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Tim and Shari
Dear Birth Mother,
We are very excited and honored that we have been given this chance to introduce our family to you. We greatly admire your strength and decision to give your baby a home filled with happiness and love.
WE PROMISE…
We will help your baby grow to her fullest potential.
We will always make laughter and fun a priority in our home.
We will love your baby unconditionally and do whatever is necessary to ensure her safety and well being.
When dating, Tim shared that he was adopted and described what a wonderful experience growing up with his family had been. He had always felt that he would like to create his family through adoption. After dating for a year, we became engaged and were married in 2001. Shortly after, we decided together that we would adopt our children. Because we adopted both our sons, we understand what an amazing gift a baby is. In addition to two loving parents, your baby would have two older brothers to teach her, play with her and protect her. Our hearts are filled with joy at the thought that we might soon be welcoming your baby into our family.
Our Story:
When Shari took a job at an advertising agency years ago, she never imagined that one of her co-workers would introduce her to her future husband. It all happened at a holiday party in December of 1999. As soon as Shari met Tim, she knew she liked him. Shari joked with her friend and said “go wave your magic love wand and see what you can do.” Her friend must have listened because the next morning, Tim called Shari and asked her out. After just a few dates, Shari just had that feeling that Tim might be the one. We had so much in common from similar tastes in music and a love for animals to a weird coincidence where both of us had large tree branches fall on our parked cars when we were 20. What are the odds?
We have built our marriage on strong shared values, principles, respect, lots of humor and our faith in God. We are very much in love and even have a “date night” every week where we go out and have a nice time together. We really are best friends. Having kids definitely added another wonderful layer to our lives. We adore our two boys and never miss an opportunity to have fun with them. Simple things like reading stories before bed or going out for ice cream have made our lives so much richer than we could have ever imagined. Our desire now is to complete our family by sharing our love, happiness and home with a daughter.
About my wife Shari:
Shari was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona into a very close and loving family. Her parents, known to the kids as “Baba” and “Grandpa” still live in Arizona, but come to visit about every 2 months. Shari grew up in a home with her older sister, parents, grandmother and an adorable miniature Schnauzer. Shari and her sister are still very close. Her sister and her family only live about an hour away, so Shari sees them almost every weekend.
After graduating college, Shari went to work in advertising and promotions. Along with her sister, she volunteered at a local hospital with her dog, a trained therapy animal. She also volunteered at an animal rescue, walking and feeding the dogs.
When our first son, Brandon, was born, Shari made the decision to become a full-time stay at home mom. She said it was the best decision she had ever made and felt even stronger about her choice when our second son, Zachary, came along. She loves spending time with both boys working on arts and crafts, coloring, playing and baking. Shari volunteers at both of the boys’ schools and takes them to sports lessons, the park and the library after school. Even as a full time mom, Shari finds time to volunteer for our city helping with community events, including a citywide 4th of July carnival. Shari gives completely of herself and is always there when needed. She could be in the middle of a meeting, but would drop everything to kiss a boo boo. Our boys adore their mom and are always hugging and kissing her and saying how much they love her. Our family is blessed to have Shari as a wife and mom.
About my husband Tim:
Tim is definitely my soul mate. He is the most generous, loving man I have ever met and I really enjoy spending time with him. Tim is an attorney for the State of California, but is fortunate to set his own hours so that he is home to have dinner with our family every night and is home on weekends as well. In addition to his job, he volunteers on a committee at work to improve conditions for other state workers, and he volunteers with our city on various projects to keep our neighborhoods safe.
Tim has an amazing sense of humor, which is one thing that definitely attracted me to him. I can always tell when he is in a room with our boys because I can hear them all giggling. Tim is a very devoted father. He loves to take the boys to the park to play ball, ride bikes and fly kites. He also helps with homework, school projects and volunteers at the schools when he can.
Tim grew up just about a mile from where we now live. He was adopted as a baby by two caring and loving parents who always put his needs first. Tim is very close with his mom and dad. They raised their son to be honest and loving. He is all that and so much more. His extended family is pretty large. Between his family and mine, our kids have 11 young cousins (ages 2-9) to play with – and 3 of them are adopted as well! As you can tell, adoption is a big, wonderful part of our family.
