Hello!
Where to start? Our names are Greg and Christina and we want to thank you for reading our letter. We’d like to tell you a bit about ourselves and our commitment to raising a family.

Two years ago we found Adopt Help and, through their assistance, were blessed with the birth of our son, Thomas. The experience was so incredible that we have decided to come back to Adopt Help again, to help us reach our dream of being matched with another baby, so that we can complete our family and our dream.

About Us
We’ve been married for nine years and share a love and friendship that have become stronger with each year. The success of our marriage is due to the trust, love, friendship, and great sense of humor we both share. It also helps that we have a lot in common such as a love for the outdoors, travel, weekends at the movies and the enjoyment of friends and family.

For work, Christina is a sales representative for the largest printing company in the world (which means lots of free books for the baby!). Greg is a sales manager for a large paper products company and works at home, which really comes in handy because he can spend time with Thomas throughout the day and help prepare dinner. Because we are both in sales, our schedules are flexible which is great, just in case a little one gets the sniffles or has a starring role in the school play.

Education is important to our family; both of us have gone on to college after high school. Christina attended the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Greg graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, while serving in the U.S. Naval Reserves.

Most of our free time consists of us spending time with Thomas and our dog, Poonchka (which is Polish for jelly donut). We love to take them to the park or to the beach, where both love to splash in the water. Every night we love to walk through our neighborhood to get some exercise, relax and talk about our day. Hiking and camping have also been a great way for us to have fun over the years and we really look forward to the opportunity to take our own children camping some day, so they can experience their first campfire under the stars.

Our Family
Both of us have loving and caring families back in the Midwest. Christina was raised in Racine, Wisconsin by her parents Phyllis and Abel. Phyllis is a 4th grade Bilingual Spanish/English teacher (she is already teaching Thomas Spanish) Abel is a computer technician and teacher at the local Spanish Center and also plays guitar in a blues band on weekends; he is one cool grandpa! Christina also has an older brother, Abel Jr., who is still looking for the right girl. Thomas is the only grand child in the family, so Christina’s parents are beyond excited about having another baby in the family.

Greg was raised in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a lot of neighborhood friends he still keeps in touch with today. His dad, Tim, is retired after working for over 40 years in a printing company. He has been a big help to us over the years by giving us a lot of good career and financial advice. Greg’s mom, Jean, raised four children while working part time to help pay for all those big grocery bills that come with four kids. Greg’s mom has always had a heart of gold and is a best friend to both of us. Because Greg’s five nephews and nieces are already teenagers, Greg parents are also ready for another grandchild. In fact, when they retired four years ago they even moved from Milwaukee to Las Vegas so they could be close to us and be a bigger part of their grandchildren’s life.

Greg has two older brothers. Jeff, who works as a psychologist, has been married to Barb for 25 years and has two teenagers; Mike has been married to Jenny for seven years, has three children and works as a police officer. Greg’s younger sister Mary has been working hard as a financial analyst at a great company, while also working hard as Godmother to Thomas.

We have developed a close circle of friends in California who have become a second family to us. We spend a lot of our free time with our friends and neighbors barbequing, swimming at the community pool and celebrating birthdays and other special holidays. We look forward to our children growing up with our friends’ children just like we did as kids. Riding bikes through the neighborhood, having picnics and running around like kids do!

Our Home
We live in a very quiet, gated community in Orange County that is filled with children of all ages and a great mix of people. We have a nice yard with a jungle gym, sand box and toys for our son and plenty of area to run. We also have a great community pool which is where most of the neighborhood children come to stay cool in the summer with their parents. We’ve had a great time with Thomas at the pool and look forward to many pool parties with our children and the rest of the neighborhood.

Why Adoption?
We have always pictured our lives with children. Both of us want to share in the closeness only a family can have. When we discovered we couldn’t have children, we realized that adopting a child into our family would be such a great blessing. Our parents, extended families and close friends all feel the same way. We understand you’re looking for a wonderful home for your baby, and we’re looking to open our home and family to a new life.

Raising a Child
We were both raised Catholic and also plan on passing on our religious values as a foundation for life lessons. Respect for other people and love for family is very important to us.

We both believe in hands on parenting and spending quality time on a daily basis. We talk about our day over dinner, love reading books before bed, going on our nightly walks and look forward to that first special trip to Disneyland.

We believe in providing children with the opportunity to become involved with sports, music, languages and academics, so they can explore and find that special talent that everyone has. (Hopefully they won’t want to play the drums!)

Final Thoughts
It is important to us that our children know, early in life, that they were adopted. Should you choose us, your baby will always understand how much care and loving consideration you gave in placing him or her for adoption. We want to let him or her know that you loved them very much and how wonderful it is that we have them in our family.

We are both so excited at the possibility of adding to our family. We look forward to everything from the dirty diapers and temper tantrums to the trips to the zoo, picnics and hugs when we get home from work.

We understand that this will probably be the biggest decision of your life. We want to thank you for reading our letter and we wish you well in your decision.

Warm Regards,

Christina and Greg