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Mark & Lara are hopeful adoptive parents from Washington waiting to adopt a baby.

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

We are so excited to be writing this letter to you. We also realize what a difficult decision this is for you. We have so much respect for you and admire your courage for considering adoption for your child. It is important to us that you know that we will love and raise your baby as a gift from you. He or she will always know about you and how much love you have for him or her.

We are Mark and Lara. We met in 2002 while taking college courses in counseling. What began as a close friendship quickly developed into the loving and committed relationship we have today. We were married October 29, 2005 in Seattle and have been extremely happy ever since. We have built a life together full of family, friends and fun. We spend a lot of time together and enjoy taking long walks, vacationing, baseball games, swimming, and hanging out at home. We are both very close to our families. Most of Mark’s family members live very close and we see them quite often. Lara’s family lives in Phoenix and we all rack up many frequent flier miles traveling back and forth visiting one another. Holidays are always a big event in our family, full of traditions and entirely too much food. We are really blessed to have families that are so supportive of our decision to adopt. They can’t wait to help us welcome a new member to our family.

Lara (as seen through Mark’s eyes) She is the most forgiving and compassionate person that I know. I have so much faith and trust in her. I knew from the very moment that I met her that our relationship would be something special.

Lara is very motivated and driven in her efforts to help others. She is a treatment director for an outpatient counseling program. She has dedicated her life to working with patients and their families to recover. She has a sincere desire to be helpful to others and has participated in many athletic fundraising events for causes such as breast cancer, arthritis, and asthma.

Lara was born and raised in Colorado and moved to Seattle in 1994 after graduating from college. Growing up, Lara was involved in dance, gymnastics, swimming, and piano lessons. Her older sister Heidi and mother now live in Arizona and they talk everyday as well as visit several times a year. Heidi and her husband Jay are the parents of a little boy named Spencer who they were blessed to adopt from Guatemala as a baby. Family is a huge priority in our lives and I know that we want to raise our children that way too.

Lara will be a wonderful mother. I know that she will always make our children her first priority and have their best interests in mind always.

Mark (as seen through Lara’s eyes) I wonder how to describe to you what a wonderful person my husband is. He is my best friend and the love of my life. I am so lucky to have found him. From the moment we met, I knew he would be a wonderful father. He is kind and loving, trustworthy and gentle, and at times a bit silly. I love his sense of humor and he can always make me laugh. His patience is limitless and it only compliments all the other wonderful traits he has that have prepared him for fatherhood.

Mark is in the apprenticeship program with the Puget Sound Electrical Workers Union. He loves his job and the life it will allow him to provide for his family. When he comes home from a shift he always has a new skill to share about with such enthusiasm. His schedule is flexible in that we will both be present at our child’s baseball games or ballet recitals. We don’t want to miss out on any part of our child’s life.

Mark grew up in Kirkland with his parents and two older brothers. In High School he was very active in athletics playing football and wrestling. His parents still live there and his brother Tom and his family live in Seattle. His oldest brother John and his family live in San Francisco and we get to visit one another yearly. We have one niece and five nephews and I know how much Mark enjoys spending time with them. I have watched him play “tickle monster,” be tackled incessantly, and have barrettes put in his hair. I can’t wait until the day I can watch Mark do these things with our children. He will be a wonderful father and I look forward to seeing our children in his loving arms.

We are hoping to complete our family with children. After infertility treatments, miscarriage, and two surgeries, we have chosen adoption to build our family. We are so excited to open our hearts and our home for a baby to complete our family. This will be a dream come true for us.

We are more than ready to love and parent a child. We are emotionally, spiritually and financially ready for the most wonderful and rewarding experience of our lives. We will raise our child with unconditional love, good morals and values, loving discipline, education and spirituality. We want our child to know that adoption is an incredible act of love from you, and we will always present you in a positive and loving light. We are both on the same track for how we want to love and guide a child through life, and we can’t wait to make that dream come true.


We know that you want the best possible life for your child. We hope that we may be the kind of family that you are looking for. We have so much more that we would like to share with you and we would love to hear about you, and your hopes and dreams for your child. Thank you for opening up your heart so that we may open up ours.