Hello!
What a wonderful, courageous decision you are exploring in choosing a family to adopt your child. Thank you for considering us as adoptive parents. It would be a privilege to provide your child with a safe and happy home, with all the love in the world.

We are Paul & Sally
We have been married for 12 years. We met in college, became friends, started dating and got married. Our marriage is based on love, respect and large doses of laughter. After we were unable to successfully have biological children, we decided to grow our family by adoption. In 2003 we adopted our son, Will. We are so thankful for the experience of raising and loving Will. We adore children and anxiously await the arrival of a new baby.

Our Experience with Adoption
Adopting our son was an extremely wonderful experience. We tell him the story of when he was born almost every day. Words cannot express the love and gratitude we have for Will's birthmother. We send her letters and pictures on a regular basis, and we keep copies to share with Will when he gets older. We both come from families with several adopted family members, including aunts, cousins and now cousins' children.

Adoption has always been part of our lives and a natural way of building a family. Paul's sister has adopted 2 children in the last couple of years, adding more cousins to the family fun. Also, Sally grew up with many adopted cousins all around the same age as her. What we've learned from having these solid relationships is that family does not need to be biological in order to love each other. Adoption has always represented a positive and loving experience to us both, as well as to our families.

About My Guy Paul
Paul is a loving, kind and generous man. His big heart and gentle approach are reasons why so many people love him. His nature, along with being 6'4", is why I refer to him as a Gentle Giant. Paul has worked for a major corporation in Minneapolis for over 15 years. He loves sports, especially golf. He also enjoys doing home improvements, yard work and being outside.

He takes pride in the projects he's researched and then constructed - our deck, fence and basement. Paul really loves being a dad. He has spent the last couple of years learning the rhymes of Dr. Seuss and the characters on Sesame Street. He is excited to share his love with another child.

About My Sweet Sally
Sally is a funny, loving and caring person who is passionate about being a mom. She enjoys going to the movies and spending time in her garden planting lilies and tulips. She also loves to plan and take trips to places like Colorado and Boston. She is very family oriented and eager to share a new baby with her family and friends.

Sally works as a Consultant for a large, international company. She is fortunate to work at home part-time, which leaves lots of time to attend story hour at the library and spend hot days at the beach. She plans on keeping her part-time schedule and being home as much as possible when our new baby arrives.

Our Home and Neighborhood
We built our house in the suburbs a few years ago and have loved making it a home. We have a lot of room for our family to grow. Our big backyard is the perfect setting for our swing set and sandbox. We are part of a neighborhood full of young children and families. Bike trails, ponds and parks surround our home.

We are located near two excellent elementary schools. Also, we know the neighbor kids very well and they can't wait for us to have another child to welcome to the block. Our neighbors are fun people and we have already established neighborhood traditions. For example, Friday evenings in the fall are spent in our driveway tailgating before attending the week's high school football game. The kids wear their jerseys and the rest of us dress up in Blue and White.

Our Interests and Activities
Being up north at the lake is something we both love to do. The cabin is always filled with family, including cousins and kids. We have a blast swimming, tubing behind the boat and fishing from the dock. We also enjoy hosting barbeques at our house. Our backyard has become a favorite place for our friends to spend time. Yard games and cookouts are a regular scene in the summer. When we can't be outside, we gather with friends to play cards and board games. Yahtzee and Pinochle are a couple of our favorite pastimes.

Also, when we can fit it into our schedule, we love to travel. We have experienced the country and taken in a lot of U.S. culture. We love places like Chicago, the Black Hills and The Rocky Mountains. Another priority of ours is participating in activities and volunteer work within our church. Spending time together as a family doing the things we love is really important to us.

Our Families
Our families are extremely important to us and are an extensive support system. Our parents live close enough for frequent visits. They are great role models for us. Sally has one sister who she sees often and feels very close to. Paul has two sisters we also love spending time with. We all see each other often.

Will is extremely lucky to have aunts and uncles who enjoy spoiling him. 3 nieces, grandmothers, more cousins, and great aunts and uncles round out our family. We are lucky in that we get together several times throughout the year on holidays, at the lake or at a hotel for a long week-end. This way we share in everyone's joy and changing lives. Our family is very excited about our decision to adopt again and eagerly awaits the arrival of the newest family member.

Our Future
We look forward to many happy times together as a family. Some of the memories we would like to build for our children include quiet times together reading stories and talking. We want to be there when they arrive home from school and share events of their day over chocolate chip cookies and milk.

We want them to remember family vacations, singing songs in the car and staying at a Holiday Inn. Furthermore, we want them to spend time with their grandparents and extended family. Through memories like these, we hope to show how much they are valued and loved.

In Conclusion
We admire your courage. Most of all we appreciate what you are doing for families like ours who have dreamed about having children to love. We hope this letter has shown you the love we have to offer and given you a sense of peace about entrusting your child to our care.

We welcome the chance to get to know you. If we sound like the right family for your child we would love to talk with you. Please call us toll free at 1-866-734-7767 anytime, or send us an e-mail at

Whatever you decide for yourself and your baby we wish you the very best!

Paul and Sally