Waiting Families: Adoption Parent Profiles Ready for Open Adoption

Hello! We are Cassie and Lauren. We are in our mid-30s and live in Tiburon, California. We have been very happily married for 5 years and together for 12 years. Due to work, we have lived in many different cities and states over the years, but are now happily settled in California and plan to stay that way! Cassie is a pediatric doctor that specializes in cancer and Lauren is a business manager at a large construction company. Cassie comes from an American Indian background, where a close-knit family was a priority. These tradition

Hi! We are Marcus & Kristina in San Francisco, California. We are both 33 years old, and after trying to start a family on our own for a few years we became the proud parents of our son Mateo who we adopted in 2014. We are ready and excited to grow our family through open adoption once again!

We hope this letter helps you learn more about us. We have also made a website with videos of our home and family to help you get to know us better. Feel free to visit www.hungfamilylife.com to watch them.

Thank you for taking the time

Hello!  We are James and Jillian from Morgan Hill, California. We met almost 13 years ago while attending Fresno State University.  We became fast best friends and married in 2008.  From the day we met, we have nurtured a relationship based on love, respect, support, and commitment to each other and our families.  We adopted our son Trent three years ago, and parenting has helped us grow even more, not to mention, it is also a lot of fun.  This is why we can’t wait to grow our family through open adoption again, this time where Jil

Hello, we are Joe and Natasha from Woodland, a small town near Sacramento, California. We have been married for over 13 years, and since the beginning we always talked about adopting a child. Joe was adopted by his dad as a toddler, and we watched our friends raise 2 amazing adopted daughters. This remarkable personal experience reaffirmed that open adoption is our way to become first time parents and start our family. We both have flexible schedules and will be able to work from home, so we can spend all our time loving and nurtur

Hi! We are Crystal and Jonathan from San Jose, California. We are 33-years-old, and after being together for over eleven years and married since 2013, we are ready and excited to become first-time parents through open adoption! We can only imagine what you are experiencing, including how potentially overwhelming it may be to read these letters from multiple adoptive families. Like all the families you have been reading about, we are ready to love and provide a safe home to your child. But we also promise, that our home will be fill

Hello! We are Antoine and Bitania and we want to thank you so much for considering adoption for your baby. We sincerely appreciate that your decision is not an easy one and as Christians, throughout your decision making we hope and pray that God guides you towards the right parents for your child. We want to let you know what respect and admiration we have for you and we feel incredibly honored and blessed to be able to share this journey with you if you so desire us to be the adoptive parents to your baby.

By reading our profi

Hi! We are Anna and Rob, a loving, married couple living in the San Francisco Bay area. Family is everything to us, and we can't wait to grow our family through the miracle of adoption. We know you are looking for the best home for your baby, and we are honored that you are taking a moment to learn more about us and our heartfelt desire to build a family. We will offer a child a home filled with joy, a strong education and some of the same traiits we value in each other: being thoughtful and compassionate of others, and also being

Hi there! We are Jeff and Louis from Portland, Oregon. We started our family two years ago when we adopted our daughter Jacqueline, whom we call Jax for short. We have tremendous respect for your decision to consider adoption. We appreciate you taking the time to read this letter and learn more about us and the dream we and big sister Jax share to expand our family.

We are honored to have you consider us as prospective parents. We extend our sincere respect and love from our heart to yours through this important decision making process. Our commitment to parenting will be our life's joy as we provide a loving Christian home and countless fun-loving memories. Jennifer looks forward to being a stay at home mom, and Brian's job gives us stability and also flexible hours to spend together as a family.

Hello!

Thank you for taking a few moments to get to know us, even if it’s just from a few photos and words.

As Tine was adopted as an infant girl and grew up in a loving home, adoption for us is a natural next step, as we are unable to have a biological child. We can’t wait to become parents for the first time and to welcome a little beautiful soul into our lives.

Having relocated from Denmark in Scandinavia, we now live in Tiburon, California.

