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Franklin & Nicole are hopeful adoptive parents from Maryland waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Our Family Our names are Franklin and Nicole, and we hope and pray every day that a birthparent will help us complete our family.

We live in the suburbs in a big, airy brick home with plenty of space and light. We have one son, Meir, who is almost two, and a big playful lab-mix dog named Churchill. Meir loves to run around the backyard with the dog, and he loves his swingset, but most of all, he would love a little brother or a sister.

We knew before we married that we would adopt. We brought Meir home through Gladney in 2005. We each have brothers or sisters of our own, and we cannot imagine having only one child, so we hope to adopt again. Because both of our children will be Gladney babies, they will have an extra bond.

Our Loving Home We are both lawyers, but our most important job right now is to be good parents. Nicole works part time, and Franklin usually gets home by 5:30 P.M. to spend time with Meir before bedtime. Nicole loves to cook, and makes homemade bread and cookies. She cooks everything from fried chicken and homemade ravioli to the hand-made tamales that Franklin’s mom, who is from Mexico, taught her to make. Franklin gives Meir his bath every night after dinner, and reads him a bedtime story. We can’t wait until we have another baby to care for and tuck in at night. We don’t know whether our new baby will love fluffy dog dolls and Goodnight Moon like Meir, or whether he or she will like new and different things, but we looking forward to finding out and learning all about the baby’s own personality.

The new baby will have a nursery right next to our bedroom. We have a video monitor set up so that we can check to make sure the baby is o.k. without waking him or her. The room has a big window and lots of dresser and closet space for all of the toys and clothes the baby will have. Meir’s nursery was decorated with a cowboy theme.

A Deeper Look Into Our Lives... Franklin grew up in Texas, and he brings a love of the outdoors to our family. When Franklin was growing up, he learned to ride horses and loved going fishing with his dad. He also loves soccer. Nicole grew up in New York and loves going to museums and the ballet. She also loves baseball, and we take Meir to watch a lot of major and minor league games. Nicole is a great dancer, and began dancing ballet as a little girl. In high school and college, she competed in ballroom dancing. Meir is already learning how to dance, -- he was twisting away at an outdoor Lyle Lovett concert when he was only a year old --,. and dances around the living room to everything from Juanes, to Tim McGraw, to U2. But from what we can tell so far, his best talents are his pitching arm, and playing music on Mom’s piano and Dad’s guitar.

We both love to travel, and would never dream of leaving our kids at home. We took a family vacation to the beach in Florida this past winter, and Nicole’s parents, Nana and Poppa, have already announced that they want to be the first ones to take our children to Disneyworld. We travel to New York and Texas frequently to see our families, and go away for fun weekends, such as our trip to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania last summer. When Meir and his younger brother or sister get older, we want to take them to Italy, where we went on our honeymoon.

Continuing the Journey We Started The adoption process is a very tough journey, but has great rewards. We created a life journal for Meir to tell the story of his life and the many people who love him. We read his story with him, and look at the photos of his birthmother, and every Sabbath we light a candle for each of us, and also for his birthparents, and we remember them with him.

We hope that if our story speaks to you, you will contact us. But even if our family turns out not to be the match you want, we would like you to know how much we respect your decision to make an adoption plan, and to thank you for considering us as you work hard to make the right choice for your baby.
Franklin and Nicole
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