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Dear Expectant Parent(s),
Thank you very much for taking the time to meet us.
We are Mike and Dawn from Illinois.
We would like to introduce you to our family: our
son, Tyler, and our dog Snickers.
We admire the courage, strength and love you are
showing by doing what you believe is best for you and
your baby.
We understand that it is very difficult decision to
choose the right family for your baby and wanted you to
know how much love we have for another child.
Let us tell you a little about ourselves:
We met thirteen years ago and have been married for 8
years. As a
couple, we compliment each other in many ways.
Mike is logical and intuitive, where as Dawn is
kindhearted and optimistic.
We are best friends and love and respect each
other’s company.
We love to travel and have seen the Canadian
Rockies by train, visited the home of Beethoven in
Austria and seen the animals at the Wild Animal Park in
San Diego. We like to explore and try new things in the
area. We have a
warm home filled with love, laughter and occasional
barking.
We adopted our son, Tyler in 2007 and we feel
blessed to have him in our lives.
We are a fun, happy and loving couple looking
forward to expanding our family and welcome another
child with open arms and open hearts.
A little about Mike:
Mike is outgoing, adventurous, fun-loving and a
dedicated father.
He grew-up in the Chicago area with his dad, mom,
sister and brother.
His sister lives in Indiana with her husband and
three children.
His brother lives in the Chicago area with his
wife and three children.
His mom lives nearby and visits often.
Everyone is excited about having a new cousin in
the family.
Mike loves to “play cars” with his son, chase the dog
around the backyard, travel, running, volleyball and any
kind of outdoor activities.
Mike has a degree in Electrical Engineering and
works for a telecommunications company designing
computer chips.
A little about Dawn:
Dawn is friendly, more reserved then Mike, caring,
patient and involved mother.
She grew up in a small central Illinois town,
where everyone knew your name, with her brother and
parents who have been married now for over 40 years.
Dawn loves to build things with her son, travel,
volleyball, take walks with her son and dog, try out new
recipes and read a good mystery book.
She works part-time from home, which will allow
plenty of time to go to the park, on play dates, music
class or mini-gym, coloring and make fun craft projects.
A little about Tyler:
We welcomed Tyler into our family in November 2007 and
it has been an awesome adventure.
Tyler loves to play with his cars, build things
with blocks, color, tug rope with the dog and read
books.
Tyler is a smart, well adjusted happy little man.
Tyler is easy going and loves to play with other
children.
He cannot wait to be a big brother.
A little about our town, home, family and free time:
We are lucky to live in a suburb annually voted one the
most family friendly communities in the nation, with top
rated schools.
We have a large home with plenty of space for
another child to have his or her own room.
We have a fenced in backyard where a child can
play in the sand box, slide down the slide, enjoy lunch
outdoors and plenty of room to kick the ball, play fetch
with the dog or just run around and be a kid.
In our living room, a child can learn the ABC’s,
123’s, color, build items with blocks, cook on the
pretend grill or just relax and read books.
Our neighborhood has lots of children to play
with, an annual Easter egg hunt, block party that
includes kid friendly games and a beautiful park with a
playground.
We are fortunate that Dawn is able to work part-time
from home, which will allow her to be home with the
children all day and Mike has very flexible work hours
and 4 weeks of vacation which leaves us with plenty of
family time. We are very close to our extended family
and they are very open and supportive to us building our
family through adoption.
Everyone is within driving distance, so we visit
often. As a
family we like to attend the local minor league baseball
games, zoo, and various festivals throughout the area or
just relax and enjoy our Sunday morning pancake
breakfast in our pajamas.
On weekends we visit with friends and their
children for play dates, go to museums, or just enjoy a
good cookout. We like to visit the local farmers market,
pumpkin farm to get our pumpkin for carving, go on a
hayride, and enjoy a cup of hot apple cider and slice of
pie. During the
holidays, we pick a weekend to put the tree and lights
up. Everyone in
our neighborhood puts lights on their park way trees and
it makes for a wonderful holiday scene.
Then we plan a weekend to spend with Mike’s
family in Indiana, (no cooking for Dawn) and a weekend
with Dawn’s family at our house (lots of cooking for
Dawn).
In closing:
If you feel we are the right family for your child we
want you to know that we will give your child
unconditional love, happiness, opportunities, respect,
and a sense of self.
Your child will always know of the courage and
love you feel for him/her.
This is a life-long commitment that we are
welcoming with open arms.
We understand that you may not know what type of
relationship you want right now and that it could change
over time.
We are open and flexible to making this a very
comfortable experience for you, including visits,
pictures and letters.
We want you to know how wonderful your child is
doing.
Thank you for taking the time to consider us.
Our thoughts are with you as you make this brave
and loving decision.
We wish only the best for you and your child.
Mike & Dawn |
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