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Kevin & Sharon are hopeful adoptive parents from Virginia 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 Hello! We are Sharon and Kevin, a happily married childless couple hoping to build a family through adoption. We'd like to start by saying that we admire your strength and the extraordinary love that it takes to choose adoption for your baby. We have great respect for your choice, and we hope that reading this snapshot of our life together will be helpful in your search for the right adoptive parents for your child.

Where We Live... We live in a spacious three bedroom home, that we designed together, on a quiet corner lot in a great neighborhood. Our cute little Chihuahua named "Teeny" thinks she owns the place! In addition to a play room and a large yard for children to play in, there is a park and playground just down the street and a neighborhood pool. We designed our home with children in mind.

Background & Lifestyle Kevin is the younger of two children and Sharon is the eighth of nine children. We were both raised in the Catholic faith. We believe that living our faith is the best way to model positive values for our children. We both have a strong work ethic and also believe that education is important. Both of us worked to put ourselves through school. Sharon has a Masters degree in Counseling and Development and enjoys working with teens and their parents. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and works as a Planning Engineer for a utility company. When we become parents, Sharon will stay at home to parent full time and may work part time in private practice when our children reach school age.

We both have a great sense of humor and believe that play is important, so we try to find fun in all that we do. Yes, that means we can be a little goofy, but we think that's the good stuff in life :) We are blessed to have a wonderful and diverse circle of friends that we enjoy spending time with. We like hiking, traveling to new places, playing board games, watching movies, and trying different kinds of foods. Sharon loves to cook and bake for a crowd, so we often host friends and family dinners.

Friends & Family Being from a big family, Sharon has lots of nephews and nieces, so our child will have plenty of cousins to play with. Kevin also has a niece who idolizes him and reminds us often that she is anxious to have a cousin! We both believe that family comes first and we cherish spending time with both of our families. We help out with birthday parties and attend many of the kids' sports activities and school plays. We have a great time at our annual family beach trip where the kids keep us constantly busy building sand castles and going to the boardwalk. Spending time with children brings us great joy and we are hopeful that we will be able to add to the excitement of family gatherings when we adopt a child!

Our enthusiasm for life and for people does not end with family. We live in a great community and we believe that giving back is important. Kevin has tutored middle school children, Sharon has volunteered helping disabled children learn to ride bikes without training wheels, and we both have volunteered at our church and neighborhood watch patrol. We often baby-sit for family and friends so parents can have a rare night out!

Children Although our struggle with infertility was painful, it also strengthened our faith and made us even more determined to build a family. We are already very fortunate to have met and married our soul mates and to have a wonderful partnership; yet nothing would bring us more joy than to have a child with whom we can share our love and happiness. We feel blessed and excited to have the opportunity to adopt a child. We are hoping to eventually adopt at least two children, as we believe that siblings are the best friends a person can have! We have learned alot about adoption through research and through the personal experiences of our friends and family members who have adopted. We plan to be open with our child about their adoption and are open to maintaining a connection with you through photos and letters.

Thanks for reading this snapshot of our life together. We would love to meet you personally and answer any questions you might have. Please feel free to call or email us at any time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your baby as you face this important decision. Thank you for considering us!