Reaching Out

Hello :) My name is Robin and I have been married for 10 years to my wonderful husband Rob. We live in a suburb of Orlando called Winter Garden, which is about 15 minutes to Disney World (we can see the fireworks from our home :D). I love to cook and take our dog Cosmo to the park to play. I am an ER nurse with a bachelor's degree and Hubby is a Software Engineer with a Master's education. I am very proud of him and his accomplishments, he has really worked very hard to get where he is today in his career. Hubby likes to spend his spare time on technical gadgets, playing with his 'toys.' We both love to travel together and have been to many fun destinations that are on our 'bucket list.' Our next trip hopes to be on a cruise to see the glaciers of Alaska. :) While we do enjoy just being together, there is a big hole in our lives that only a child can fill. We have so much, our marriage, our health, a lovely home, a loving family (our parents and siblings live locally), but we want to share our home and our lives with a cherished child. We have so much love to give, but no child to share it with. My Husband is so great with kids, we have many nieces and nephews that just adore him. I work only three days a week and would dearly love to be able to spend all that extra time building our own family. We have so many wishes and dreams for a child, yet every year passes with no child to complete our family.

About Myself:

I was born in a little town called Riverside, which is about an hour away from Chicago, Illinois. My father was English and my mother is Polish. We lived there until I was about age 13 when my Mom moved us to be closer to my grandparents in Daytona Beach, Florida. I attended Father Lopez, a local Catholic high school there. We lived about a block away from the beach and I spent much time swimming in the ocean. I just love the sound of the ocean and the smell of the breeze. :) From there, I left home to attend the University of Central Florida (both Hubby and I graduated from there). After receiving my nurses' training, I started my career and eventually found my soulmate and husband, Rob. We lived with his parents for the first year of our marriage to save up to buy our dream home. They live about 10 minutes from our home and we go to visit them often. I am especially close to my mother-in-law, she cooks wonderful Indian dishes for us and treats me as though I were her own child. Whenever we go over there, my father-in-law always takes time to sit and chat with me, I enjoy our 'special time' together. My mom lives a little bit further away, she is still in Daytona. She raised me to be independent and hard working, always stressing the importance of education and having my own career. She loves Rob and wants some grandchildren!

About Rob:

Rob was originally born in Guyana and is the youngest of 5 sons. His family relocated to New York when he was only 6 and then moved to florida when he was a teenager. His family runs a construction debris removal trucking service but Rob is a software engineer and works for a large government-contracting corporation that develops military simulation devices. His 4 brothers all live in the area and have their own families. Rob likes to play with the latest technical 'toys' as I refer to them. He always has to have the latest gadget and his eyes light up whenever he gets a new one. Though if he gets one more remote control that I have to relearn, I am going to pull my hair out! ;) P.S. I'd like to say that while Rob came from another country to the U.S., that he is completely American. :)

About Us as a Couple:

Rob and I met while I was out at a local restaurant with friends and from our very first date I knew that he was "The One." We shared so many interests and common goals and every day felt like an adventure. He brought me flowers for our very first date and continued to send me flowers every week for months! His mom said that he was always very quiet and reserved, but not with me because we literally still can chat for hours about anything and everything! I am a 'Chatty Kathy,' so to speak. :) We were married in Key West, Florida. I still remember and cherish that day. We originally just went to Key West to visit my sister (who lived there with her husband and my niece), but the sunset and the romance got the better of us and we decided to rent this houseboat and sail into the ocean. We were married at sunset. Now there are no bridal gown stores in Key West, so I wore a flowered print sarong and Rob wore the matching shirt. Our wedding photos are both funny and beautiful at the same time. :) When we came back, we were in trouble with our parents for eloping without having them there, so we had a second wedding for the familes a few months later. I am lucky enough to have the memories of both weddings, though I personally think that planning a larger wedding is difficult! After that we lived for a few months in my apartment, but as a new couple just starting out, it was difficult to save money quickly enough to buy our dream home. His parents offered to let us come and stay with them (rent free) so that we could realise our dream. While we lived with them until our home was finished being built, about a year later. I will never be able to thank them enough for helping us. :) We live in a four bedroom, 2.5 bath home with a large bonus room upstairs for all hubby's "toys." We spend a lot of time up there watching movies or sitting outside on the balcony enjoying the sunset together, overlooking a small lake. We have a small dog named Cosmo which we take to the local park several times a week to play. We lavish him so much with toys and attention, he is like our baby too. :) I just know that any child that we were fortunate enough to have in our lives would be cherished and loved in a stable, loving, committed family. Life is not about material possessions to us, but rather about the people you love and the life you live. We would love your child more than anyone in the whole world. For many years we have hoped and prayed for a child and hoped to be one of the few chosen lucky ones to be able to have a child in our lives. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time to read our letter and to consider letting us parent your baby. Our thoughts are with you and we wish you peace and happiness on your journey.