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Steve & Laura are hopeful adoptive parents from West Virginia waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Hello,
We are Steve and Laura, and together with our sons, Wade, Caleb, and Rhone, we look forward to welcoming a daughter into our loving home. It is with great respect that we write this letter to you. We are humbled by the weight of your decision, and pray that you find comfort and peace in the choices ahead, whatever your decision may be. We are deeply honored to be considered as parents for your daughter and by the vast love that you are showing in creating an adoption plan. We will make certain that your daughter will always know your love for her.
We have always hoped to adopt, knowing what a wonderful experience it would be for our family. We were so fortunate in being able to have three incredible boys. Within the last five years we lost three babies, one we know for sure was a girl. Laura carried two of the pregnancies until almost fourteen weeks. We were all so sad and the boys had really hoped for a sister. We are so thrilled and excited to adopt and make a new family of six! Our sons are independent which will make having an infant so much fun! Our new daughter will be such a welcome addition to our family and would get an incredible amount of love and attention. All of our friends and family are anxiously awaiting her arrival so they can take part in this miracle. As the boys have gotten older Laura’s longing for a daughter has grown stronger. Being the only girl in a household of boys can feel a little lonely sometimes! She has such a warm and close relationship with her mother and wants the same thing with her own daughter. Parenting by far is the most amazing experience of our lives. We both were fortunate enough to be raised in loving homes with a strong faith in God and now provide the same for our children. Together, we share a loving relationship built on trust, mutual respect and commitment to our family.
You would like our three boys. We’re constantly being told by their teachers, friends’ parents, and people at church how polite, kind, and considerate they are. They care so much about other people and are very good to look after children or the elderly. Our sons make excellent grades in school, are involved in our church, and have a strong faith in God. They can’t wait to teach their sister how to play ball and ride a bike. Their sister would be a princess in their eyes and they would be such good big brothers to her!

Our love for children carries over into our jobs because we are both teachers! Steve teaches math and science. Laura teaches English and reading. Helping with homework is never a problem! We value education and will always provide our children with every opportunity we possibly can to live meaningful and fulfilling lives. It is so much fun to go to school together! Four out of five of us this year travel to the same school. After several years as an elementary school teacher, Laura decided to transfer to the middle school where Steve teaches. We have had our own children in class. Rhone is in Laura’s English and Homeroom classes this year. Believe it or not, they actually wanted their parents as teachers! The middle school where we teach is only five minutes away and is located by a beautiful park where children play and where the boys play baseball and tennis. Often times in the winter we go to the school gym as a family and play basketball or just goof off. Being teachers allows us to be on the same schedule as our children. We have summers together and many other days off throughout the school year. Snow days are particularly fun when we get to sleep in later, go sled riding, and snuggle up by the fire to watch a movie. Laura plans on taking a maternity leave to bond with our daughter and is looking forward to doing this. The grandparents are happy to care for their granddaughter when we are teaching.
Music is something else that is part of our lives. Laura majored in psychology and vocal performance while in undergraduate school. She continued on to earn her master’s degree as well. Laura has given concerts in and out of state, has performed in musical theater, and has taught piano, flute, and voice. Steve received his degree in math and science, and studied music as well. He plays trumpet and piano. Both of us sing in the church choir. All of our boys love music. Whenever they’re interested in playing an instrument or singing, we support them. We also enjoy playing sports. All of us play tennis as a family. Steve is the middle school tennis coach where we teach. He is also the assistant track coach. The boys play basketball, baseball, and run track. We like being active as a family even if that means playing a fun game of miniature golf, riding bikes, or just taking a walk around the neighborhood. We would encourage our daughter to do whatever she would enjoy doing and would give her every opportunity to pursue her dreams.

We just celebrated our eighteenth wedding anniversary in June. We had a fairytale meeting…literally. Laura was playing Cinderella in a college musical and Steve was playing the trumpet in the orchestra. The romantic courting continued and we were engaged on Laura’s birthday. Steve had rented one of the stern wheelers on the Ohio River and had borrowed the costumes from a musical that Laura was in a year earlier. Steve had arranged for a catered dinner and a classical guitarist to entertain us. Our wedding was also a fairytale and one that Laura had always dreamed about. Our love for each other has deepened even more over the years and we are more in love than ever! We are best friends and make decisions together openly and honestly. We are supportive of one another and very affectionate. We have so much fun spending time together and always make each other laugh. Friends are always commenting on our wonderful relationship and seem to appreciate what we have together. Speaking of friends, we have circles of friends from both school and church. Having similar values and morals we support one another during the trials of life and share the joy during happy times.
Our home is located in a beautiful development that is filled with the sounds of children of all ages. Our home includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two family rooms, and a fenced backyard. One bedroom has been worked on by all of us and it’s mostly pink! You can probably guess whose room it is! We have a friendly community where we celebrate holidays together. We even have our own parade on the 4th of July where the kids decorate their bicycles and ride in the parade. We have a pool and racket club that our kids enjoy. Several of our teacher friends live close by as do some friends from church. Our home is one of love, fun, traditions, and stability.

Both of our parents live nearby and spend a lot of time with the boys. Steve’s parents, mamaw and papaw, have been married for almost forty-six years. Laura’s parents, grandma and grandpa, have been married almost forty-eight years. The boys love to be with each set of grandparents. They are active grandparents who find very interesting and creative things to do with their grandchildren, whether it be building things together, playing games, or going places. Steve and Laura’s dad coach baseball together every summer. Sometimes all of us get together to celebrate events. Steve has a sister named Kelly who lives in South Carolina and works in a long-term care facility. She has a son, Graeme. Laura has two younger brothers. Scott is an attorney in Pennsylvania and is married to Shelley who is a speech pathologist. They have two children, Hannah and John. Her brother Johnny is a systems engineer in California and is married to Mariko who is from Japan. They don’t have any children yet, but have talked to us about adoption. Last summer Laura’s family flew to Hawaii to celebrate the wedding of Johnny and Mariko. We adore our brothers and sisters and maintain a strong connection. All of the cousins look forward to spending time with one another and get along so well. Holidays and summer vacations are favorite times of the year and filled with fun!
We realize that you may have just found out that you are having a girl, or perhaps have already had your daughter. We admire your devotion in finding a secure, loving home for your baby. If you choose us as adoptive parents, we are willing to keep you updated, if you wish, through letters and pictures. Please know that there will never be a moment when your child will doubt that she is cherished and loved unconditionally.

Warmest regards,

Steve and Laura