. The birth of our first child has been God's greatest blessing which we relive each and every day and we are patiently waiting for another baby to take into our arms and raise with the love of our family. Bence is also eager to become the elder brother. Recently, his cousin was born and he keeps asking to cuddle him. He is very happy playing with our friends' babies as well and for some time his plush animals have become "his puppies".

Our child rearing principles are built on unconditional love, trust, honesty and attention. We believe that in each child, we must respect his/her individual personality. We will always try to bring out the best in him/her. We'll cuddle and sing lullabies to the baby, we'll make dough, collect pebbles and read stories together with the toddler. We'll encourage their first steps and praise them for their first words. We are set to answer the endless "Why's" diligently. We'll laugh together and wipe off any tears. We believe that parents should discipline mostly by acting as examples: we appreciate values like generousness, empathy and respect for other people. Our goal is to help the child become emotionally rich, confident and sociable. Later on, we want to provide the best education suitable for their needs and talents. We shall motivate the child to do sports and adopt a healthy life style. Looking at our son, we believe that we have been on the right track and we shall stick to these principles when raising our next child. Judit will give up work for about two years and work part-time afterwards, as she did when Bence was born. We believe that early mother-child interaction is very important.

We are a communicative and cheerful family; we talk a lot, joke a lot, and more often arguments turn into laughter in the end. We love to sing, on long car trips we spend most of the time singing together. Judit knows many baby songs and of course Bence often went to sleep listening to her singing. On a Sunday afternoon, one may find us sitting on the floor and building a big castle together or playing one of Bence's favorite board games. Tamas especially is playful. He could hardly wait to play with LEGO again. We cannot promise to be perfect parents but we do promise that we will be loving, honest parents. We can promise that we will love and nurture the child you entrust to us with all our heart and will do our best in order to that he/she has a valuable and happy life.

If you choose our family, we will be frank and open with your child about his/her adoption. We would be happy if you wanted to stay in contact with us so that we can tell you and show you pictures about how the child is developing. We shall explain that you demonstrated the greatest love when you decided to give life and let us adopt your child. He or she will know that you had wanted to ensure their future by trusting us with them. We shall be grateful for this throughout our entire lives. We wish you courage and strength in your decision.

Tamas & Judit