Hello! My name is Laura, and I live in San Francisco, California, along with my wonderful son John (4 years old) and our two dogs, Shasta and Chuck. We live in a beautiful Victorian home in the center of the city, surrounded on all sides by parks, playgrounds, and loving neighbors. I work part-time from home and love being able to provide for my family while also being home to nurture and enjoy them. Motherhood has been a dream come true for me. John is joyful, creative, passionate and compassionate, with a wild imagination and a s

Hi!  We're Ken and Melissa.  We live in the town of Danville, California, and are very excited to begin the adoption process to fulfill our dream of providing your child with unconditional love and support.  We would love to get  know you better and learn more about your dreams for your child. Whether or not you end up selecting us, we hope that you find peace in this process and finding the right parents for your child. 

We are Lauren and Joe, from San Jose California. Thank you for your interest in getting to know us. We look forward to getting to know you too. We are so thankful that you are considering this process because it gives people like us the opportunity to become parents.
We are genuine, down-to-earth people who are very excited and ready to welcome a baby into our lives. We are both in our early 30’s and have been married for five years. We will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary together this year and we would be overjoyed to ce

Hi, we’re Sean and Jeremy.  We are a married couple in our 30’s from San Francisco, California and we are so excited to start our family through adoption!

Thank you for taking the time to read our profile. We’re honored that you would consider us in the decision you are making, and we would love for you to know why it is so meaningful to us. Like many, we have always had a dream that we would one day be parents. Of course, having a biological child that was equal parts of each of us was never an option. Instead, we are both hum

Thank you for taking the time to read our letter and considering us as adoptive parents. We have been married for 17 years and have a welcoming home in Santa Rosa, about 45 minutes north of San Francisco. We are very excited about the possibility of meeting you and sharing a common dream to give your child a safe and supportive environment to grow. We are committed to open adoption and maintaining a relationship with you throughout our lives. We are confident that we can provide a safe, loving and fun environment for a child to gro

Hi! We're Jay & Staci.

Family is very important to us, and adoption has always been a part of it. Jay and his sister were both adopted and so were Staci's cousins. 

Our daughter Mabel joined us through open adoption in 2013. Our relationship with Mabel's birth mom is very important to us and one reason we chose open adoption again. 

If our family seems like a good fit for you, we'd love to connect. 

Thank you for taking time to learn about us. Choosing adoption is an incredible act of love, and we’re grateful that you’re considering us. We know you face a huge decision, and we’d love to talk to you and support you in any way we can.

Hello!  Our names are Namie and Paul. Thank you for reading our letter and considering us as adoptive parents. You are probably going through a lot right now, and this is no doubt a stressful time as you consider adoption for your baby. We'd like to share with you our vision for raising a child, so you can determine if it is compatible with yours. We had fertility struggles in the past, but we've moved on from these challenges. We are excited to pursue open adoption as the way to complete our family. Giving a home of unconditional

Hi! We are Ed and Holly, an energetic and compassionate couple from the San Francisco Bay Area. We can only imagine the difficult decision you are faced with, and respect the courage it takes to consider an adoption plan for your baby. We believe in open adoption and welcome a relationship with you should you be comfortable-we feel that there are never enough people that can love a child.
We both have dedicated our professional lives to teaching and counseling students and now have the resources so that Holly can be a full-time,

Hola! We are Herby and Dave from Oakland! Thank you for taking the time to read our story and giving us the opportunity to share with you our dream of becoming first-time parents.  We’re in our mid-30s, and we’ve been together for sixteen years, and married for seven of those. We have some experience with adoption as Dave comes from a blended family, with 2 adopted siblings, and we deeply believe that family is not defined by blood but by love.  We understand that you are facing one of the most important choices of your life and we

Hi/Konichiwa!  We are David and Yooki from El Cerrito, California.  We have been married for almost (!) ten years, and we are ready and excited to become first-time parents through open adoption!

