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Gideon & Michele are hopeful adoptive parents from Washington waiting to adopt a baby.

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Michele and Gid Thank you for reading our letter and taking the time to consider whether we are the family that you want for your child. We recognize that it takes a special kind of love and selflessness to consider entrusting your child to adoptive parents.

I want to tell you about our family. First of all you should know that my husband and I have longed for a child for years, but despite all our best efforts, cannot have one naturally. We want very much to provide a warm, nurturing environment for a child and hopefully this profile will give you some insight into who we are and the kind of parents we hope to be.

First of all we want you to know that it is our dream to build a family. A family based upon good values, compassion and lots and lots of love. More than anything else we long for a family of our own. We will bring the child up to konw where he or she comes from, his or her roots and ethnic background and that his or her birth parents love him or her. We are open to continuous contact with you and providing you with regular updates if you wish. Gid and I are very easy going and down to earth people and will be happy to build a relationship with you.

Gideon (Gid) and I met over four years ago and have been married for nearly three years. We live in beautiful Kirkland, Washington, just outside of Seattle and right on the shores of majestic Lake Washington. We have a lovely 4-bedroom house that we share with our old cat, Fred.

Surrounding our house is a lush garden that Gideon has nurtured – he loves to garden. The neighborhood we live in has many families with children and we live across from an elementary school and only a mile from Lake Washington.

We Are Happily Married Gid is not only a wonderful gardener – but loves to build furniture with wood. This past summer, he and his son(from a previous marriage) built a beautiful picnic table together that we put in our yard.

On weekends, we love to hike and take day trips to explore the beautiful state of Washington. We also get together with friends and most of them have young children.

Gid and I love spending time together. While we have different hobbies (I love writing, theater and shopping) and he is more the "computer nerd" and carpenter, Gid and I have a blast. I consider Gid my best friend -- that is what I always wanted in a husband. Someone I could really depend on, love to be around -- and he is the whole package.
We are responsible people -- but we are NOT ultra serious -- we like to laugh, joke, play...we're pretty easy going. I was in my early 30s when I met Gid -- and when I saw him -- I instantly knew that his kindness, sweetness, intelligence (and cute British accent -- he was born in the UK) was for me.

We have parenting experience Gid has lots of experience in being a parent as he has three beautiful children from a previous marriage. They live with their mom overseas – but come to visit us on holidays and in the summer. I adore my step children – and have a good and unique relationship with each. Gid is a wonderful father and is the kindest man I know. I fell in love with him because of how good he is with his children. All three are in their teens now – the eldest is 18 and is teaching underprivileged children and will be attending university shortly. The other two are 12 and 15 – and they are doing well in school and have loads of friends and after school activities. All three are looking forward to welcoming a new little brother or sister into our extended family.

We both have jobs – but we also have reached a point in our careers that we can work from home and have very flexible hours. Gid is an engineer and I work in public relations.

Michele's parents live close by Let me tell you about our large family: my mom and dad live in Los Angeles (just a two hour plane ride away) and we see them once a month. What is great about my parents is that they are relatively young and healthy and cannot wait to spoil a grandchild with trips to museums, Disneyland, etc. My parents are loving people and treat my step children as if they were their own natural grandchildren. My mother was a teacher for more than 30 years and my dad, who is a scientist, has a wry sense of humor and the kids adore him.

I have a brother who is also based in Los Angeles and lots of cousins and aunts and uncles both in the Bay Area and on the east coast.

Gid, who is originally from Windsor, England, has a large family (five brothers and sisters and each are married with children) and they live all in various parts of the world from New York to London. While they live far away – Gid and I are able to travel to see them once or twice a year.

Gideon’s parents just came out to Washington from England and stayed with us for a month and loved the area so much they vowed to come again. That said, our child will also to be able to travel and visit their relatives and see the world. It will be an exciting life filled with travel, wonder and exploration – not to mention surrounded by grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles. Gid’s kids are already world travelers at a very young age -- and any child in our care will not only know love and kindness -- but will be able to see the world.

Thank you so much for considering us and reading our profile.