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Rob & Camille are hopeful adoptive parents from Colorado waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Dear Friend, We are sure the decision to place your child for adoption has not been an easy one; we can't pretend to understand the feelings and emotions that you are having right now. We applaud you for being so selfless and thinking of your child's future welfare. We feel that whatever the reason is for you placing your child for adoption at this time, you will be blessed by doing so. Through your trial and hardship, you are giving the most precious gift to a couple of strangers. We pray that you will feel peace in this difficult time.

After struggling with infertility for almost 4 years, our son, William, was born into our family. We've learned that being parents is one of the hardest yet most rewarding experiences. We are grateful for the time we had together as a couple before William was born and we are grateful for the opportunity we've had to give William our full attention these last 6 years. While we would have preferred to have another child closer in age to William, we're glad that once again we'll be able to give our adopted child lots of personal time and attention. We are truly ready and excited to bring an adopted child into our family!

Who We Are We've been married now for over 11 years and enjoy a very stable and loving marriage. Probably the hardest trial we've had to overcome as a couple is not being able to have as many children as we always dreamed we would. However, we feel that through adoption, we will have the opportunity to make our dream a reality and we feel we can make a difference in a child's life that may not have had all the opportunities we can offer. We have so much love to give and are anxious to grow our family.

We are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and it is very important to us to teach our children about God and His Son Jesus Christ and about moral values and principles. We are very active in our church and we spend time as a family reading the scriptures and studying gospel principles. Family is our main focus in life and raising children to be righteous, independent, and contributing members of society is very important to us. We are surrounded by many wonderful people (both of our faith and of other faiths) and feel that those we surround ourselves with play an important role in teaching our children.

Rob loves being a dad, and especially enjoys those father-child experiences such as flying a kite, camping out in the backyard, or reading stories together. Rob likes to take William out on one-on-one "dates" so they can have their special daddy & son time together.
He has the opportunity to travel occasionally for work, and every once in a while we are able to travel together as a family on work assignments. We also love to travel together for vacation, and have been able to take William to places like Hawaii, New York City, St. Louis, California and Washington DC. We also frequently find opportunities to go visit William’s grandparents, who both live in Utah. Rob has a great career and does very well to provide for his family.

Camille truly enjoys being a stay-at-home mom and wouldn’t have it any other way. Before school, Camille and William use breakfast time to talk about their day ahead and also spend a little time reading together. Camille especially enjoys walking William to school and uses that time as an opportunity to just talk and find out what little things are on his mind. When William isn’t in school, they can usually be found in the backyard tending to the garden, working on an arts and crafts project, playing games, or practicing reading, writing and math. Camille recently took up violin, which has been a lifetime dream. She absolutely loves it and feels like she’s helping to nurture a love of music in William. He loves to watch her play and often “accompanies” her on the piano. Music is a big part of our family, especially in Rob’s extended family. Both Rob and Camille play the piano, although Camille doesn’t do any serious playing. One of William and Camille’s favorite things to do is to dance around the house singing all the time laughing at each other. Camille loves to laugh and feels it’s important to bring laughter and joy into our home.

William is sure to be the best big brother around! He has always loved children - both younger and older than he, and he is such a kind, sharing, gentle boy that we know his new brother or sister will be blessed to have him as a sibling. Likewise, we believe William will be truly blessed to have a sibling. He is our budding artist and loves to draw and color. He also greatly enjoys being a photographer and taking “family pictures” of his stuffed animals. He has the most vivid imagination and can instantly find himself in make-believe land. He frequently gets mom or dad to join him and it always amazes us the kinds of things his little brain comes up with. He loves to be silly and make us laugh. He loves going to karate and is looking forward to 1st grade this fall. When he’s not in school, he loves to have a friend or cousin over to play. He's extremely anxious to "get his new baby".

We feel that spending time together as a family is extremely important. As a family, we love to play games as well as watch them; Rob is an avid baseball fan and we enjoy going to professional baseball and hockey games together. Most evenings, you can often find us playing games, reading books or watching a good movie. We also enjoy going for walks, playing catch or playing tennis. We put a lot of emphasis on eating dinner together as a family and talking about life. We set aside one night a week as our "no matter what" family night where we sing, read, learn and play games.

If you'd like to learn more about us, please don't hesitate to Send us a message! We'd love to hear from you and are happy to share any information with you that you'd like to know.

Our Support Group We have a terrific support group of friends and family. Many of our siblings on both sides live close by and we enjoy spending time with them and their children. Both sets of parents are just a state away and are the best parents (and grandparents) we could ask for.

From Rob: I grew up in a bustling home of seven children, three boys and four girls. Growing up we were surrounded by music, church service, and hard work, all influences that have served us well as both adolescents and adults. We were expected to study hard, do our best in whatever we tried, and get along with each other. We succeeded pretty well in the first two, but the third was a constant challenge. We look back on those times with fondness.

I have two grandparents that are still living, and both are in very good health. My parents are avid runners and my father is likely to retire in the next 5 to 10 years. I have siblings living in New York City, Colorado, Utah and Idaho; and William currently has 10 cousins on my side of the family.

From Camille: There are 5 children in my family; 3 girls and 2 boys. All of my siblings are married and 3 of us have young children (all under 8 years old). My parents and youngest brother live out of state, but we are often able to visit them. My oldest sister and older brother both live within about 10 miles of us and we frequently spend time with them and their 7 (combined) children. I have another older sister that died in 2001. While her death has been very difficult for our family, we have grown stronger as a result. I like to think of my family as very "normal" and down to earth.

All About You We feel is it important to celebrate adoption and let our adopted child know where s/he came from and that it was through love that s/he arrived in our family. Our adopted child will not be treated any differently than we treat our son. Each child has a story that is their own and we will love each of them equally. William was the miracle child we never thought we'd have, and your baby will make our dreams come true by giving us another miracle child to love and raise, and allowing us to give our son a brother or sister he can love and play with. We will cherish this child and s/he will never want for love and attention.

Adoption is a new adventure for us and we want to do what we can to make it a special experience for you and your child. We'd love to answer any questions you may have about us and to get to know you as well. One thing that we'd love to do is to create a lifebook with pictures and information about you, your life experiences and your thoughts about this time and your pregnancy. We'd like our adoption to be as open as is comfortable to both of us and hope for your patience as we go through this new experience together. If you'd like to contact us, please Send us a message.

Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us better!

Love, Rob and Camille