We want to express our deepest gratitude to you at this crossroads in your life.  We can’t imagine what you are going through, but we know the fact that you are even considering adoption means that you love your baby very much.  We are committed to open adoption, and we look forward to learning what that may look like to you.

We understand the choice to make an adoption plan for your child cannot be an easy decision – it may be difficult to know what to do at each turn in life, especially when your child is involved. Choosing adoption as a plan in your life will likely affect many people: it creates a circle between you, your child and the adoptive family you choose.

If our partnering with you in this decision offers you any comfort and solace, we look forward to being a part of your adoption plan and building a new family with your help.

In our

Hello! We are Blair and Jen from the gorgeous East Bay, 20 minutes from San Francisco.

Thank you for considering us as potential adoptive parents for your child. We recognize that this is likely one of the most difficult decisions you will make in your lifetime, and we truly admire your courage.

We were both fortunate to come from loving homes in supportive, caring communities. Our families were great models for us, and we look forward to providing the same warmth and love that we received. As a couple we are proud of our s

Hello! We’re John and John from San Jose, California
Thanks for taking the time to read about us and our dream to become Dads. We’re eager to open our life, our home, and our love to a child. We know you’re reading this because you want your baby to have a wonderful life. We want that, too.
We've been together for 20 years and share values like honesty, integrity and standing up for what’s right. We have a love of education, history, art, and outdoor adventure that we can’t wait to share as parents.

Hello, Thank you for considering adoption and for taking the time to read our profile. We’re looking forward to welcoming a baby into our lives and becoming parents through open adoption.  We are Mellani and Dave DeJesus from the San Francisco Bay Area.  We met 15 years ago over skee-ball and beers, and this year we are celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.  Mellani is getting a new degree in Art and just established her own online children’s clothing and card line.  Dave is a firefighter for the City of San Francisco.  When we b

Dear Birthmother,
We are Ben & Jim, a married couple in our early thirties. We have long dreamt of becoming first-time dads, and wholeheartedly believe that adoption would be an amazing gift in our lives. 
Thank you so much for taking the time to consider us. We truly admire your strength and courage, and are honored that you are reading more about us. We live just down the street from our extended family in the suburbs of Philadelphia, in a family-oriented neighborhood.  We are especially grateful that both of our employers wi

Hi! We are Rey and Jovits, from Danville, California, and we have been blessed.  We have so much love in our family that we wish to share it.  We wish to grow our family and raise a child like our very own.  We wish to bless the child as much as the child will bless us. 

We have a big house, but its walls and ceilings could be made much brighter by the smile of a child.  Its rooms and halls could be made more joyful with the sounds of a child’s laughter.  Its space could be put to better use with the skipping and hopping of a p

Hello!
We are Scott and Katie, in our mid 30’s and are from San Anselmo, which is located in Marin County, California.  Marin County is just right over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. San Anselmo is a wonderful family oriented community, where Katie grew up. Scott also grew up in Marin County, just a few miles away in Greenbrae. Both our families still live in the area (even in the same houses we grew up in), as do many of our extended family members and long time friends. Not only are there two great parks within walk

Hello! We’re Jeff and Jaime, a married couple from San Francisco. We are excited to become first time parents through open adoption, and are grateful for your interest in learning more about us. We understand that the decisions you are making now are extremely difficult ones, and you have our utmost respect as you move through this process and do what is best for you and your child. We deeply appreciate you taking the time to learn about us and for considering us as potential adoptive parents for your baby.

Hello & Hola,
We are Zack (runs his own company) and Carly (freelance designer and stay at home mom). We love to travel the world and are a very physically active family. We have been happily married 8 yrs and together 10 yrs. We are in our early 30s & are active parents to our son 4 year old, Stephen. We live in San Anselmo CA, a short drive across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. We feel very lucky to both have flexible work schedules that allow Carly to stay at home.

