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Bill & Shellie are hopeful adoptive parents from New Mexico waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Hello Thank you for the loving and courageous step you are considering in placing your child for adoption. We hope that you will find the right family for your baby. We have great love and respect for birth parents who put the needs of their child above their own comforts. We’ve had the wonderful opportunity to adopt two children and enjoyed getting to know their natural mothers. We know that your child will someday understand the immense love it took for you to be able to choose adoption. He or she will recognize your great sacrifice and thank you for the opportunities you are giving. We want to share with you a little about ourselves and express our gratitude for considering us as a family to raise your child.

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Our Family We have been married for almost fifteen years. James was born into our family thirteen years ago. About two years later, we had another son, John, who died as a baby. We adopted Katherine at the age of two days; she is now seven years old. Michael is two years old and was also adopted as a newborn.

Bill was raised on a farm in Idaho with three brothers and four sisters. In high school, he was active in sports such as football and wrestling. He also enjoys hiking and the outdoors, gardening, skiing, reading, playing the piano, woodworking, weightlifting, and playing with our children. He likes working with youth--he has volunteered with the Boy Scouts off and on for the past several years, and teaches a youth gospel study course in the mornings at our church. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a Japanese minor. Later he earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Currently he works as a research engineer.

Shellie was raised in a small community in Utah and comes from a family of seven: three girls and four boys. In high school, she was involved in theater, band (clarinet) and drill team. Her hobbies include cross-stitching, quilting, making crafts, and reading. She earned a BS degree in secondary education with minors in history, geography, and psychology. She taught geography in a junior high school before becoming a full-time mother. Shellie has had some health problems in the past which preclude her from having more children. She received a kidney transplant about six years ago which has made a tremendous difference in her life.

Future Brothers and Sister You have noticed that we have three children already and may be wondering about the situation for another child. There are advantages to having brothers and sisters, experienced in different ways as a child matures. When the child is young, there are playmates; as he or she grows, there are friends and peers that may enjoy the same activities; into adulthood, there is a lifelong support structure.

James is thirteen. He just completed the seventh grade and does very well at school. He enjoys science and reading and is involved in gifted programs at school. He has fun playing soccer in the fall and spring and skiing in winter. He has been learning to play the viola in the school orchestra and seems to pick it up quickly. James loves playing video games and also likes to play board and card games as well. He is in Boy Scouts and has done well and accomplished a lot. He is looking forward to another baby brother or sister.

Our son John was born three months prematurely, largely because of some health problems Shellie was having. Her kidneys were damaged by an illness such that they were unable to support the extra load during a pregnancy. Doctors had suggested a therapeutic abortion would be helpful for Shellie’s health, but after prayerful consideration, we decided to go through with the pregnancy. John was just over a pound when born and spent 8 months in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit suffering from underdeveloped lungs. He then came home and we were blessed to be able to spend one special week with him at home before he passed away. Although our time with John was short, we have never regretted giving him the opportunity to live. We believe that one day we will be reunited with him in Heaven.

Because of Shellie’s problems with John we have decided to build our family through the miracle of adoption. Katherine became part of our family when she was two days old. She is now seven and will soon be in the second grade. She is a cute, happy little girl who loves people. From the time she was very small she was very comfortable around nearly everyone (except Santa Claus who terrified her!). Often she would walk up to perfect strangers and want to be picked up and held. She has grown up to be a very thoughtful and considerate girl. She plays very well with her brothers and with other friends from church. Katherine enjoys playing soccer like her big brother. Katherine has truly been a blessing to our family and fits right in. She prays every night for a new baby in our family.

People who don’t know Katherine is adopted, often comment to us that she looks like Shellie or Bill. Our relationship with Katherine’s birth mom is semi-open. Although we met her on one occasion and still send pictures and letters on a regular basis, she has chosen not to respond. We respect her privacy in this matter.

We were blessed to adopt Michael in 2007 and he is now two. He is the happiest little boy we’ve ever seen and rarely fusses. We didn’t even know he was teething until the teeth showed up. He likes to talk on the phone and enjoys the attention he gets from his parents, brother and sister. He loves puppies! We have a very open relationship with Michael’s birth mom. She lives out of state but we communicate regularly with her through letters, emails, and the occasional phone call. We have visited her on a number of occasions as well.

Home and Values We are very fortunate to both have caring and supportive parents and extended family. We feel that it is very important for our children to have a relationship with their grandparents and cousins. Our families have been very supportive of our adoptions of Katherine and Michael and have continued to support us as we seek to adopt other children.

Our family is very religious. We were both raised to believe in God and Jesus Christ. We have continued this tradition with our own children. We actively participate in church meetings weekly and have had many opportunities to serve in our church as well. We pray together as a family daily and read together from the Holy Scriptures. We believe that religion strengthens our family.

We have lived in our current three-bedroom home for seven years. We love the nice fenced-in back yard and the large bedrooms. James and Katherine enjoy playing in the sandbox and on the swings. Michael has fun swinging, sliding, and just wandering around the yard. We also like gardening. Every year we grow a vegetable garden and enjoy the berries and fruit trees which grow in our yard.

Having Shellie as a stay-at-home mom is a high priority for us. We have been blessed financially to enable that to happen. Education is also a high priority for us. We are involved in our children’s education. Shellie has volunteered to help in the school room and on field trips when possible. We want her to be there when our children come home from school and to help them with their homework.

Once again, we thank you for your great sacrifice. We will do our best to raise your child in a loving environment and to provide him or her the many opportunities that we have received. May you feel a peace in your decision and our gratitude for considering us to raise your child.

Love,


Bill, Shellie, James, Katherine, and Michael

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