Dear Expectant Parents,

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our profile.  We know that this is a difficult process for you and want you to know that you are in our prayers.

We are Bob and Jen.  We live in Illinois.  Bob is from Illinois but Jen is a transplant from a small town in Indiana.  We enjoy the area because it is in the middle of northeast Illinois near the big city yet far enough away to be out of the rat race.  It is also near most of Bob’s family.  We are family oriented so we cherish being near them.  Bob is a computer programmer at a software development company that creates time clocks and time and attendance software.  Jen is a legal assistant/secretary at a law firm.  Both of us went to college.  Bob has a BS in Management Information Systems.  Jen has a BA in Speech Communications.  We met in 1999 through a mutual friend.  After 2 years of dating, Bob asked Jen to marry him.  We were married in 2003 in a snow storm in Northeast Indiana and thankfully the honeymoon was in a warmer climate.

Jen sings in a local community choir.  She has been singing since childhood.  She also took piano lessons but they didn’t stick as much as the singing.  She also enjoys arts and crafts and calls herself a craft-a-holic.  She took many classes in drawing and painting in school.  She has a booth at a craft mall.

Bob is completely into computers.  It was a passion since childhood.  He even ran a small bulletin board social networking type of group back in the 90’s (think Facebook but really small and no photos).   Bob enjoys cars and is a fan of the Chevy Corvette.  We visited the Corvette factory in Kentucky on vacation once.

Both of us enjoy listening to Christian rock groups like Petra, Skillet, Disciple, etc.  We enjoy going to concerts and music festivals.  Call us old fashion but we still like buying CD’s (although Bob has an mp3 player too).

We are a pet family.  We have a mixed breed dog named Goldie.  She is a mix between a collie and fill in the blank.  We have several fish and a cockatiel named Duckie.

We are so excited about our journey in this adoption process.  We believe it is a great way to grow our family.  We have not been able to conceive a child biologically.  We look forward to opening our hearts to a child through adoption.

We are open to open adoption and hope that you are too.  It is so important for children to know their heritage, to have that extended family connection, and medical history.  Jen’s father has a foster family and because of that she has an entire branch of family that is related by that foster relationship.  Our hope is that we can work together to give that extended family to your child.

This is our first adoption.  We hope to adopt again.  We both have siblings and know how important those relationships are. If we are able to financially, Jen plans to be a stay at home mom at least until they are in school full time.  If Jen is unable to stay home, Bob’s family is really close and will help with the care of the children while we are away at work.

Family is really important to us.  Most of our vacations involve visiting family in different states or actually going on vacation with them.  Jen’s family still lives in Indiana and we visit every other month.  Although, after their first grandchild arrives, we’re sure we will see them more often.  On Bob’s side of the family we have 3 nephews and a niece, so there will be plenty of cousins to grow up with.

We are both kids at heart and enjoy taking time to play.  We are kid magnets and seem to attract children when we are with friends and family.  Kids are so full of joy and fun and truly do keep you young.  We hope to continue to grow younger with our family.

We cannot comprehend the very hard decision that you face.  You are on our minds and in our prayers.  We know that you love your child so very much.  We appreciate the time you are taking to consider our family for your child.  Whatever you decide, we hope the best for you.

God bless you,

Bob and Jen