Adoption has always been part our extended fam

Hi, I’m Ruth from San Francisco, California.  Thank you so much for reading this letter.  I am in awe of you.  I have always, always wanted to be a mother.  There is nothing I want more, and it is because of your courage and openness that it might someday happen.  My extended family has given me a personal connection to adoption, so it means the world to me to build a family through open adoption.  Luckily I also have the financial resources to take time off when my son or daughter arrives and to hire quality help, which I know wil

Hola y hello from sunny East Oakland and from two women who are waiting to meet you! We are in our early thirties and were married in 2012, and we are ready to add to our family. We love good music, strong opinions, and fresh veggies. We both work for the public library, and we plan on having a full-time parent at home. We love each other very much, and we want to share that love by welcoming a child through open adoption. Thank you for considering us as parents for your baby. We hope that you will get to know us (starting with thi

Hola! Hello, we’re Ana and Gam from San Francisco, California.

We feel a deep admiration and respect for you as we realize that you have a big decision to make. We want you to know that we will do our best to give a child placed in our arms a loving, safe and magical home as they grow.

We would like to hear your hopes and dreams for the child, if you wish - so this may become part of their future.

We are honored that you would consider us and invite you to read on and find out more about us.

We are Carolina and Mike, a married couple from Napa, California, and we are excited to become parents!  We feel fortunate to have found each other and are really looking forward to sharing our love and lives with a child.  We can't wait to sing (Carolina) and play guitar (Mike) for the baby, to take hikes carrying the baby on our favorite trails, and to spend time playing and pointing out the birds and butterflies in our backyard garden!  We both would be thrilled to meet you and honored to have this special role in your life of r

Bonjour (hello), I’m Nathalie from San Mateo, California.

Thank you for visiting my page and looking to learn more about me. You are going to take a very courageous and difficult decision for you and your baby and I wish you to find the good family.

I'm French. Well I was born in France, I have a German family name, my father and 4 grand-parents were born in Poland and I now live in San Mateo, near San Francisco. Multicultural is perhaps a better description.

Six years ago, my work with a biotech firm brought me to the

Hi! Our names are Laurel and Andy. We are a happily married couple who live in San Francisco, California, and spend a lot of time at our second home in the redwood forest and countryside nearby. We are both artists who work from home, and we look forward to being stay-at-home parents together.

Thank you for reading our letter and considering us as potential parents to your child. We hope you find the right decision for yourself and your child, whatever that might be. Making this choice either way takes strength and bravery. We

Hello.  We are Stefan and Sandra, a happily married couple from the quaint beach town of Cape Charles, Virginia where Sandra is a doctor and Stefan is a kayak tour guide who can't wait to be a stay at home dad. Once tests revealed infertility issues, we realized that open adoption was definitely the next step for us!  We are so excited to expand our family and thank you for considering us during this difficult time.  Our inspiration is our 4 year old goddaughter who was adopted through Adoption Connection.  We can't wait to meet yo

Greetings from San Francisco. We are Hannah and Roger.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know us, and considering us as parents to your child. We have been together since 2008 and are excited to take the next big step to become parents. Hannah has dreamed of adopting a child since she was a child herself. And both our parents are looking forward to their first grandchild!

We are looking forward to learning more about you and how we fit into your vision of a right family for your child. 

Hello, welcome and thank you for reading our story - and maybe becoming part of it!
We are Alexa and Maurice – originally from Germany and today permanently settled and hoping to raise a family in Oakland, California where Alexa will be a stay-at-home mommy.
The decision that you are faced with is one of the most difficult we can imagine. Whatever the circumstances that have brought you to this point, we are grateful for your strength and admire your courage to consider open adoption. We would love to hear your story as well, l

Hi, we are Greg, Suezann, and, Alexa from Hercules, California.
We are excited to expand our family once again through adoption! We are honored and very thankful to have you read our letter. We respect and admire your courage and willingness to consider adoption for your child. Thank you for considering us as potential parents for your baby. You are doing something for us that we cannot do for ourselves. The grace in that act is so beautiful!

