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Joe & Julianne are hopeful adoptive parents from Utah waiting to adopt a baby.

If you are pregnant and considering placing your child for adoption, please read the following Dear Birthmother Letter.

Dear Birth Parent ~ We want you to know that we have a lot of respect for you! It is hard for us to imagine the challenges you are facing right now in your life. The love that you have for your baby is incomprehensible. The strength and courage you have to make this decision is very commendable. We know you want what is best for your baby and admire your compassion and willingness to consider adoption. Thank you for taking the opportunity to learn about our family. We have a great amount of love, admiration, and respect for birth parents who consider adoption as an option for their babies.

Our Relationship We met while we were attending college at BYU and both worked at the BYU Bookstore. Joe had recently returned from his LDS mission to Brazil and Julianne had recently returned from studying abroad in Europe. After just a few dates, we both knew that we had found the one we wanted to marry and were married 6 months later in the Provo, Utah Temple.

Joey, our four year-old son, was born to us after ten years of marriage. We had seen many doctors and tried several infertility procedures and finally one worked! Julianne had two ultra sounds during the pregnancy and both times the doctor was positive we would be having a little girl. A very happy surprise for us was when our SON was born! The doctor was stunned! In all his years of practice he had never wrongly predicted an ultra sound. It’s amazing how quick things turned from pink to blue! Our family and friends were determined that our new little baby would not have to come home to a pink room and wardrobe. We immediately fell in love with Joey the moment we saw him. We have tried the same infertility treatments several times and have not been able to conceive again. We are grateful and excited to adopt and look forward to the opportunity to have another child in our family.

We feel that expressing our love to each other is one of the greatest gifts we can offer our children. We like to give lots of hugs and positive reinforcement to each other. We try to emphasize and accentuate Joey’s good behavior. Time outs and taking away privileges are the discipline methods we use when positive reinforcement is unsuccessful. We hope to provide many varied experiences and opportunities for our children to sample different activities and hobbies of their choosing. We then hope to help them focus on a couple of those interests to refine.

As a couple we enjoy attending musicals, plays, & sporting events, completing home improvement projects, and trying new restaurants. Julianne is an excellent pianist and Joe has a beautiful singing voice. We are often asked to perform in church, or for friends and family and love sharing our talents with others.

Our Family Some things we enjoy doing together as a family are: being outdoors whether it be enjoying a hike or playing in the backyard, bowling, going on drives, traveling, playing card and board games, and visiting family.

Spending time with family is important to us. It is important for us to maintain a close relationship with our extended families that we visit often. Summers are often spent at family reunions in the mountains of Utah and Idaho with our cousins and their families. We make living the Gospel an important part of our home where we try hard to hold regular Family Home Evenings, family prayer, and scripture study.

TRADITIONS
Traditions are an important part of our family. One family tradition that we love is a card game called “Rook.” Even the children get involved by learning this game at a very young age. Games are something that keep our family close. Another favorite tradition is on Christmas. After a family talent show, Grandma tells the story, The Gift of the Magi, then Grandpa reads the Christmas story from The Bible. We end the evening by eating a spice cake with white frosting. On top of the cake is a red candle and a gold star each symbolizing something about our Savior’s birth. These traditions are some of the events our family looks forward to every year.

WHAT JOE SAYS ABOUT JULIANNE
Julianne is my best friend. She is one of the most kind, loving, and patient people I know. Marrying Julianne was probably the best decision I’ve ever made. Whenever I am at my desk at work and I see that I have a new email from Julianne, my heart skips a beat out of excitement: my sweetheart has written me something! It always makes my day when she shows up at my work, unannounced, just to see me. Julianne is a great listener and confidant. Many family members and friends turn to her for a listening ear and advice.

Julianne loves to entertain. We often have family and friends over for dinner or game nights. Our pantry is always well stocked with food just waiting to be prepared. She is an excellent cook and knows how to throw a party. I love to watch her patient and loving interactions with Joey. She enjoys being a stay-at-home mom and takes pleasure in taking Joey on fun outings like to the library, park, swimming or to a children’s cooking class.

Julianne is the oldest of nine children and was raised in Utah. After graduating from BYU with a Bachelors degree in Family Science she worked full-time at the BYU Bookstore until Joey was born. Reading is an important part of her life. We have accumulated a vast collection of children’s books that are now read often.

WHAT JULIANNE SAYS ABOUT JOE
Joe is very social. When people meet him they are always immediately drawn to his fun loving personality. Joe is a great conversationalist and loves to talk to people. I am told often by others how lucky I am to have such a great husband and I couldn’t agree more! Joe is a gentleman and a righteous priesthood holder that provides and protects our family well. He is everything I had ever hoped for in a husband. Joe expresses affection freely with our son and me and is always available for a hug and a kiss. We don’t like to be away from each other. For example, while I attended Girls Camp as a Young Women Leader, Joe wrote me a letter every day expressing his love and how much he missed me. Then when I got home there were love notes all over the house welcoming me home.

Joe is a great dad! The minute he comes home from work Joey is ready to play with daddy – they love to play sports in the backyard like soccer, baseball, and basketball. They have so much fun together and it is hard to tell who is having more fun!

Joe is the youngest of five children. He was born in California, lived in Hawaii until he was six years old and then moved to Utah. He graduated from BYU with a Bachelors degree in Music, earned a Masters degree in Business, and now works in Sales for a Utah based company selling electrical parts and equipment to electricians and contractors.

Our Feelings About Adoption We are excited about the opportunity to adopt! Our son is looking forward to being the big brother – to show his little sister/brother “the ropes” of life. We admire your willingness to trust another family to raise your baby. We promise that your child will be loved, wanted, and embraced. It is important to us that your baby understands the love and sacrifices you have made for him/her and we will talk about you often and teach your child to have love and respect for you.

We are excited and anxious to meet you, get to know you, and learn about your family and their traditions. We are interested in answering any other questions you may have that might help bring you the peace you are looking for in making this decision. In the future, we want you to know that we look forward to maintaining the level of openness that is comfortable for you.

Our prayers and thoughts are with you at this time – hoping that you will find the peace and answers that you are looking for.

Sincerely and with love,

Joe and Julianne