Tim is a very romantic guy. Every night when he comes home from work, the very first thing he does is give me a kiss hello. That makes me feel very special. He is the love of my life and I know I will always be able to depend on him. We are so lucky to have him in our lives.
About Brandon and Zachary:
In November, 2002, we were blessed with Brandon from a wonderful birth mom and dad. Brandon is an outgoing, smart and fun little boy who loves first grade, especially math. He has been taking karate for 3 years and is advancing from one belt to the other with great speed. He is active in Y Guides (a YMCA program for boys and their dads) and loves swimming, riding his bike, playing soccer, coloring and reading. Brandon wants to be a super hero when he grows up. How cool would that be? In June of 2006, another wonderful baby, Zachary, came into our lives from a different birth family. Zachary attends a local preschool 3 days a week. He loves playing with his friends and all the toys they have there. His favorite activities are playing in the sandbox, riding his Big Wheel, having books read to him, playing with toy cars and following his older brother around doing whatever he does.
Brandon and Zachary really enjoy arts and crafts. They always know that when mom brings out the paper, scissors and glue, something fun is about to happen. They practically knock Tim over greeting him at the door to show off their works of art.
Both Brandon and Zachary love our dog, Spencer. They both help to feed and brush him. Spencer is very gentle and really enjoys when the kids play with him in the backyard and help take him for walks.
We are fortunate to have such amazing children. Tim and I are so proud of them and just couldn’t love them more!
About Family:
Family is so important to us. We want our children to be close to all of their relatives, especially cousins their age. Because we have family in both California and Arizona, holidays like Thanksgiving are usually held at our house. We invite everyone in the family over for a gigantic pot luck. Our living room becomes filled with wall to wall tables and chairs. It is so much fun and the kids get so excited playing, they can hardly eat!
Both of us were raised with similar values and taught to treat everyone with kindness and respect. Our families have always been very supportive of us and especially our decisions to adopt. Everyone loves our children and spends as much time as possible with them. Our family not only consists of people, but we also have an amazing dog as well. Spencer is a Tibetan Terrier mix that we rescued from a shelter about 5 years ago. He is 35 pounds of pure love. He likes going for walks and rides in the car, chasing squirrels and belly scratches.
About Friends:
We are very close with our friends and consider them an extension of our family. Our kids have grown up together and we all have very similar interests. When someone in the group has a baby or gets sick or just needs a ride to school, one of us is immediately there to help. We are always doing fun family activities together like going on picnics, bowling, playing at the park or swimming. Sometimes we just get together for a casual dinner at someone’s house. It is very nice to be with people that care so much about each other.
Our Home Sweet Home:
We live in a beautiful city in Southern California. Although it is only about 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles, it is more like a small town. The area sits on a hill right next to the Pacific Ocean. The air is clean and there are many pretty parks to visit and trails to walk on. Every time we go to the grocery store or to a local restaurant, we always see people we know. Our schools are ranked among some of the best in the state. We live in a 4 bedroom home in a quiet cul-de-sac. Our neighborhood is very safe and there are a lot of families with young children. We have a big enclosed backyard with plenty of grass, a play set and an area to ride bikes, play ball and create chalk masterpieces. We love to entertain and are always having our friends and family over for BBQs and pizza/movie nights. We feel our community is a wonderful place to raise a family!
Fun Times!:
Having fun has always been a big part of our lives. Our family loves to go on trips exploring new places. Lots of times we go to Arizona to visit Shari’s parents. On our vacations, we like to go to zoos, amusement parks, swim, try new foods and sight-see.
Now that you know a little bit about who we are and how we live, we look forward to getting to know you. We realize you have an incredibly difficult choice ahead of you and respect that it might take you some time to pick the family that is perfect for you and your baby.
When you do make your decision, we hope you will consider choosing us. If you do, we want you to know that we are very open with our children about being adopted. Adoption is an important part of the story of who they are. As questions have come up, we have been honest in giving them age appropriate answers. We will make sure your baby understands the amount of love it took for you to come to your decision, but at the same time, will always respect your wishes and your privacy.
If you have any questions for us, or would like to talk to us about adopting your child, please contact an AdoptHelp advisor by Calling 1-800-637-7999 or clicking the “Contact Us” button below.
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