Hello/Hola!  We are Greg and Eric, a married couple who lives in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.  We started talking about adopting a child on our THIRD date, and now, 8 years later, we are ready to welcome a child into our home through an open adoption.  We each have stable, secure careers that will allow us to be “stay at home” dads for much of the first year of our child’s life, and great flexibility thereafter to work from home to be with our child when they are ill, or for every special event.  We also think there is gr

We are a married couple living in San Francisco, California. We are so excited to start a family through open adoption and would love to hear from you.

Fortunately, our work schedules will allow Mario to be a stay at home dad for the first few years. We are looking forward to raising our child surrounded by our families and particularly all our nephews and nieces and friends kids.

We understand this is a difficult time for you & we wish you all the best with your decision. We look forward to hearing from you.

Welcome! We are Meera and Chai from San Francisco, California. Thank you for learning more about us as you consider an adoption plan for your child.  We’ve dreamed about being parents since the day we met over eight years ago.

We sincerely admire your courage in making such a difficult decision for your child and welcome you with open arms to our family.  Adoption is already so special to us as our own niece and nephew and Chai’s two cousins have all been adopted. Your child will be surrounded by love, understanding, and suppor

Hello from Boston! We’re Justin & Brent and we appreciate you taking the time to read our profile. We’re a married couple in our 30s and are both very excited about becoming parents.

We know that this cannot be an easy decision to make based on just a few words and pictures and you have our utmost respect for making this brave and loving choice. Hopefully as you explore our profile and get to know us you'll see that we're the right fit for you and your child. We want to share with you how thankful we are to have each other and

Hello!
We are Katie and Robert from San Francisco, California. Thank you for talking the time to “get to know us” in what we imagine must be a very difficult time for you. We have such respect for the choice you have made to explore your options, to decide what is best for your own future and that of your unborn child. We’re an active and social couple who enjoy spending lots of time outdoors, travel, sailing, visiting our family all over the US and enjoying healthy food. As a family, we value learning and experiencing life; educ

Hello! We are Co and Suzy from Oakland, CA. We know you are likely in the middle of making some difficult decisions and we commend you on your courage and selflessness. We hope, after getting to know us, you think we may be able to help you. We are a family of 3, hoping to expand and are excited to do so through open adoption. We have a 5 year old daughter named Lexi who is SO ready to be an older sister.

We both come from large families. Suzy has 5 siblings and Co has 7. We are used to loud, bustling, fun and loving family get

Hi!  We're John and Emily, a healthy, active couple in our 30's from Dublin, California.

Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us.  We hope our photo profile gives you an idea of what it's like to be a part of our family. Of course, we have lots more to share and would love to get to know you back!

We are excited to start our family through open adoption. We have family and friends who have adopted or who are adopted, so adoption is part of our lives and near and dear to our hearts.

We admire your selfles

This profile comes to you with warmth and respect.

I honor your huge heart, trust and courage as you consider open adoption. I deeply respect all the feelings you are having about your life right now and wish I could pop out of this computer or phone and hug you. I would love to listen to your story and learn about your dreams for yourself and your child. I'd like to help those dreams be reached.

I am excited and humbled that you are reading this. It is a bit weird trying to tell you who I am through words and photographs.

Hello! ¡Hola!

We are Brian and Noel from San Francisco, California. We count ourselves lucky to have found each other and created a life together, and now we can’t wait to welcome a child into our home. We are a multicultural family. Our child will grow up speaking both Spanish and English, learning about Latin American culture, and traveling every year to Puerto Rico to visit family and friends. We are also lucky to live in a diverse city, and we plan to take advantage of the opportunities this provides for connecting with dif

Hello. As you imagine the future for your child, we hope you will consider us as a family your little one can be part of.  We are Candace and Rob. As a couple, we’ve been together since our senior year in college and married for more than 19 years. After college, we moved to New York City and lived there more than 25 years. We adopted our daughter Violet five years ago and later moved from NYC to San Francisco for better quality of life and a great place to raise our child. We live in the heart of beautiful San Francisco on one of

Hello!  We are Mike and Melissa from San Francisco, California. We are so thankful that you’ve taken the time to learn more about us. We deeply respect the courage and strength you have to explore adoption for your baby. We hope this gives you an opportunity to learn a little about us.  We are a very active and happy couple, and are excited about becoming first time parents!

