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Matthew & Amy are hopeful adoptive parents from Texas waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Dear Birthmother Hello! We hope to welcome your child into our life – our first. Our home is a place of love, faith, and strength, the same qualities that have brought you to the decision to pursue adoption.

Why Adoption? In 2005, we bought a maroon Chevy Suburban to get ready for all the kids we thought we were going to have. The Lord had different plans. We found we were unable to conceive naturally. We learned about adoption and listed to talented birth mothers tell their story at orientation. We realized adoption was what we wanted.

All children are blessings to this earth. Adoption gives us the special opportunity to parent the child conceived in our hearts, and to help out someone courageous enough to let us be parents to her child. Yours will be our first child. We hope to grow our family with other adopted children.

How We Met. Matthew’s friend Dan approached him with a smile at a college reunion in 1996, “There’s someone who wants to meet you.” A beautiful warm, bright smile with curly, brown hair came through the door. Matthew saw Amy for the first time. He played it cool. Matthew and Amy later chatted, and Matthew asked Amy to dance. Amy says from the first moment she saw Matthew that she wanted to marry him. It did not take Matthew long. The next day Matthew reflected on the day before, and he felt he had found the one he had always been looking for.

We married in 1999 in the chapel at the small college in Texas where we met. We have been married for 12 years. We have seen and done a lot in our life, but we are most proud of our marriage. We believe it is a great foundation to raise a child.

About Matthew (by Amy) Matthew was born and spent his early years in a large suburban community in Southeast Texas. He has two older sisters. His mother was a gifted kindergarten teacher. We jokingly refer to her as a “Jedi Master” with children because she is great with all the children in our lives. His father, a talented accountant who worked in oilfield services, moved the family to a rural ranching community of about 300 in Texas when Matthew was a teenager. Matthew attended high school in a nearby town of about 5,000 people. He played football, basketball, excelled in pole vault, and acted in several school plays. Matthew learned how to take care of cattle, turn a wrench, and hammer a nail working alongside his father at the ranch.

Matthew left the ranch and went to college to pursue a degree in Political Science and Philosophy. He was active in several college organizations and played lacrosse. He earned a scholarship to law school and then got a job in a large city. He spent 12 years with a law firm and then broke out on his own to form his own law firm. I am so proud of the way Matthew has used his talent and energy to create a successful law practice from the ground up.

Matthew’s parents were married for 35 years before his father died. Matthew is grateful for the time he had with his father. I still see glimpses of his dad in the expressions Matthew uses or the way he and his sisters tell a good story. Matthew takes care of everyone around him and children light up when they are with him. He is looking forward to playing games and spending time outdoors with a child. Matthew is a great husband, and I know he will be a terrific father.

About Amy (by Matthew) Amy was born and raised in Texas in a town of about 11,000 people. She was a cheerleader in high school and a standout in academics. She is blessed with parents who have been married for 41 years. Her father is a loving father of daughters. He lights up any time he sees “his girls,” even though it has been a while since they were girls. Amy’s sister has been blessed with a daughter. Amy’s father gets to use his array of stories, jokes, and games with his new granddaughter. Amy’s mother is the ultimate mama bear always ready with a smile, looking out for those under her care above all else. She cannot wait for her new grandchild.

Amy graduated from college with a degree in Childhood Education and taught 4th grade for a year before going to graduate school to be a counselor. She worked as a counselor for a few years at a college. She was so good at it she was promoted through the ranks of her college and is now a college dean. She still counsels every day in different ways. Her heart is full of love. One of the reasons she is such a good counselor is that she has a great listening ear and a center of compassion. She is the perfect combination of her parents’ loving spirit. Amy’s eyes sparkle when she holds her niece and kisses her cheek.

I know Amy always has my back. She is fiercely loyal to her family and friends. She is bursting with a joyful spirit and love. She is looking forward to reading stories and singing to a child. She will be a great mother.

Our Home We live in the city limits. Our home is in a quiet neighborhood with a big backyard to play. Several families with young children live on our block. There are city parks and bike trails nearby, and Matthew looks forward to finally getting to use his running stroller. A nearby elementary school boasts a rating as a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education and hosts a wonderful magnet program.

What Are Y’all Like? We are just two people who had the blessing of wonderful parents and want to have children of our own. We are deeply committed to each other and the others in our life. We are financially secure and believe in hard work but more importantly have a loving home. We laugh a lot. We love to go on adventures -- bike rides to new places, packing up the car and going to the beach, or walk in the back woods at the ranch to see wildlife.

We live and work in the city, and we come back to the ranch as often as we can. We love to be outside, enjoying nature’s gifts. You will see pictures from our home in the city, along with photos of our ranch visits.

We are fortunate to have loving friends and family around us with children. We read to them, play with them, and share with them. We are godparents to an adopted child, and we believe we have been led down the adoption road for a reason. We look forward to sharing adventures and love with a child and hope that you will consider us in this difficult time of choosing a family. We are ready to be parents.