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Scott & Susan are hopeful adoptive parents from Pennsylvania waiting to adopt a baby.

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Hello!

Our names are Scott and Sue, and our deep desire is to build our family through adoption. We stand in awe of the courage it must take for you to consider making such a loving sacrifice as placing your baby for adoption. Even though we haven’t met you, we pray for you as you continue through such a selfless and loving decision. We truly respect you for your plan. We would love to give your baby a life of love, peace, safety and happiness through the miracle of adoption.

Our beginnings...

We met in August of 2003 through a Christian Dating Service. There was an instant connection. We had so much in common, including our faith and love of family. We discovered we had both attended the same small college and didn’t even know it. Through our months of dating, we spent so many hours late into night talking about everything from God to family. We told each other that more than anything we wanted children, and we agreed if we couldn’t have them naturally, we would adopt. In November of 2004 we hiked a trail on the Hudson to a small castle where Scott got on one knee and proposed. In August 2005 we were married. There were over 250 family and friends at our wedding. After a year of marriage we decided to start a family. Sue became pregnant and lost the baby to an ectopic pregnancy. The doctor discovered that it would be unlikely for us to conceive naturally so after some fertility treatments, we decided that God’s plan for us was to adopt children. Every day we grow to love each other more deeply and we long to share our love with a child.

Adoption & parenting...

Our main goal for our child is that they know they are loved and cared about. We plan to share with our child that they are adopted from the start. We want them to know that every decision that was made for their lives has been because they were so loved. We hope to have contact with you through letters and pictures as much as you are comfortable with. We want you to be at peace with your decision by knowing all about your child through the years, and we want your baby to know that you love him or her.

Sue...

Sue is a deeply loving, hard working, beautiful woman that makes every person she meets feel as if they are the only one that is important. She is a good listener with a joyful, excited personality. Sue runs her own Wedding Floral and Event business. She has a professional knack for making each bride know that her wedding is special. Many summer evenings I find Sue tending to her plants and flowers in our garden or starting various projects throughout the house. She has made our house feel like a home and she has an excellent eye for interior design. Many people have come to her to ask for help in the décor of their own home. Sue’s interior designs are not only “trendy” but “thrifty.” She is often more proud of how inexpensively she designs a room. Sue loves to read a good book and enjoys funny romantic movies. She loves all the romantic things of life like holding hands, walking the beach at sunset and snuggling up on the couch to watch TV. This is great because I am a hopeless romantic myself! Sue is a diehard runner and exercises every day. She is constantly in the know about good nutrition and being healthy. Sue loves to cook and can’t wait to make our children their favorite foods and even teach them to cook. Sue has a large floral workshop attached to the house where she plans to engage the children in making all kinds of crafts. Sue also loves to play guitar and piano and hopes that one day our children will enjoy learning to play a musical instrument. I look forward to her becoming a mother and think how blessed our children and family will be to have her in their lives.

Scott...

Scott is the most gentle, loving and kind man I know. He is an artist and makes his living as an Art Director for a local Advertising Agency. He has volunteered as a youth minister for over 20 years. He currently works with the Junior High kids at our church. So many of the kids he has worked with over the years continue a friendship with him to this day. He is so great at youth ministry because he is a kid at heart. He works hard and he plays hard. On a typical Saturday morning he is out skateboarding and often takes kids with him. He also designs and sells skateboards on the side. Anything adventurous he loves including snowboarding, long boarding and surfing. I love this about him. Scott also loves movies and music. He is very caring and warm and maintains so many friendships because of this. He loves to laugh and never raises his voice. He always has time to listen and to hear when anyone needs it. Scott is incredibly creative and is always involved in some kind of artistic endeavor. Currently he is building furniture out of skateboards. He is always full of energy and has great relationships with his many nieces and nephews. At a family party I can always find him talking with them, listening to their music, looking at their pictures or just listening to them talk. He has a strong and long-term relationship with God. He comes from a large family and maintains great relationships with all of his brothers and sisters. Scott has always dreamed of having children, and I know he will make the most wonderful father.

Our home & community...

We live in a beautiful house on an acre of land with a huge yard. Sue works from home as a wedding and event florist and because of this she will be able to stay home with the baby. Our neighbors have two small children and bought the acre of land behind our home to put their horses and pony on. So every morning we wake up with a view of the horses. We are preparing a beautiful nursery for the baby. Scott’s dad is a great carpenter, and we have some terrific ideas for the baby’s room. We live in a country setting but are close to so much fun. We live just 25 minutes from Philadelphia and go there all the time to enjoy all the great museums. We also live about an hour and a half from the Poconos and enjoy day trips there to snowboard or attend the yearly pumpkin festival. Locally our community is full of great resources for families. We live in an award-winning school district. We have a small town nearby that holds a yearly food festival that has become part of our tradition. We live near several state parks that have tremendous trails for biking and hiking, and we spend many of our weekends exploring them. New York City is only two hours away and every year we go to see the Christmas decorations, watch the ice skaters and walk through Central Park. Another tradition we can’t wait to share with our child.