Hello (and Hola) from Berkeley, California! We’re Jason and Andy, and we’re so grateful you’ve taken a moment to get to know us. We’ve been happily together for over 16 years and married since 2004. Our biggest dream is to build our family, and share the love, laughter, and joy of our household with a child like yours.

You are showing so much love and courage in considering adoption for your child, and we’re humbled to be part of your search for the right family. Our home is bursting with love, and we promise to nurture, care f

We are Analiza and Gregorio from San Jose, California. After being married for ten years, we look forward to the next adventure in our lives…parenthood!

Analiza has a compassionate, patient, and adventurous spirit, which will make her an amazing mother. She is a also middle school teacher who thrives on nurturing positive experiences for her students and family members. She is excited about the opportunity to become a first-time mom. Gregorio is a loving and hard-working husband and business-owner. He has a wonderful sense of h

Hello, we are Annie & Jonathan, a happily married couple from San Francisco, California. Thank you for checking out our profile!

We know the decision ahead of you is not an easy one, and we admire your strength in making it. Thank you for considering us as potential adoptive parents -- we hope we can make your decision a bit easier by promising to do everything we can to give your child the best life possible.

Our own extended families have grown and been completed thanks to open adoption, and we are excited to grow our fam

Hello, our names are Matt and Michelle from San Francisco, California. We are extremely hopeful and excited to adopt a child and expand our family. We met in college and are grateful that we came into each other lives at such a young age. We have had years to grow together, to explore the world together, to support and to love one another. After getting married we knew we wanted to have a family and were blessed with our daughter, Sabina, who is 3 years old. As Matt is fond of saying, “our daughter is the best thing that I’ve ever

Hi, we’re Allison and Ethan, a happily married couple from Alameda, an island community in San Francisco Bay. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us!

We are incredibly excited to become parents and create a family filled with unconditional love and understanding. We are lucky to have a wonderful and loving relationship, great jobs that bring us financial stability with flexible schedules, and a beautiful home in a neighborhood filled with families.

We know the love at the heart of adoption. Eleven years ago Al

Hi y Hola! We are Dan and Catherine from Mountain View, Ca. Thank you for taking a moment to get to know us a little bit. We are a caring and thoughtful couple excited about becoming parents.

We value and appreciate your willingness to explore open adoption as you consider what is best for you and your baby. It takes a remarkable person to take a surprise event and transform it into a life changing possibility. We look forward to hearing about you and the hopes and dreams you have for you and your baby.

Nosotros somos Dan y

Thank you so much for looking at our profile! We are Lisa and Zack, a married couple in our mid-30’s living in the beautiful Bay Area in Northern California. We respect what a difficult decision this must be for you and are very grateful you are considering us as potential adoptive parents for your baby. We are very much looking forward to starting our family through open adoption and raising a child in a loving home that fosters self-confidence, humor and happiness, with a stay-at-home dad and an extended family rich with personal

Thank you for taking the time to learn about us!
We are Kenny and Travis, a married couple from beautiful Castro Valley, a small community in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Our neighborhood is diverse, with several other young families and easy access to several regional parks, where we enjoy lots of walks with our pup, Bandit.
Our proximity to San Francisco also allows us to take full advantage of many diverse cultural events, including museums and theater.
We are eager to share our community and lives with a child, and

Hello from the San Francisco Bay Area. We are Bill and Lori and we are looking forward to hearing from you and getting to learn more about you. We are honored that you are reading this letter to learn more about us. We imagine that this is a difficult decision for you and we want you to know that we appreciate you and your decision to look into open adoption.

Dear Birthmother,

We are Allwyn and Cecille from Alameda, California.  Thank you for taking the time to read about us.  We acknowledge the courage it takes to consider an open adoption, and are grateful that you are considering us to be adoptive parents to your child.

