Our Adoption Letter

David and I decided on open adoption.  This means that we will be establishing a relationship with the child's birthmother.  The birthmother "picks" us from a pool of potential parents.  This way, she has control of an otherwise, difficult situation.  She decides whether or not we will be the perfect parents for her child.

We do not have a preference on whether the baby is a boy or a girl.  We believe that we can give the child a good home, a good upbringing, extensive support from family and friends, and our values of tolerance, honesty, and resilience.  Most of all, we can share our love to both the child and the birthmother.   We can't wait for someone to call us to meet and see if we are a good fit for each other.

Open adoption paves the way for the child to have an understanding of his or her origin.  It also removes the mystery of "why they were given up" because adoption will be openly instilled to the child so that there will be no question about his or her origin, and how much he or she is loved by us and her mother/father.  The birthmother also has closure toward the process.  She will be placing her child in a home and family of her choosing.

Our agency made us print our adoption letter.  David did a great job in designing it! 
We had to find pictures of us interacting with children and our families.  The pictures below are included in our birthmother letter.

We also had to fill out our profile on our adoption agency website.  It is a simple website that birthmothers use to find potential parents/families.  It contains text from our birthmother letter which can be downloaded from  Our iheartAdoption Website
 

We are truly excited to have this opportunity.  And we can't wait!