Dear Birth Parent

While we can’t promise we’ll do everything right, we can promise the following things:

• Your baby will be loved more than you can imagine

• Your baby will be surrounded by family that loves him/her: cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents (and a great grandma!).

• We will try the hardest, and will always strive to listen and to learn

• We will show your baby the world

• Your baby will have the most enviable library

• Your baby will have every opportunity to explore the foods and sports and hobbies and passions that he/she is interested in. We can’t wait to see what interests will develop.

• You will be remembered and appreciated, and we’ll do our best to preserve any cultural and heritage connections that are important to you, through community and travel

• Your baby’s hopes and fears and favorite things will become our hopes and fears and favorite things

• Your baby will have very loving parents to look to as a positive example of marriage and partnership and mutual respect

• Your baby will have the best coach when it comes to sports, and the best tutor when it comes to school

• Your baby will always have a place to go for vacation (or when they’re teenagers, a place to go to complain about their parents), with family (and friends that are like family) in Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, California, Texas, Washington, and New York.

• Pat will tell the best dad jokes, and Rochelle will roll her eyes right along with your baby

• Your baby will always have the best Halloween costume and get the most candy, but will have the healthiest teeth because their grandpa is a dentist.

• Your baby will eventually be a big brother or sister, as we plan to raise at least 2 children