Cristina & Alma
Are Hoping to Adopt a Baby
dear expectant mother
Dear Expectant Mother,
Thank you for taking the time to read our profile. We know you have many wonderful couples to choose from and we are honored and grateful that you would consider us as parents for the child you are carrying. Whatever led you to make this selfless decision, please know we truly appreciate and admire the strength it takes.
Our family prioritizes love and community. With your child, we’ll share a love and appreciation for music, art, and travel. We can’t wait to go on adventures as a family and show your baby the world. We want to teach them not only about their own culture, but also introduce them to ours. They will meet their cousins in the Philippines and learn to speak Tagalog and Spanish at home.
Our home is warm and full of joy and laughter. Your baby will grow up listening to Alma play the piano and guitar and eating home-cooked meals made by Cristina. Family and friends are always around, so your baby will always be cared for by a large and diverse extended family. We will give them the tools they need to take on the world and also teach them to love themselves, love their community, and to find joy in life. The most important promise we can make is that they will be loved unconditionally and supported always.
With love and gratitude, Alma and Cristina
Our Hobbies & Passions
Travel is a big passion of ours. Together, we’ve been to some amazing and beautiful places in the world. We eloped in Hawaii and celebrated one of Alma’s milestone birthdays in Bali. We’ve visited family in Singapore and the Philippines and are planning trips to visit other relatives in Australia, England, and Italy. With a med school friend, Alma climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and has been to Haiti and the Dominican Republic on medical missions. We recently took Cristina’s dad on his dream trip of visiting the Grand Canyon and went to Colorado with Cristina’s sister so that her nephew could see snow for the first time.
We are also lucky that we live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, the Pacific Northwest. We love to go on road trips and explore all the beautiful places around us. We’re surrounded by rivers, lakes, waterfalls, mountains, hiking trails, and campgrounds. The Pacific coast is only two hours away and we love to spend weekends near the beach.
Our Home & Neighborhood
Our Family & Friends
Family and friends are very important to us. We both have big extended families and many life long friends all over the country and the world. Alma has family in Alaska, California, New Jersey, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, Italy, and Japan, to name a few. Alma’s mom lives nearby and she is always spoiling us with traditional Filipino food. Cristina’s older sister lives in Florida with her husband and nephew just a few minutes away from their parents. Her parents are recently retired and visit regularly. We both have nephews we adore and helped to raise since they were babies.
In addition to our family, we also have a large friend group, most of whom we’ve known for over 10 years. Together, we have supported each other through many major life moments, from graduations and medical school training to weddings and births. We were the first ones to be with our friends when they adopted their little girl and Alma officiated our friends’ elopement in Alaska who then officiated our elopement in Hawaii. We consider ourselves lucky to have this large community to spend the holidays with, to travel with, to laugh with, and to love.
Our Cultural Heritage
Fun Facts
| Category | Cristina | Alma |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Graphic Designer | Physician |
| Education | Bachelor's | Graduate Degree |
| Favorite Food | Mexican | Thai, Sushi, Mediterranean |
| Hobby | Photography, drawing, baking | Traveling, playing piano and guitar |
| Sport | Basketball, Soccer | Tennis |
| Tradition | Celebrating Noche Buena on Christmas Eve | Easter |
| Vacation Spot | Iceland | Maldives, Zanzibar |
| Movie | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Sleepless in Seattle |
| Music | Khruangbin | Earth, Wind, & Fire |
| TV Show | 30 Rock, The Americans | The Office, Friends |
| Animal | Dogs | Elephant |
| School Subject | History | Math and Science |
| Book | One Hundred Years of Solitude | The Alchemist |
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