Christopher & Pamela

We are Christopher and Pamela. We live in the Midwest just 15 minutes from a major metropolitan area. We first met through mutual friends at a football game in college. Christopher had just graduated, and I was a freshman. This was the beginning of our friendship that grew over the next 14 years into the couple we are today. We were married in May 2003 in the Monet garden of a quaint vineyard in Calistoga, California. Our years together were spent first as friends, then best friends, and, ultimately, husband and wife. This long term relationship has allowed us to experience life together as we have grown both as individuals and as a couple.

We have lived in our home since 2002 on 5 acres with our yellow Labrador retriever, Hank. We went to get Hank together for our first Christmas in our new home. The three of us love the outdoors and look forward to evenings and week-ends outside in the yard enjoying the beautiful views of the surrounding horse farms and hiking the nearby trails. Some evenings we enjoy a good yard game of Bache ball, usually Hank tries to play as well, and we host an annual kickball tournament in our backyard. We have been blessed with good health, caring families, great friends and financial stability. We spent the first two years of marriage enjoying being newlyweds, going on vacations, taking road trips and we talked often about starting our family. Christopher has 4 siblings, and I have 2 siblings. We have always looked forward to having a family of our own but have spent the last two years struggling with infertility. We are excited about adopting our child and starting the family we have so often looked forward to. The experiences we have gone through together as a couple have brought us closer together and made us stronger.

Pam grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, with her mom (Peggy), dad (Doug), and two older brothers (Tommy and Jeffrey). Pam's dad was a doctor who spent many, long hours at the hospital, and her mom stayed home full time with the children. Her dad's absence gave Pam the understanding of the importance of having both parents able to dedicate their time to the family needs and values. Unfortunately, Pam's father passed away when she was only 12, but her mom and brothers all remain very close. I think this experience is what contributed to Pam becoming an independent woman and going after what she wants in life. Pam's mom is relocating to a new home on a nearby lake and we are excited about spending more time with her. Our families get together often for Holidays and vacations. We always look forward to these special occasions since we also get to spend time with Pam's two nieces, Sydney and Campbell.

Since graduating from college in 1998, Pam has been successful in her career in real estate development. Pam and I have talked at length about how we would like to raise our family. While her career has been rewarding, she would like to dedicate her time to staying home with our child and becoming more involved in philanthropic initiatives and the community through volunteer work when time allows. As I have grown older, I have often thought about whether my wife would want to be full time at home or continue with her career. Pam and I have decided together that she will be a full time mom.

Christopher grew up the youngest of 5 children on a farm where he learned that hard work and commitment would be required to reach his goals in life. After graduating from college with a degree in Construction Management, Christopher advanced his career for 5 years in real estate development. For the last 9 years, he has continued his career as an entrepreneur. As a company co-founder, he has been able to provide financial stability and a comfortable lifestyle that he dreamed about while plowing the fields on the small farm where he grew up. He has now reached the point in his career where he is able to enjoy the rewards he has worked so hard to accomplish. Christopher is now awarded the flexibility to devote his time to the things that are most important to him, growing our new family. I realized how close we may be to starting our family while watching Christopher spend two full weekends rebuilding the tree house in our backyard. He was grinning ear to ear when our nieces and nephews came to visit recently, and they ran straight to the tree house to play.

Christopher has always found great happiness in seeing his sibling's families grow and getting to know all of his 7 nieces and nephews. We are both very fortunate that his sister, Rachel, with her two sons and his brother Nathan, with his wife and two children have relocated to be near us, allowing us to spend a lot of time together. We spend a lot of time with all of his family as well, often alternating Holidays with each family and sometimes we are able to coordinate getting both sides of our family together for special occasions.

Christopher and I have many hobbies that we enjoy together as well as others that are individual passions. Christopher loves to play sports including basketball and golf, while I love the more rugged outdoors and photography. We both enjoy camping and backpacking trips as well as traveling with family and friends. We feel a good mix of activities, destinations and cultures keeps our attitudes bright and our relationship fresh. We both find much joy in the thought of traveling with our child and sharing, with him or her, the many wonders and diversities the world has to offer.

Both sides of the family are so excited about our decision to adopt! Christopher's brother Stephen, and his wife Susan, are working through the process of adoption as well and the whole family is very excited. Both our friends and family are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new baby just as if he or she were born to us.

If you will consider us as adoptive parents to your child, we promise to provide the love and support that all children deserve. We would be happy to send you letters and photographs, if you wish.

If you would like to know more about us, please let our adoption attorneys, Steve and Joel Kirsh, know. You can reach them at any time at 800-333-5736.

Lovingly,