| Family Type: | Heterosexual Couple |
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| Children: | No |
| Location: | IL |
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| Religion: | Lutheran/Christian - Catholic |
dear expectant mother
We both truly admire the courage and love required for you to consider us for the amazing gift of raising your child. We would be honored and blessed with the opportunity to share our home and family with a child we can shower with love and support for their entire life.
If you choose us, your child will be raised in a warm, nurturing, and safe environment with all of the time, energy, and resources we can provide. As your child gets older, we look forward to sharing our talents with them. From helping out with homework to playing baseball or learning to bake Christmas cookies, your child’s future growth and development will be our number one priority. We can’t wait to provide new experiences and create new traditions with your child, including traveling to visit loved ones and sharing the joys of family holiday celebrations. Whatever your child wants to pursue in life, we will ensure the opportunity is there.
Words can’t fully express how very humbled and blessed we are that you would consider us to adopt your child. We know that it takes tremendous love and faith to place your child into another’s home, and we promise to not take that trust lightly but to provide all of the love and support we can throughout your child’s entire life.
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About Us
We’ve been married for 14 wonderful years and keep busy with our careers and hobbies. Kevin is an engineer who also officiates youth sports, and Jen is a realtor who also helps run her family’s small lumber business. Kevin also enjoys running, barbecuing, and completing home improvement projects, while Jen loves cooking, gardening, and crafting. Additionally, we can often be found attending sporting events or concerts, traveling around the country visiting family and friends, or cooking for and entertaining our loved ones. We also run an alumni club for our local university and provide scholarships for students in need. We have recently taken up golf and are very slowly improving our game. While we enjoy a lot of fun activities, we also enjoy our downtime by hanging around the house watching our favorite movies and TV shows.
Our Home & Pets
We have a warm and loving three-bedroom home that would be further blessed with the addition of children. Our favorite part of the home is the back yard, which has both herb and vegetable gardens, multiple areas for entertaining, and lots of grassy space for games and playing with our dog, Maya. We live in a tight-knit community where our neighbors know each other, there are plenty of parks and activities nearby, and our families have lived there for almost 100 years. We believe in helping our community grow by volunteering with programs such as Meals on Wheels and our community food drive. We were both born and raised in this community and would love to share it for generations to come.
Our Extended Family
We both come from loving families that have helped to shape us into the people we are today. We both have two siblings. Jen is the oldest of her siblings, while Kevin is the baby in his family. We have three nieces and one nephew, ranging in age from 11 months to 18 years, that we absolutely love to spend time with.
We are godparents to three children and have many close friends with children of varying ages whom we have the privilege of watching grow up. We have several aunts, uncles, and cousins nearby who continually get together for birthdays and holidays (especially big Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners), and we also have some family who live farther away, which gives us an excuse to travel and see the country.
The biggest constant in both of our lives has been our families. We are very close with them, and we would love to expand that family and those wonderful memories and experiences through adoption.
What Led Us To Adoption
Over the years, we’ve tried many methods to conceive a child, including IVF and other fertility treatments. Despite being unsuccessful, we’ve always felt a calling to share our home and family with children. Even while we were dating, we discussed how adoption could help us grow our future family, so it was a natural decision for us to seek out adoption as a way to start our family now. We have several friends and family members who have had wonderful experiences with adoption, and we would love nothing more than to provide a loving and warm home for a future child. We are happy, hopeful, and excited to begin this adoption journey to build our family.
Fun Facts
About Jen
| Occupation | Realtor, small business owner |
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| Education | B.S. in finance |
| Race | Caucasian |
| Favorite Hobby | Cooking, crafting |
| Favorite Movie | White Christmas |
| Favorite Sport | Football |
| Favorite Music Group | Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan |
| Favorite Book | Joanna Gaines cookbooks |
| Favorite Subject in School | Music |
| Favorite Tradition | Everything Christmas |
| Dream Vacation | Italy |
About Kevin
| Occupation | Engineer |
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| Education | MBA |
| Race | Caucasian |
| Favorite Hobby | Golf, running |
| Favorite Movie | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation |
| Favorite Sport | Football |
| Favorite Music Group | Garth Brooks |
| Favorite Book | Ender’s Game |
| Favorite Subject in School | Math |
| Favorite Tradition | College football tailgating |
| Dream Vacation | Ireland |
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Your Baby With Confidence
As you browse our list of hopeful adoptive parents, you can feel confident in knowing that all of the adoptive families working with Angel Adoption are prepared to offer your baby a safe, stable, and loving environment along with a wealth of opportunities for a happy and fulfilling life.
Each adoptive parent has been thoroughly evaluated through a home study course conducted by a licensed agency. A completed home study means the family is emotionally, physically, and financially ready to adopt a baby.
The home study process includes assessments of each parent’s character, marital stability, financial situation, lifestyle, and medical history. The agency also runs background checks to verify there is no record of criminal activity or child abuse. In addition, a social worker will inspect the family’s home to ensure it is a safe environment for a child.
Furthermore, Angel Adoption requires each family to be educated on adopting and parenting. After a baby has been placed with the adoptive family, a social worker will continue to monitor and supervise the family. We go to great lengths to make sure all the families you have to choose from are going to be excellent parents for your baby!
Not sure how to start? See our How to Choose an Adoptive Family resource page.
If you need more help, you’re always welcome to contact us any time!