Our idea of fun...

Fun is our middle name. We are always up for anything fun. We love to travel and take day trips. We dream of renting an RV and traveling across the country with our children to see all the National Parks. Every New Years we travel to Vermont with carloads of friends. We all stay at Scott’s Dads house where there is the most amazing view of the mountains covered with Vermont snow. Early in the morning we have breakfast at a log cabin called “Suger and Spice” where they make home made maple syrup. On News Years Eve we go to “First Night” where they have all kinds of great fun for families like magicians, ice carving and fireworks. Of course we always hit the mountain for snowboarding during the day. Scott looks forward to teaching our children to snowboard. One evening we go to Scott’s brother’s farmhouse where we eat a delicious dinner and sit and sing while his nephews and nieces play guitar, drums and even the harp. We have also made a tradition in the winter of going to Lake Placid where we ride the Olympic bob-sled or go on a dog-sled ride across the frozen lake. In the summer we go to Vermont and swim in the waterfalls and hike to gorgeous overlooks. Summer also takes us to the lake in northern New York where we love to wakeboard on the lake with family and friends. Sue’s best friend Lisa has a home at the Jersey shore so we go there many times all summer to enjoy the beach and the boardwalk. We even seem to make the every day stuff into fun, like roasting marshmallows on our Chimnea on our back patio, playing board games or working on some kind of project.

Our family & friends...

We both have large families and all of them are supportive and excited about the adoption. Our baby will be welcomed into a family with a Grandpa (Scott’s Dad) a Grandma (Sue’s Mom), five Aunts, four Uncles and thirteen older cousins! Sue’s mom lives nearby and is already preparing her home so the baby will be able to come and visit her. Lisa has been Sue’s best friend since Jr. High and is like her sister. Lisa is counting the days till the baby arrives so she can shower another child with love. We have a myriad of very close friends nearby who have children and love children. Your baby will have so much love and attention!

Our traditions...

We love holidays and tradition, and we can’t wait to continue our childhood traditions with our baby. Easter holds special meaning to us since we are Christians. We wake up to baskets full of goodies, attend Easter service, then both of our families gather together for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. Fourth of July takes us to a house on the lake in upstate New York and enjoy campfires and fireworks from the boat. Every other Thanksgiving Scott’s family gathers together (25+ people) for dinner, croquet, board games, and music. Last year Scott’s sister baked 14 pies! Christmas is our favorite holiday. We spend a whole day listening to Christmas carols and decorating the tree. All our ornaments have special meaning. This year we put an ornament up for the baby called “hope.” Christmas Eve we go to the candlelight service at our church, and every year there are over 40 friends and family that come to our house on Christmas Day for brunch. There is so much food, fun and love in our home. We can’t wait to hand make ornaments and share all the wonders of Christmas with our child.

Our faith...

We are Christians and we live our lives with our faith at the center. We attend Dilworthtown Community Church. It is a small church with about 150 members. Scott volunteers with the youth group every Sunday night. Our church is connected with a larger church and has so many activities for children. There are tons of young children there because the majority of the members are young couples with children. They have a great Sunday school program that we will involve our children in. We have both been Christians for most of our lives. Sue had a grandmother who taught her about Christ at an early age and Scott’s father was a pastor. We have a bible study in our home every Monday night and a community group from our church that meets once a month. There are many young children in both groups and we can’t wait until our child can be a part of them. Our faith seems to affect every area of our life as we strive to live out God’s love in the world. After working with hurting people for many years Sue decided to pursue a masters degree in Clinical Counseling and since has begun a Christian counseling center and volunteers her time there as a therapist. We believe we are called to lives of compassion, honesty and a deep relationship with God. Our faith keeps our marriage solid and teaches us to make it a constant priority. We plan to exhibit God to our children through loving them, listening to them, hearing them, forgiving them, spending time with them and encouraging them to pursue their dreams. Basically, God loves and forgives us and challenges us to do the same. We want our child to see and experience God’s love.

Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our letter. We hope you sense our deep commitment to God, family and love of children. We pray you will consider us as parents. We would like to learn the dreams you have for you and your child, and what you desire in an adoption
plan. Feel free to contact us anytime by phone or email through our adoption advisor, Mary Lisa. We are confident the Lord will guide you on your journey, and we pray for His peace and love in your heart as you make your decisions.

Scott & Sue