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Andy & Lori are hopeful adoptive parents from Wisconsin waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Dear Birthparent, Our hearts fill with hope and joy at the possibility of connecting with you and your child. We realize you must be be going through a hard time and appreciate your consideration of an adoption plan for your child.

Our Decision to Adopt

We began trying to build a family in 2000. After being unsuccessful, we started talking with doctors and began down the road of fertility treatments. At the same time, we were beginning to research adoption. Lori was pregnant several times, but the pregnancies ended in miscarriage or preterm labor. We have decided that adoption is the way for us to fulfill our dream of becoming parents.

About Us Andy became interested in Lori during a high school reunion. Once we had our first date, we quickly learned that we had many common values as well as some differences that help balance us out. We dated for one year before our engagement and married in 1996.

We have a very loving and supportive relationship and cannot wait for the day we can open our hearts and home to become parents through adoption.

About Andy

Andy grew up in the country and is the second of 5 children (3 boys and 2 girls). He spent much of his youth running around in the woods playing with his brothers and the neighbors. Andy owns his own company and installs flooring and ceramic tile. He enjoys being his own boss and the flexibility it gives him. He enjoys home improvement projects and hunting. Andy looks forward to building a jungle gym for our children and playing with them.

Lori Talks About Andy: Andy is a wonderful man and I cannot imagine life without him. He is able to build and fix just about anything and is often helping others. Our nieces and nephews love having him around and playing with him. Andy has a wonderful sense of humor and is always making me laugh. He often talks about how things will be once we have children. He will truly be a caring father and cannot wait to have children.

About Lori

Lori grew up in the country and is the oldest of 2 children. Her brother and she spent a lot of time in their swimming pool, playing with their pets, walking in the fields, playing by the canal, and visiting relatives. Lori is a manager in an Information Technology department. She enjoys cooking, games, crafts, gardening, canning and reading. She is very anxious to play games with our children, teach them to cook, make crafts, and read them bedtime stories.

Andy Talks About Lori: Lori is a very dedicated person and often gives 110% to the things she does. I'm sure she will do the same for our children. She loves to cook and my favorites are cupcakes and peach blueberry pie. She has always dreamed of being a mother and I know she will be wonderful.

Our Families

All of our parents and siblings are within a half-hour drive. We enjoy casual gatherings and family and friends often stop by to visit. Andy’s parents own woods in which the family enjoys walks and ice skating on the pond. Lori's mom often comes over after church on Sunday morning for blueberry pancakes (with maple syrup Andy's dad makes - yum!). Lori's dad and wife love to play Scrabble with Lori.

We currently have 7 nieces and nephews and another niece due in December 2009. They range in age from 2 to 15. Two of them have been adopted so our families are familiar with the process and are very accepting of it. Both families are very anxiously waiting for us to become parents.

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Our Home and Traditions Your child would be raised in a country home with plenty of space to run and play. We live on 18 acres. Most of it is farmland. We also have a large prairie and tree area complete with a campfire pit. We enjoy spending time by the campfire and having family and friends over to make s'mores.

There are several families on our street with small children. The couple across the street just had their second child last fall. So there are children nearby to play with in addition to all the nieces and nephews.

We added a puppy to our household in the fall of 2008. Jed was 5 weeks old when he came here. It is amazing how fast he grew! He would be happy to have a child living here to play with. He loves it when children come to visit. His favorite things are playing fetch, being chased and taking walks. And, of course, eating treats!

The nursery is ready and waiting. It is decorated in a bear theme. There is also a waiting collection of children’s books, games and toys.

Our Traditions

Every Fourth of July we attend our community's parade and festival with Andy's family. The festival has many games for children and pedal tractor pulls. Later in the evening there is an excellent fireworks display.

The majority of our garden is pumpkins which are Andy's joy. We grow them for our annual Pumpkin Party which is all about our nieces and nephews. We have fabulous food, games, crafts and, weather permitting, a campfire. Everyone leaves with pumpkins. Some of the nieces and nephews have told us this day is even more fun than Christmas!

We host a Christmas party for Lori's extended family. Each year a different person picks the theme for the party. It is usually based on a country and we have foods from that country and learn about it's Christmas traditions. Some people even come dressed to the theme. One year Lori's dad came in shorts even though it was snowing - it was Hawaiian Christmas. We open gifts after supper and then play games. It is a lot of fun!

Our Promise We promise to provide your child a life filled with love, support, encouragement, and lots of laughter. We believe that as parents we are here to guide children and not to force them to live up to our vision of what we think they should be.

With the current economic conditions, Andy currently does not work full time and would love to take care of our children. Lori also has some flexibility to work from home and will take a 12 week leave from work when we become parents. In addition, all of the grandparents are also eager to watch their new grandchild.

Our hope is that you gained a good sense of who we are and that you would consider us as parents for your child. We are open to discussing the amount of openness you wish for in this relationship and your child will always know of the love you have for him or her. Regardless of your choice, we wish you the best as you make your decision and as you journey through life.

Blessings,
Andy and Lori