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Jim & Beth are hopeful adoptive parents from Pennsylvania waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Dear Expectant Mother, Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us and the life we share. While we cannot begin to understand what you are going through and the decisions that you are facing, we want to promise you that if we are chosen to adopt your baby, we will love him or her with all of our hearts. Children mean the world to us and as you will see in this profile, we are two loving people, surrounded by a wonderful family and supportive friends, who cannot wait to welcome a new little one into our lives.

Be sure to check out our ALBUM for lots of fun pictures of us. We hope we are the perfect match for you. We would be glad to answer any questions you have about ourselves and our home.

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Our Story It seems that we were destined to be together. We grew up in small towns just eight miles away from each other. Our fathers played high school football against each other in the late 1950s. In high school Jim played football, not knowing that Beth was cheering for her school's team on the other side of the field. Jim went to college with Beth's cousin and hung out with some of her friends from high school.
We finally met when Jim was hired to teach Physical Education in the school where Beth was already teaching third grade. After a few years of working together and building a strong friendship based on similar interests and beliefs, we started dating. In the fall of 2001 we bought our house and have worked together to turn it into a home. Our journey as a couple was completed July 16, 2004 when we were married in Beth's childhood church surrounded by family and friends.

Jim
Jim's life is dedicated to health and fitness, his own and others. He enjoys working out at the gym and encourages his students to get fit while finding a life-long physical activity that they love such as in-line skating, rock climbing, or Dance, Dance Revolution. This past fall he was selected to coach the football club for our district. It was a dream come true, for the boys on the team and for our family. His goal was for this first year team to develop not just as players but as young men

His years of experience with children has prepared Jim for a family of his own. He can't wait to combine his teaching and coaching techniques with the wonderful model of family life that he experienced growing up.

Beth
Beth is the baby of the family. She has an older sister who is married and lives a few hours away. Although there were just two sisters, Beth has very close relationships with her 6 cousins living nearby and their spouses.
Beth has a degree in Spanish, her elementary certification, and a Master of Educational Psychology. She has taught kindergarten, second, third, and fifth grade. Beth grew up knowing two things that she wanted to be, a teacher and a mommy. She has filled the gap caused by infertility with her students, sharing in their struggles and accomplishments.
Besides teaching, Beth is passionate about books and reading. She reads just about anything that she can get her hands on. She cannot wait to trade her novels in for some storybooks at bedtime!
Beth has tried to keep up with Jim and his fitness routine. She works out at the gym but has found her place in the quieter, less competitive world of yoga. Weekly yoga classes are just one of the many things that Beth does with her mom.
Time spent with family is most important. Whether is it weekly dinners, yoga classes, backyard picnics, or just running errands, time means so much when spent with family. These family times will increase in meaning when they can be shared by three or four generations.

Family Grandparents...our most important natural resource.
We were both blessed to have our grandparents play major roles in our lives growing up. Both of us had grandparents who lived very close. Today Beth's grandmother is 92 and lives with her dad and stepmother just 20 minutes away. We cherish weekly dinners and our girls only movie dates.
We cannot wait to pass on the love of grandparents to a child. Be certain that a child loved by us will also be loved, and probably spoiled, by three sets of grandparents and one great-grandmother!

Beth has a small immediate family, but what she lacks in brothers and sisters she makes up for in cousins! Beth grew up on the same street as four of her cousins. They are a close group who look and act more like siblings than first or second cousins. Some of her favorite childhood memories involve big family Christmas dinners and carol sings around the piano.
Many of the cousins even made the five hour trip this past year to be a part of Beth's sister's wedding. It would not have been the same without them and their love and support.
Beth's parents divorced when she was young and her father has been remarried for over 20 years. Susan brought to our family two additional daughters. We now have two nephews and one niece. We enjoy a trip to the ocean each September with this part of the family.

Jim's family is spread out across the state but the ones nearby see each other weekly and speak almost daily. Special childhood memories for Jim involve family trips to meet his mother's family in Italy, lots of sports, and playing with all of the kids in the neighborhood.

Jim's friends today are the friends he had when he was a kid. He developed close bonds with these guys through youth sport leagues and that bond remains strong all these years later. Many have started families of their own and Jim has watched them balance family life with time for friends.

Our Home We live in a great community! It is 15 minutes from Beth's family and 20 minutes from Jim's. Our home is on a quiet cul-de-sac. The only times that our cul-de-sac is not quiet is when all of the neighborhood kids are out playing in the circle or we are having our annual block party. Since moving here we have made many friends. They are wonderful, supportive families with children waiting for more playmates. Many of the families that have moved away still return for our terrific neighborhood gatherings!

Through our many home improvement projects we have learned a lot. Not only have we learned useful skills about home maintenance, but more importantly we have learned about each other's strengths and hidden talents. Working on our home is something we have both enjoyed.

Our home is missing just one thing, a nursery! We absolutely cannot wait to complete that final renovation!