INTRODUCTION

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read our story!

It has been our greatest wish to share the love that we have for each other with a child of our own. 

We already consider ourselves a “family”, but to grow that number from two would be our ultimate dream come true. Just know that whatever your decision is we already admire your strength and kindness.

We have been together for 11 years, and we recently celebrated 6 years of marriage. We always dreamed of having a family. We spoke about it early on in our relationship. We never really considered that it might not happen or that we would have an issue in achieving that dream. And, I cannot tell you how many nights we prayed to have a child. Once we knew that the traditional way wasn’t working for us, there was no hesitation in how we would go about becoming a family. To us adoption is simply a natural extension of who we are as a couple, and it is the right choice for us due to our mutual love and respect of children.

Our story, by elizabeth

We met on New Year’s Eve of 2005. The funny thing is that we are from two very different worlds… literally. 

My husband, Warren, was born on the East Coast. I was also born on the East Coast, but moved with my family to Europe as a child and was raised there until I was 20 years old. I am from a close-knit Portuguese/American family. He is from a loving German/Czechoslovakian/English and Polish family, but lived all his life in the USA.

We first saw each other on a blind date after speaking on the telephone for about a week while I was on vacation with my family in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were set up by a mutual friend of my family who had requested my telephone number. Our friend said he wanted for me to meet a really nice single guy. 

Our friend even got paper and a pen so that I could write my telephone number down. He guaranteed that my husband would give me a call very soon. Warren called me and we connected immediately. As the week away went by Warren was calling me every day to see what I was up to.

“I know in my heart being a Mom is what she was always meant to do, and as a Mom, Elizabeth will be a natural extension of who she is as a person.” —Warren

our interests

We love to spend time with family and family.

Elizabeth is very talented in foreign languages she speaks and writes four languages fluently. We have visited many countries in Europe, many states in the USA and countries in the Caribbean together. We are always open to travel anywhere by plane or on a cruise ship and someday we would love to take our child on some adventures and visit Disney World and Disney Land in our future as a family.

We love to spend time with family, friends and children especially our little niece of which we have a very strong bond with and love to go on swings and play with her. 

We like to do outdoor activities such as riding our bicycles on the weekend or after work at the park on a nice sunny day. We love to go to the beach or lakes and go swimming, boogie boarding, boating, snorkeling and parasailing whenever possible. We also like the indoors, watching a good movie, cooking or baking together or simply just enjoying each other’s company. We also enjoy viewing works of art, arts and craft shows, going to museums.

Elizabeth loves to make many Portuguese traditional dishes that she learned from her Mom. Warren likes to make breakfast in the morning on weekends and loves to bake his delicious peach pie. We also share a love for flowers and plants and love to have them in our home or in our garden.

Elizabeth likes to go shopping with girlfriends or our sister-in-law and is interested in fashion. Warren likes to work on cars in his free time and watch a good football game on TV. We both enjoy going to car shows with siblings and friends.

our home and family traditions

We love our home

We own a spacious three bedroom home in a beautiful town. We have a large kitchen with a sliding glass window onto a backyard deck, a formal living/dining room, and a two car garage. We especially love our kitchen because of all the cooking we do. Our town has top rated public and private schools. We take advantage of what our neighborhood has to offer-the many beautiful parks, local pool, and quaint town center are a few reasons why we fell in love with our community.

We go to the Portuguese and German cultural clubs with our families. Another family tradition is that before Christmas we visit a tree farm to search for the perfect tree and set it up together at our individual homes. We decorate our Christmas tree together with many sentimental ornaments. All of our family gather together to prepare our favorite meal at our home for Christmas Eve. We then have a Christmas Eve dinner with our traditional dishes Portuguese, German and Polish. Also for Easter we have a brunch together at Warren’s parents house and the whole family enjoys spending time together. We also go egg hunting with our niece. We get together for Thanksgiving at Elizabeth’s brother’s home or her cousin's house early in the day then we all drive to Warren’s brother’s home and have a Thanksgiving dinner. We spend time with all of our siblings either at our house or at Warren’s or Elizabeth’s family’s home.

fun facts

Things that make us happy

• Children laughing

•  Raising our baby and becoming a family

• My wonderful husband/wife 

• Our life together and our Home

• Our hobbies

• Our family and our friends 

• Being the reason for someone’s smile

• Seeing others happy

• Our future

• Walks on the beach and traveling together

• The smell of fresh brewed coffee in the morning 

• French toast with maple syrup

“Warren bears all the qualities to be an amazing Dad who would do anything for the well being and safety of his child.” —Elizabeth

in closing

A final thank you

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you.

We want to thank you again, for your time. We feel so very lucky that you would consider us as parents. We hope we have answered some of your questions and that you have a good feel for who we are and what we value. We would like to express our gratitude for what you are doing. We know that you are making one of the most difficult decisions of your life.