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Robert & Renee are hopeful adoptive parents from Illinois waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Dear Birthmother Thank you for taking the time to review our biography. We know that the decision you are embarking upon is not an easy one. Without a doubt we are inspired by you for your incredible faith and great love for your baby. In our home, he or she would always know of that love. He or she would know of you and love you and we all would be forever grateful to you for bringing our family together. Thank you for considering us, and for reading this letter. May you find peace in your heart as you continue to find answers to your prayers.

MAY WE INTRODUCE OURSELVES We believe in family and have lots of love to share with each other. When Rob and I met we knew instantly that we will be together forever. We have been married for 8 years and together for 10 years. We have a biological 7 year old son and we are excited to add another child to our lives through the miracle of Adoption. I am a 42 year old stay at home mommy and Rob is a 43 year old hard working daddy.
As a family we like to spend most of our time together. We like to bike ride, go to the zoo, parks, festivals, music, take weekends in the city (Chicago), camping, fishing, road trips, swimming, walking, working out, relaxing, gardening, cooking, teaching our son new things, watching our son play T-ball, basketball, school plays, jumping on our trampoline, visiting with our extended families, reading........just to name a few.

ABOUT US ABOUT RENEE
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago in a neighborhood that was overflowing with children. Children that I befriended in Grammar school and High School are still amongst my list of friends. I have a younger brother and an older sister, both of which we are close with. My sister has 2 children that we have a very close relationship with, Matthew loves his cousins.
My parents were divorced when I was 7 years old. After dad left the household and mom went back to work, we kids had to learn how to do some things on our own. Having this added responsibility taught me how to be more independent and ultimately led to my successful young adult hood. This life situation also taught me how important an education is. I graduated High School early and went straight to College. By the time I was 17 I was living in a Dorm in another city far from my “routine”. I finished my Bachelor of Science Degree from Northern Illinois University in 1988.
I had always dreamed of working with children who were behaviorally and emotionally challenged. My first job out of College was working a Group Home for adolescents. After 2 years I decided that I need a Masters Degree. I enrolled at DePaul University and started my Graduate program in 1991 while continuing to work at the Group Home. I finished my Masters of Arts in 1993 and became licensed with the State of Illinois as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, or LCPC. I took a job with the State to work on the Clinical Service Unit for the Department of Children and Family Services. My job was to ensure that my assigned group of Special Needs Children was getting their needs met at the Residential Treatment Center they were living at. Loved my job! However, 2002 I decided to stay at home and take care of my son (which I love even more)!

ABOUT ROB
Rob grew up in a suburb of Chicago that also had lots of children for him to befriend. He too has a long list of friends he met from his childhood. Rob comes from a loving family of four. His parents just celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Robs sister is 2 years older and has a 15 year old daughter.
Rob went to Indiana University when he finished High School. He stayed for a couple years and then returned home to go to College. He did complete about 4 years of courses but had a strong desire to start working. He left his College Career and started working. I have known Rob for almost 10 years and have not seen him miss a day of work unless he was very sick. Rob is a wonderful husband and father. He has taken care of his family with enthusiasm and with ease. Matthew adores his father and gets very excited when he hears the garage open in anticipation of his return from work.
For Rob and I we are very lucky. Both of our families are very close and we always spend our holidays together with both families.

ABOUT MATTHEW
Matthew is a great little 7 year old boy. He has always been easy to take care of. He has a great sense of humor and loves to make people laugh. He can be shy at times and does not like to talk to strangers.........I AM NOT COMPLAINING!!!!! He is very smart and started reading while in Preschool. He asked me one day to teach him to read so I got my purse and off to the Library we went. He was reading by the time we got home. He was ready!! He was so incredibly proud of himself it was the cutest thing. Matthew is a little boy who loves to learn. He will ask questions (and good ones too), he is incredibly good at math and has on MANY occasions really shocked me with what he can figure out himself.
He is in 1st grade now and the teacher has to be creative to keep him challenged. He is going to be tested for the "Gifted" program this winter. Although he learns a lot in the school here, I continue to work with him at home. He will often say, “Mom, instead of a book tonight can we do math problems?” His new favorite "toy" is his microscope he got for his birthday. Matthew is very independent but also a mommy’s boy. He is anxious about having a sibling and asks me great questions. I know that once the baby starts to interact, react, and play with Matthew, he will be in 7th heaven right next to me and his dad.

Your Child Will... Your child will enter an established loving home with a stay at home mom, a dad who loves to get silly, an anxiously waiting big brother, and a room specially made for your child. It is a joy each day to experience the world with our son, and we look forward to sharing that joy with another child to make our family complete. We can hardly wait to begin showing our new little one the world. It fills my heart already when I think about watching the wonder in my child’s eyes as he or she makes a new discovery, or to see the pure joy on their face when they take a first step. It’s those little moments that make life complete.

You can contact us through email or call us at 888-488-2229. God bless.
Sincerely,
Renee and Rob