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Barry & Rebecca are hopeful adoptive parents from Idaho waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Letter from Barry Dear Friend,

Hopefully by reading our letters you will be able to get to know our little family a little bit. This is a wonderful experience for me to be writing this letter to you. Rebecca and I have waited a long time, gone through some uncertain times, and not quite known how we would come in contact with you. So it is a delight to have you considering us for this important decision.

We have been married now for 6 years. Rebecca and I have a loving relationship and I love to make her smile and be happy. Since being married we have tried to always spend a lot of time together. Sometimes this is just snuggling up to watch a movie, and sometimes it is going on a drive. We like traveling and seeing new things and look forward to taking our children on new adventures. It doesn’t matter what we are doing as long as we are together. Sharing our hobbies and interests with each other has been a wonderful part of our marriage.

Rebecca and I have always wanted children. As far back as I can remember, we have talked about having a family. We adopted Owen as a newborn 2 years ago and this has been a wonderful blessing in our lives. Owen is a little bundle of energy. He loves running all over the place and is a very active 2 year old. He loves bath time and playing in the dirt (good thing they go hand-in-hand). He loves playing outside and exploring his surroundings. Right now Owen is big into trains especially Thomas. It’s not unusual to find either myself or Rebecca on his bedroom floor playing trains with him. He has always been a very loving little boy and will be a great big brother when the time comes.

Rebecca is a loving mother. It's not uncommon to find her reading to Owen or rocking him to sleep. She takes very good care of him. She put herself through school and graduated with a bachelor's degree. She did this amidst a lot of adversity but she kept with it and finished when it would have been easy for her to quit. For Rebecca though, quitting was never a consideration. She tends to have a drive and devotion to finish something that she starts. Since we have known each other I have been impressed with how Rebecca always chooses the right. There is no room in her life for doing something half way or veering a little off the path. She has been a great companion; oftentimes making sure I choose the right as well. Rebecca is a strong person in the sense that she has known a lot of hardship in her life. Rebecca lost her mother, brother, and grandmother while in high school. It was a really tough experience for her to go through. Since we've been married she has developed a special bond with my mother. They love going shopping or just talking. We also know that those that have passed on are never very far away and this has been a special comfort to us.

Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to be a daddy. All through my life there has been lots of younger cousins, siblings, and in recent years nieces and nephews. It seems there has always been a new baby to hold or a niece or a nephew who needed pushed in the swing. I've had such fun through the years with these little ones in our family. I'd often dream about how fun it would be to have a little boy or girl to call me "daddy" someday and now I do. I absolutely love being a dad to Owen. It is a big responsibility, but it has many rewards. I just hope and pray all the time that I will be a good daddy to Owen and our future children. Being a good dad, role model, and provider for my family is very important to me. I know that there are children out there that still need to come to our family, and the way that will happen for us is through adoption. Thanks so much for taking the time to read my letter.

With love,
Barry

Letter from Rebecca Dear Friend,

Thank you for taking the time to read and look through our profile. We know that this is a difficult decision and a lot of thoughts and feelings must be going through your mind at this time. We know that you are a good person, a person that loves and cares so much about their baby. Just know that we truly care.

We were both born and raised in Idaho. Barry grew up in a small rural community. His graduating high school class was just 60 kids. I grew up in the city, where my graduating class was around 350. There is quite a difference in backgrounds between us, and it has been fun since we've been married to find out all the little things that are so unique about us. Each of us has a little different perspective on life and this has helped to make our marriage strong. Barry is a partner in a family business selling landscape material and I work from home developing Web applications.

We actually met on a blind date nearly 7 years ago. We only planned to have dinner together. Not only did we have dinner but we ended up going to the movies and making plans for another date soon after. When I met Barry, I couldn't help but fall in love with his irresistible smile and sense of humor. He just had this way of making me laugh and smile and still does. He was so easy to talk to; he was simply a down to earth kind of guy. It was hard to find us apart after we started dating and the same holds true today.

Two years ago our ultimate dream of being parents was fulfilled. I am ever grateful for Owen's birth mother and her love for him. The time spent waiting for Owen truly deepen my appreciation for her sacrifice. He was only two days old when we got him. We sent pictures and email every week and then every two weeks for a year. Now we email every month. It’s wonderful to hear how she’s doing and how she’s accomplishing so many of her goals.

I love Owen so much. He is the best thing to happen to us and has brought such indescribable happiness into my life. Owen loves music. His current favorites are “The Wheels on the Bus”, “Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes” and the “ABCs.” We sing these nearly every day. He also loves to have books read to him. I hope I can instill a love of reading in Owen just like my mother did for me.

I would like to share more about Barry. He is the oldest of four children (two brothers and one sister). His family is a very big part of our lives. We either talk to or see them on a weekly basis, if not more than that. Some of my fondest memories of Barry are those with our nieces and nephews. You'd find him on the floor playing blocks or outside pushing them in the swing with this smile that literally reached ear to ear. I would get so excited dreaming about the future where Barry would be playing with our children. Watching Barry and Owen spend time together has been a dream come true. Barry is wonderful with Owen. Barry will come home from work exhausted but always scoops Owen up the minute he gets home and holds him. Barry is just a big teddy bear at heart.

As a family, we love taking walks or going on a drive to see the beautiful scenery. You’ll often find us snuggled up watching a movie. We like movies of all kinds. Barry has even grown to like watching an occasional “chick flick” or two every now and again. We also love to entertain our friends and family with BBQs and dinners at our home. We have fun just visiting while the kids play. Our parents and most of our siblings live close by and so we have lots of get-togethers for Sunday dinner, birthdays, holidays, and out-of-town visits. Most of Owen’s cousins are only months apart in age and they have lots of fun together. We can only imagine the fun they will have together as they grow older. The baby that joins our family will be loved and adored by a huge extended family.

Most importantly we want you to know, if we were selected, your baby would always know of your love. We are open to sharing letters and pictures as well as phone calls and visits. As part of knowing about adoption, we know that there is great sacrifice on your part. You should know that this baby would be coming into a family that will love, nurture and care for him or her as only you would. There will be a special love and bond between the both of you forever. We would love to hear from you and see how we can help you in any way that we can. May you have the peace and strength you need as you decide what's right for your baby.

With Love,
Rebecca