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Richard & Amy are hopeful adoptive parents from Pennsylvania 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 Hello. We are very excited that you are considering us as parents for your baby. We understand that your decision is not an easy one to make, and we could never imagine what you are feeling right now. We admire your strength and courage. We hope that your final decision brings you peace knowing that we will provide your baby with a safe, happy, and secure future. We are hoping that what you read here will show you how much we love each other and how much we want to increase our family by adopting a baby.

About Us We have been married for seven years and have dreamed about having a child since we met. Although we share four boys from previous marriages, we want so much to raise another child. Unfortunately, we are not able to have children due to infertility. Our belief is that every child is a precious gift from God and that God has made it possible for us to add to our family by opening our hearts to adoption.

We love each other unconditionally and are extremely close. Our marriage is a loving, respectful, mutual relationship where decisions about home, work and children are made together. We enjoy walking the neighborhood, going to the gym, going out to dinner as a couple or family, and vacationing as a family. We compliment each others strengths, weaknesses and support the others' decisions.

Amy is a fun-loving, easy-going, patient, loving, dedicated mother and wife. After many years of being a State Registered Family Daycare Provider taking care of children in her home, Amy is now a part-time Nurse's Aide for a local Assisted Living Facility. She loves spending her days with the elderly people and caring for them. She will become a stay at home mom with the baby as she was with her boys when they were babies. Amy loves to cook and bake. Recently she has taken up cake decorating classes where she enjoys baking and decorating cakes for family and friends. Amy enjoys crocheting, gardening, shopping with girlfriends at the mall or craft shows, volunteering for church activities, spending time with family and is very active in the boy's lives.

Amy has two boys, Alex and Zach from a previous marriage. Alex is 17 years old with an outgoing personality, lots of friends, likes BMX and does well in school. He is a senior this year and looking forward to college where he will be majoring in Business. Zachary is 14 years old has a very outgoing personality also, loves to make people laugh, and eager to do what he can to help others (often putting himself out in the process). He is popular in school and with his friends. He loves riding his unicycle and playing paintball.

Rick is an easy-going, optimistic, loving father and husband who enjoys laughing and always finds the lighter side of situations. He enjoys times with family and friends, he's strong in Christian values, mild mannered and slow tempered, and likes challenges. He is active with the audio/visual department and teen youth group at our church. Rick works as a Project Manager for a software company plus loves computers, hitting around a golf ball and repairing cars. He has done all the remodeling on our home which by the way looks great!

Rick also has two boys, Kurtis and Aaron, from a previous marriage. Kurtis, who is 18 years old plays high school football and does well in school. He loves playing video games and paintball. Aaron is 16 years old also plays football and loves Playstation games about the world wars and also likes paintball. Aaron tries really hard to make people feel accepted and likes helping others.

We enjoy traveling as a family. We have made many trips to North Carolina where Rick's parents live. While there we have spent a lot of time at the beach. We have been to Hawaii, the Bahamas and many other states. We are known to stay at a hotel for the weekend just to get away from the house and work. We love to "just get away" as a family and see some place we have seen before or someplace new.

We live in a small town in Pennsylvania. We own a two-story house in quiet neighborhood with lots of children of all ages and families of all races. We have made many renovations to our home in order to make it a great home for our family. We have a fenced in yard with an above ground swimming pool and a large wrap around porch where we sit in the summer enjoying the neighborhood. We also live close to family, work and shopping.

We spent as much time as we can with our extended families. Amy has two brothers and two sisters who she has a close relationship with. Her sisters and their families live close so we see and talk to them a few times each week. Amy's oldest brother lives in Colorado and youngest brother is in Alaska with the Air Force. She talks to them on the phone and through email. Amy's dad passed away unexpectedly 14 years ago but she visits with her mom a few days a week and talks to her on the phone everyday. Amy's mom is confined to a wheelchair due to Multiple Sclerosis. Rick's parents live in North Carolina and we visit them in the summer and holidays. He also has one sister who also lives in North Carolina. Everyone gathers at our house for family cookouts, parties and holiday dinners because we have the largest house that fits everyone.

We have also two very spoiled, lovable dogs. Titan is a Cocker Spaniel/Black Lab mix. He is very friendly and part human but yet is protective of the boys and our home. Dolly is a Toy Poodle. She is very sweet and our "baby". Both dogs love children and want to be wherever we are at all times whether it be inside or outside the house.

Our family is very active members at our Baptist Church. We attend Sunday morning, evening and Wednesday Evenings. The boys are actively involved with the church youth group. Rick helps with the sound/audio equipment at the church and Amy works in the nursery. We hope that thorough us our children learn that Christian values promote goodwill, equal treatment and teach right from wrong, giving a child the tools to make the right choices in life.

Thank you for taking the time to read about us. We are open to sending as many updates and pictures as you would like and talking about visits. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you during this very difficult decision.

God Bless You,
Rick and Amy Joslin