♥ Dear Expectant Parent ♥

Thank you for visiting our site and for reading a little bit about Tim and me.

To consider placing your baby into another’s arms so that they can build a family is an
amazingly brave, loving and awesome thing.  This may sound goofy, but you should be
very proud of yourself. As you read this, of course,  I am hoping that  you might be our
guardian angel.  By giving us the greatest gift possible, you also give yourself the opportunity
to spread your wings and achieve all that you wish to in your life.

They say that life is a journey, and Tim and i firmly believe that we are at this junction (is it
a pit-stop off the NJ Turnpike?) for a reason.  After meeting in New Jersey at our local
college hang-out, we dated while we finished up our degrees at Rutgers and i went on to
Duke for my masters degree.  We kept dating, long distance was hard but we took time
and effort to make our relationship work.  A job opportunity took me to Washington DC and
i was able to encourage Tim to move to this incredibly exciting and vibrant city full of
museums and historically important places.  It wasn’t long after Tim moved down to
Northern Virginia, that he popped the question, we both knew that we had a great friendship,
a deep love and a fantastic foundation for a strong and loving marriage.  We were married in
2002 and settled into a sweet happiness with each other in Virginia in a house with plenty of
room for the children we knew we’d have one day.

It’s funny how the years just fly by, we were always so happy with each other but we
struggled for years to get pregnant.  We sought medical help and after years of being
jabbed by needles;having enough blood drawn to satisfy all the vampires in TrueBlood
and Twilight combined; and sadly 3 miscarriages after IVF, we decided that we simply
weren’t listening to God or destiny or fate. 

So we decided to listen, and building our family through adoption was the clear answer!

Having a family was always very important to Tim and me, in fact, we took it for granted
thatwe would automatically have children.  We talked about the traveling around the world
with the little one to visit with my relatives (Uruguay in South America; Sweden; and England)
and showing them where i grew up along the coast of England and sharing in the traditions
of those countries.  We thought about all the fun they’d have with their cousins, how we’d
relish Christmas with Tim’s family and my family and the sound of our little one tearing into
the Christmas presents – wrapping paper flying in the air and the squeals of delight filling
our ears!   We giggled at the thought of cute clothes we’d dress the little ones in – anything
with little cat ears or bear ears is high on the list!

We dreamed about how the little ones could share in Tim’s love of mountain biking and car
racing (he’s a high performance driving instructor!), we joked we’d have the next star of
NASCAR or Formula One in our children!  We laughed thinking about how our two pampered
cats would one day have some competition in the “most adorable” category at our house. 
We imagined the fun we’d have gardening together in the back garden, growing beautiful
flowers and looking at all the insects and hummingbirds that come to see our handiwork!
We talked about how the nature reserve and marina we can walk to from our home would
provide countless hours of serene walks and exploration of nature, pointing overhead to the
eagles,  great blue herons and ospreys that frequent our neighbourhood.

We thought of how we’d be shaping a young lady or young man, instilling in them
self-confidence, and compassion for others as we would encourage them in their own
pursuits; helping to bring out their own, unique personality.  We would cheer them on
in their favorite sports or hobbies giving them unconditional support and love.  Given
how important education is to both Tim and me, we knew we’d beam with pride when
they stepped across the stage, first at their high school graduation then at their college
graduation.  Perhaps they’d go on and get their masters and doctorate degree too! 
The sky was the limit for our hopes for our children.

We have big dreams for our little ones and we know infertility is no obstacle, because
we have love to conquer that!  Those dreams for an amazing future for a little one will
happen, for your little one if you choose us to become the adoptive mother and father. 
We are so excited to be on this path to build our family and we can’t wait to connect with
that very special woman who will give us the greatest, joyful gift of a precious child. 
♥

Our promise to you - if you choose us - is to spend our lives being the very best parents
we can be – loving – encouraging – giving all the opportunities that we possibly can, so
that this baby has an amazingly bright and happy future. Our baby will know how much
their birthmother loved them and that she made this ultimate gift of love to bring that
baby into our family forever.

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Again, thank you for taking the time to read our profile and for looking through our photos.

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Don't hesitate to contact us ! Please call us toll-free 1-888-634-1142 anytime or
email us melissaandtimadopt@gmail.com
if you have any questions about us or for us or want to talk. 

let’s help each other.
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love,

melissa and tim