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Hello,
We want everyone to know what we've been up to. We are still searching for our child. Since our last entry we have put together the baby's room. It's very cute. We went with neutral colors, pastel green and yellow, and a jungle baby animal theme. All it needs now is a child. It's furnished with a crib, changing table, and glider rocker. We are still looking for a dresser. We've included a picture so you can see it. We think our child will love it and are looking forward to the day we can bring a child home to his or her new room.

Jennifer & Shawn

Dear Birth parents,
Although we live in WI, we encourage you to contact us if you live in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin. We are seeking a domestic open adoption in all three of these states.

Jennifer and Shawn

Road to Adoption... How we got here... My personal story...
(by Jennifer)

I have known since a very early age that I loved children and wanted more than anything to be a mother some day. I used to play with my dolls, taking care of them, pretending to feed them and putting them to bed every night. My mom always told me I was a little "mother hen". I was always looking out for my younger brother and sister.

When I was 12, I wanted to start babysitting so I got certified to do so through the Red Cross babysitting program. I babysat a lot between the age of 12 and 16. I would have 2 or 3 people call me almost every weekend wanting me to baby sit there kids. I loved it.

When I was 13, I was told by my Doctor that I would never be able to conceive my own children. They labeled my diagnosis, "Ovarian Dysgenesis". More simply, I was born without ovaries. They told me I may be able to carry a child some day but not conceive my own. I understood what this meant from the beginning but the realization of what it really meant hit me harder as I got older. Having children was not going to be an easy road for me.

When Shawn and I got engaged, we both knew that we really wanted a family, even maybe a large family (4-6 kids). We talked about Adoption but we wanted to see if I could carry our own baby first. After we got married, we found an egg donor and began the process of in-vitro fertilization. After using our 6 available embroys within 3 unsuccessful, heart-breaking attempts we decided that this was not what God had in his plans for us and we began pursuing Adoption as the way for us to build our family.

That leads us to where we are today... We both have a strong desire to have a family and the love of a child to share our lives with. It's not important to us that it will not be biologically ours. It will be ours in our hearts and that is what is important. We would be happy to have any child in our lives and part of our family.