Dear Birth Parent(s),

Love. It is the most precious and generous gift any person can give to another.

We are Ryan and Nicole and we would like to begin by thanking you from the bottom of our hearts for considering such a loving option as adoption for your child. It is people like you that make dreams of a family come true, for couples dealing with infertility as we are. Also for your bravery during this difficult time, and for taking the time to consider us to share our hearts and home with such a special child.

We would like to take a moment to ease any fears you may have, by letting you know that your child would grow up knowing how much they are loved not only by our family, but by yours as well. We would be happy to keep you updated by sending pictures and letters and/or emails throughout the years if you'd like. We are familiar with the adoption process by the several family members and friends that have either adopted their children or are adopted themselves. Nicole's family has many family members that have been adopted. These wonderful experiences greatly influenced our choice in wanting to adopt after finding out that biological children would not be an option for beginning our family. Nicole grew up not knowing that an adopted child was any different than her biological family, because the family was so open from the beginning about their adoptions, not hiding it as something shameful, but celebrating it as something to be proud of and joyful about. We would love to keep the wonderful family tradition of providing loving, happy, healthy and spiritual homes to children who truly deserve a wonderful life, full of smiles, laughter, unconditional love and support.

We have been married for 2 ½ years and we truly do enjoy every minute together! We are an affectionate couple who are committed to keeping our marriage strong. We show how much we love each other with the little things, like cooking Ryan his favorite dinner (home made lasagna and garlic bread!), or surprising Nicole with a love note or flowers on the seat of her car. We enjoy monthly 'surprise' dates where one of us secretly plans a day that we know the other one will love, like breakfast with the dolphins at Sea World or tickets to a football game. We look forward to many adventures as Ryan continues his education and furthers his career, while Nicole anticipates passing on the creativity and the nurturing she is known for, as a stay-at-home mommy.

We will be positive role models for your child, bringing them up with excellent manners, values and morals, to be caring, confident, and successful, in whatever manner success is defined to them. It doesn't matter to us if the child decides to be a circus clown or a rocket scientist, as long as they are happy in their life, knowing they are loved and supported in every decision they make. To achieve this success, we would like to send them to highly ranked private school in our community to maximize their educational and spiritual potential as we sit side by side with them each evening helping them with their school work.

While education is a top priority, we also feel that extra curricular activities are crucial to the social development, creativity and stability of a child, and any activity the child takes an interest in would be fully supported and encouraged by us both. We would love to be the soccer mom and dad, (Ryan would even like to be a coach!) or the parents in the front row of a ballet recital.

Our lives have been so richly blessed that we would love to share all we have with your child. We can offer the opportunity to grow up in a family that thrives on open communication with nightly talks over dinner, the knowledge that they are loved unconditionally, even after coloring on their bedroom walls, and the knowledge that all of their dreams really can come true, even if at 3 years old they are sure they want to be an astronaut when they grow up.

Should you decide that we are the right couple to parent your child, we would be forever grateful to you, more than words could ever say, for giving us the opportunity to be a family. Please know in your heart that your child would always have the best of everything that they could ever ask for, emotionally, spiritually, financially and educationally, plenty of hugs and kisses and a family who reminds them everyday what a truly special blessing they are and how many people love them.

With much love and our sincere thanks,

Ryan & Nicole