Greetings from Houston, Texas...

Where do we start to tell you about the love we want to give your precious baby? We truly believe that God brings people together and that this letter is simply to tell you as much as we can about our life and our family and about our deep desire to connect and unconditionally love the child He intends to bring into our family. Here is a glimpse into our lives. We want you to see us as we are and determine whether we are the right family for your baby, to determine whether you wish to entrust your child's life to us. What a big decision! However, you're not alone in making this decision. God will provide you with peace when you have found your baby's forever family. Our desire is that you find hope in that.

About Us and Our Family:

My name is Michele (the one doing the typing) and my husband is Andrew. I am 41 years old and Andrew is 42. We have been married since July 1st, 2007. We like to say I’m the “personality” of the marriage and he is the “brains”. However, that’s not necessarily all true. I’m smart, also. I was born in Springfield, Missouri and raised in the state of Arkansas. I moved to Texas in 1990 and have made it my home. Andrew was born on an army base in Georgia, at Fort Benning. He was raised in South Carolina and moved to Texas in 1997. We are not going to pretend that we are perfect people who have had perfect lives who have the perfect answers for everything in life today. We are just hard-working people who are doing our best in this world. We have both been married before and have children from our previous marriages. We hope you do not hold that against us because sometimes life is really tough, as I know you understand, and we do the best we can with what we are dealt in life. However, we do not dwell on the past. We are so very fortunate that God’s grace allowed us to find one another in this world. We’re happily married and 100% committed to each other and our family. Speaking of family, let me tell you more about them. I have two boys. Ryan is 18 years old and living out on his own and doing very well. Warren is 13 years old and is in the 7th grade. Warren lives with us full time but goes to visit his father in East Texas every other weekend. Andrew has two children, too. Olivia is 14 years old and is in 8th grade and Ethan is 9 and is in> 4th grade. They both live with their mom and come see us at least every other weekend. We are a blended family but we’ve blended quite nicely. The kids are very good, all make good grades, and are involved in > many different activities. Olivia is in a symphony and has taken dance most of her life. Ethan plays baseball, football, and has taken horseback riding lessons and Warren is really into football and talking on the phone with girls. Seriously, he is really good at it!

About Our Home and Work:

You might want to know a little about our home. We live in a suburb of Houston in an area called The Woodlands. Really we’re just right on the edge of The Woodlands. It is a very family-friendly community with probably at least 50 parks (not exaggerating at all), excellent walking trails, and a really peaceful way of life. We just moved to this part of Houston a little over a year ago and we really love it! We have really been blessed with good jobs and good health; therefore, we have been able to get a home big enough to expand our family. If you choose us to be your baby’s forever family, just know we have a room ready to be made into a beautiful nursery. You probably want to know that we plan on hiring a private sitter to come to our house but I only work 187 days a year and my work hours are 8:00 – 4:00 Monday through Friday. I have a wonderful job for raising kids! I am very proud of Andrew in his work. He has moved up in his company and gets to work from home all the time. He works for a camera company that makes software and cameras for the medical industry. You may have heard of the company. It is called Pentax. I am a school teacher and have been for 14 years now. I teach 8th grade science and I have lived to tell you about it. Middle school kids are a little unpredictable and moody but I evidently like them because I’m surrounded by them all day and then come home to Warren every night. Really, he and I come home from school together because he is in 7th grade at the school where I teach. I love it because I get to see him all the time and keep up with what’s going on in his life. I’m not so sure he loves it! However, Warren is a really sweet boy. He doesn’t want me to ever tell anyone but he loves his momma.

About Our Desire to Adopt:

If you have read this far, you might be wondering just WHY we want to adopt a baby. I feel certain that most couples are wanting to adopt a baby because they are not able to have their own but our story is a little different. A few months ago Warren mentioned something about wanting to have a little baby brother or sister. He said, “Hey, Mom. Why don’t you and Andrew have a baby?” That reminded me of how much I had always wanted another child and made me realize how much I wanted to have a child with Andrew. He is a wonderful father with a sweet, gentle nature with kids so I immediately knew I had to talk to him about this. Well, long story short, we both passionately feel that we WANT to raise a child together one way or another. We feel like we have a lot that we can give at this point in our lives and that there might just be a mom such as yourself who needs a good home for her baby. We know God is in control of everything in this world so we decided to offer our hearts, our family, and our home and see if we are the family somebody is looking for. So here we are, very hopeful that God will bring a precious child into our family, and that we are providing some sense of hope and comfort to somebody like you, knowing that we are doing this not just for ourselves. but because we know it is one of our purposes in life. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking your time to read this. If you want to know anything else or see more pictures, just let us know. Speaking of that, we are fine with however open you want this adoption to be. You have a right to decide how much contact you have with your child and we will honor whatever you want. We are fine with an open adoption with visits, adoption where we send out letters and pictures, or not having any contact again. That part is totally up to you. We would love to talk to you on the phone some so you can ask us questions and just get to know one another. I’m sure we will both be very nervous at first. I know I will be. There is no rush in this decision, though. It’s a really big one and we know that God will show you the forever family for your baby. We wish you the best in your decision and in everything you do. We would be very honored if you chose us and also very thankful. We will simply adore and love your baby unconditionally and will provide everything a child needs…tons of hugs and kisses, lots of laughs, security, stability, and the best future we can provide. Thank you again for reading this.