We are writing to introduce ourselves to you and to give you a good understanding of why we want to bring another child into our loving family. First, please accept our gratitude for your consideration of us as an adoptive family and accept our best wishes for you during this time in your life. We appreciate the challenges you must be facing, and respect and admire you for bringing a child into this world. We may not know first hand how you feel, but we do understand that caring for an unborn child requires sacrifices, strength and courage. Life presents us all many choices and we are very grateful for your decision to care for this child regardless of whether or not you choose us as an adoptive family.

My name is Michael and I want to introduce you to our family that is anxiously waiting the day we get to bring an additional child into our home to become a part of us. My wife Zoë and I met in 1998 and immediately became best friends who shared many of our life’s hopes and dreams. I introduced my daughter from a previous marriage, Christina, to Zoë who provided exactly what Christina needed; love and patience. She let Christina dictate the relationship and was always there for her when Christina needed gentle love. I knew immediately that Zoë would be a wonderful step mom to my daughter and a wonderful mother to our children.

Zoë and I were married in 2000 after two years together with the hope that we would immediately have children. Three years later we conceived Niko (Greek for Nicholas) with the help of invitro fertilization. We refer to Niko as our miracle baby because we were told by doctors that we had a 15% chance of having a child.

Niko is now our little ‘tornado.’ He is a typical boy who loves to chase the dogs, throw a baseball and wrestle with his father. He also loves holding his mom, and hugging the same dogs he chases around the house. His sister, Christina, is a wonderful ‘big’ sister who loves to take care of her little brother; including dressing him, getting him breakfast and teaching him to play the piano. She has been playing the piano for five years now and always fills our home with new songs she learns. She also reads books constantly and writes her own short stories about everything from her adventurous friends to alien children growing up on far away planets.

The reason for wanting to introduce you to our family is to give you a little vision into a future with our family. Our days at home are filled with baking and playing and reading and swimming and riding bikes. Our evenings are filled with making homemade pizza and homemade ice cream to watching movies with neighborhood kids. It is not uncommon to have dinner with three or more neighborhood children and ‘sleep overs’ in our family room. Our weekends are full of extended family ‘get togethers’, visits to the zoo and family activities. I coach my daughter’s basketball team and we all enjoy teaching Niko to spell his name and count. While our lives are full, each of us believes we are missing a great part of our lives; a child to share with.Together Zoë, Christina and I painted murals on her bedroom walls and Niko’s ceiling. We plan to let Niko help us paint the baby’s new room. We already have shared things for the new baby like a dresser that Zoë’s nieces used, a lamp that I had as a child and stuffed animals that have been passed down multiple generations. Our parents will start buying new clothes for the baby the day we bring him or her home. Zoë’s mother and sister have already volunteered to travel with us to bring home a new baby. Everyone is excited to bring a new baby into our family.

It is a priority for us that we demonstrate our commitment to raise this child in a loving family, to provide all that is necessary for this child to grow up secure and independent and to foster a healthy and happy childhood. Each of our children today has a savings account and college fund that we contribute to monthly. We expect that our children will graduate from college and plan to provide whatever is necessary for them to attend the best college for their needs.

Zoë and I are willing to sacrifice materialistic things so that we can provide a great home and family life for our children. Together, we work hard so that we can enjoy a comfortable life style that allows us to spend time together, including vacations, weekend “get-a-ways” and birthday celebrations as well as a great house in a great neighborhood. We are fortunate that Zoë can be a full time ‘stay at home mom’. I am also fortunate to work from a home office. I walk Christina to the bus stop in the morning and am there when she returns in the afternoon. It is very common for me to have breakfast with the kids and take a break in the middle of the day to wrestle with Niko in the family room. We make many sacrifices for this because we believe it is important for our children. When Zoë and I do take time for ourselves, Niko and Christina are almost always taken care of by family members including aunts, nieces and grandparents who all live within close proximity to us and love spending as much time as possible with the children.

The things we have described drive us to always consider family first in day to day decisions as well as life changing ones. My wife and I have a beautiful relationship and live everyday for ourselves and our family. We are extremely grateful for the opportunities our parents and relatives provided us and we strive to provide an even more opportunities for our children. We have made significant sacrifices along the way for our two children and wouldn’t have it any other way.

While we believe we have a lot to offer a new child, we know that this child has even more to offer us. We know first hand that children bring us happiness every day; whether it is listening to Christina practice a new song on the piano or hearing Niko spell his name for the first time. Our children bring us peace and balance in our lives and I don’t know what I would do without it. Zoë will cherish an afternoon nap or making home made baby food. Christina will take such pleasure in showing her new sibling to family and friends. One of the best pictures we have is when Christina held her new born brother in her arms. Niko will treasure a new sibling to play with.

We welcome a new child to bring us new daily happiness and rewards. We believe that a baby is a gift and we will cherish this gift.

We hope that this letter gives you a comfortable picture of the life we will provide for a cherished addition to our family. We have many more thoughts, dreams and aspirations for our adoption that we would love to share including answering any questions that you might have. We hope that you find peace in selecting a family for this child, and know in our hearts that we will welcome a baby with no reservations and with unconditional love.

Thank you for your consideration and for caring for this unborn child.

Michael, Zoë, Niko and Christina