Dear Birth Parent(s),

First and most importantly, we want to thank you for taking the time and reading about our family. We appreciate the fact that you are thinking about yourself and your child's needs for the future. We can not possibly imagine what you're feeling or thinking at this point in your life. We just hope that you are comfortable and confident in your choice with adoption for your child. As your journey begins and continues to grow we want to wish you the best for you and your child. We truly believe that adoption is the greatest gift of love that you can give to your child but also to a loving family that has wanted and dreamed of having children.

Our names are Bob and Maggie. We have an eleven year old son named Caleb Aaron. When we met ten years ago Caleb was already in Maggie's life and when we fell in love we fell in love as a family. Everything just felt right and fell into place for us. So when we decided that we wanted to have more children, it was not as easy as we thought. After eight years of trying many infertility treatments and after several miscarriages we decided that we just wanted to have more children. It was more important for us to raise a family then it was to have biological children. And this is how we got to this point in our life. We are extremely excited to adopt and have this child become part of our family. We have been anticipating the look on Caleb's face when he meets his brother/sister for the first time.

Bob works for a large construction firm that does work all around the United States. He is a Construction Superintendent and we feel blessed that he has been employed with a company that has strong family values and is extremely family oriented. Maggie is a stay at home mother and nanny. We love the stability and comfort it offers to our son and to your child.

The one holiday that we as a family love the most and hope to include your child in is Christmas. We have so many Christmas traditions that include baking Christmas cookies, making gingerbread houses, decorating the inside and the outside of our home. Did we mention that we have three Christmas trees? But the one tradition that we look forward to as a family is cooking Christmas Eve dinner together and putting on Christmas music all day long. When it is time for bed we always read "The Night before Christmas" and make hot chocolate for Santa and putting a candy cane in it for him as well as leaving cookies for him and for his reindeer.

We truly feel blessed that we have each other and that this kind of love comes around just once in a lifetime. We are each others "best friend" and each others "rock". We feel that finding this kind of love is something that we share with our child and would love to share with your child if given the opportunity to do so. We feel that being open and honest to your child about the adoption is the best way to do it. Your child needs to know that they are loved by a truly amazing person that had their best interest in mind. We already have gone through one adoption with Bobby adopting Caleb and we feel that your child would not feel out of place in our home. Currently we have several friends that have adopted, so your child would have several friends and an older brother to lean on if they needed as well as two loving parents who will always listen to them.

As parents we feel that having a stable and loving environment for your child is the key to a successful and happy childhood. We love to be hands on with our son whether it is to be a "Team Mom" or "Coaching" his team to the playoffs or if it is simply taking evening walks together.

If you choose us to be the parents for your baby we will forever be grateful to you for giving us such a wonderful gift. We can promise that in the future your child will have every opportunity for higher education and the support and encouragement to strive and achieve every dream their heart desires. We also look forward to wonderful vacations to Disneyland, amusement parks, going to the beach and taking houseboat trips with a family that loves them unconditionally. We want you to know that we will be open with your child about your decision for us to adopt him/her. We believe that sharing your story with your child early on and often will help them grow and to understand why you made such a difficult decision. Please let us know if there are any special wishes that you have for your child. If you desire we are willing to send photos and letters so you can constantly be reassured of your decision.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Bob & Maggie