Dear Birth Mother,

We are so overjoyed to be writing this letter to you with the hope that you will consider us to adopt your child. We acknowledge the huge sacrifice that you are making in trusting another couple to raise your child so we want to let you know who we are and what your child’s life will be like with us as his/her adoptive parents.

We are Dan, Beth and Danielle from sunny Southern California. We have been married for eight years and have been proud parents of Dani since September of 2007. Before we adopted our daughter we tried to become pregnant for four years. First we tried to conceive a child naturally, then with the help of infertility, but we were not able to achieve a pregnancy. Dan was adopted when he was two days old, so we knew that adoption would be an option for us to grow our family. Now that we have adopted Dani we know that adoption is a special and amazing way for a family to be formed. Dan is looking forward to the unique bond he will share with Dani and our future adopted child, as he is an adopted child, too!

Having lived in California for our whole lives the beach is a huge part of our lifestyle and where we like to spend our free time. Dan is an avid surfer and you can find him in the water at least three times a week. Beth loves to run and she enjoys doing so with our five-year-old black lab, Jetty. We live in California, only ten minutes from the beach. The neighborhood we live in is amazing. There is an award winning elementary school right next door to us. The end of our street leads to a huge park full of a new playground, volleyball courts, basketball courts, baseball fields, and a soccer field. There are also four other parks within walking distance that we take Dani to nearly everyday. There is a bike trail that starts at the end of our street and leads to the beach. Our neighborhood is full of children of all ages and Dani enjoys playing outside with her friends each day.

Dan is very musically talented, as he plays the guitar and writes songs. Beth is the crafty one in the family with a love for scrapbooking, stamping, woodworking, and sewing. Together we love to hike, camp, and travel. We have been up and down the coast of California, to Mexico, and to Hawaii several times. Dan is a teacher and Beth is a stay-at-home-mom, which gives us lots of family time to spend together in the afternoons and evenings, on weekends, and all summer. Dan teaches Chemistry and Anatomy and Physiology at a local high school. Education is important to us. Beth was an elementary school teacher for 11 years before Dani was born and now enjoys teaching things to Dani on a daily basis.

We are Christians and are very involved in our local church. We serve in the High School ministry where we lead a weekly small group and disciple students to grow in their faith. In addition, Beth is involved in a weekly women’s Bible Study. We are both involved in mentoring other Christians through a one-on-one discipleship program called Partners.

Besides our relationship with God, family is the most important thing to us. Since the addition of Dani to our family our life has changed forever in a variety of positive ways. We love her more than anything in this world and it has been a privilege watching her grow up into a little girl. Each day we are surprised by how much more we love her. Our top priority is to ensure her safety and happiness in life. We believe it is important to raise our children with close contact with their cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Dan’s sister and her husband live in the next city over from us and they have three daughters, our four, two and one month old nieces. Both of our parents live in the next town over as well, less than a mile away from each other. We see Dani thriving as she interacts on a weekly basis with her cousins and grandparents. She is loved, adored and cared for beyond measure. We also have a close-knit group of friends who all have children between the ages of one week old – six years old. This is a wonderful environment for our children to be raised in with the love and support of so many family and friends.

Since both of our extended families live nearby we have several traditions that are exciting to look forward to each year. In late June we head to Bass Lake, near Yosemite and enjoy a weeklong trip with Dan’s extended family. Dani had a blast last year playing with her cousins, swimming in the lake, and going on hikes…in a baby backpack, of course. We also visit Big Bear every fall and stay in the same cabin with Dan’s parents and sister’s family. Even the dogs are invited and we have three black labs frolicking on the shore of the lake as we enjoy the gorgeous surroundings. Beth’s brother is the only member of our extended families who does not live in Orange County, as he lives in Dallas, Texas. He has a daughter who is three weeks older than Dani. It is also a tradition for us to visit Texas twice a year and her brother visits California twice a year to ensure that Dani and her cousin will remain close.

We had a very positive experience with Dani’s adoption. We keep in contact with her birthparents through e-mail and pictures. We met Dani’s birthparents at the hospital after she was delivered and also one year later. They gave us a photo album full of pictures of their family that we will use to help Dani understand that she was placed for adoption in love. Her birthparents were unable to give her the life that they felt she deserved and we are grateful to be able to provide that life for her. As with Dani’s adoption we are open to attending doctor’s appointments and being there for the birth of the baby if the birthparents are open to that. We will raise our child to know that s/he is adopted and will support our child if s/he chooses to meet her birthparents when she is old enough to ask about them.

We are just so blessed to even be considered to adopt your child. If you would like more information about us or would like to meet us, please contact our attorney, Timothy Blied of the law offices of Schmiesing Blied Stoddart and Mackey at 1-800-678-6811.

Sincerely,

Dan, Beth & Dani

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