We would love to talk with you!

Allwyn & Cecille

Hello,

We are Eddie and Becca, thank you for reading our profile, we understand this can be an intimidating and emotionial journey and our hearts are with you.

We are a fun loving and energetic couple and are looking forward to being first time parents. We met in college and have been best friends ever since.  After trying to start our own family for a few years we are ready and excited to Adopt! Becca can't wait to be a stay at home mom and Eddie can't wait to be a dad! We have seen the unique love and joy that can come fr

Hello and thank you for taking the time to get to know us! We are Scott and Michele from San Francisco, CA.  We admire and respect your decision that you are making.  We hope that the profile provides you with an introduction to us.  Our hope is to eventually have an opportunity to meet with you to get to know each other better.  If you choose us to be your child's adoptive parents, we will love, support and nurture your child for the rest of our lives.

Hello!

We are Takashi and Kyoko, a happily married couple living in San Jose, California. We dream of creating a family to share our lives and love with a child. Kyoko is looking forward to being a stay-at-home mom. Our niece, Tamaki joined us last year from Japan to live with us for a few years. We love having her with us and we are very excited to have a baby join us.

We admire the courage you have shown for taking this time to think about open adoption for your beloved baby. We welcome the opportunity to get to know you

Hello!  We are Erin and Martin (pronounced "Marteen") from San Mateo, California.  We appreciate the thoughtfulness you are putting into your child's future.  During a time of so much change in your life, we can only imagine that this process of finding an adoptive family for yourself and your child must be overwhelming.  We hope together we can make this experience a little bit easier as we would love the opportunity to be parents.  This is our story...

Hi, we’re Jen & Tony. We live in Oakland, California, where we love to be outside — running, biking, or drinking coffee in the sunshine on our deck. Jen runs operations at a tech startup in San Francisco. Tony, a pastry chef, will be a stay-at-home dad.
Adoption runs in our family — Tony’s mom was adopted — and should you decide adoption is best for you and your baby, we’d love to welcome you both into our family.

Hello! We are Rachel and Jason Woodward and we live in Oakland, California. We are very excited for the opportunity to achieve our dreams of starting a family through open adoption. Adoption has always been a part of our lives. Jason’s Aunt, two cousins and three nieces are adopted. Two of Rachel’s cousins are adopted as well. We also have close friends that have built their families through open adoption.

We hope our profile will give you a glimpse into our lives and imagine what type of parents we will be. We know you are mak

Hello! We are Craig and Jennifer, and we appreciate you giving us a moment to tell you a little about ourselves. We live in Sacramento, CA and enjoy all the area has to offer for us as a couple, and will eventually enjoy as a family of three. We are excited to bring a child into our home and become first time parents. We look forward to welcoming you into our family, as well, in whatever way you desire. 
Thank you for your courage in considering adoption, and thank for you for choosing to get to know us a little better. We would

Hello!  Thank you for reading our letter. We can only imagine the difficult choice you have before you and hope you find the best option for you. We hope that you will consider us to adopt your baby and, if you do, we promise to raise him/her to be a wonderful human being you will be very proud of.

We met online more than 6 years ago while Rick was serving as a Physician in the U.S. Army.  Katherine grew up in Australia and can’t wait to share her Australian heritage.  We have been unable to have children and, having adopted ch

We’re Erin and Robbie from San Francisco, California (and during the summers, can often be found at our cabin in Lake Tahoe). We’re so grateful you’ve given us this chance to tell you about our life!

We’ve been married for (almost) 10 years and are eager to start our family through open adoption. Robbie (as his own boss) has a flexible work schedule and Erin (who runs her company out of our home) will be a work-at-home mommy.

We can only imagine the thoughts and feelings you must be experiencing as you make this important d

Hello! We’re Sherean and Vanessa. Thanks for taking time to know us better!  We live in a small San Francisco Bay Area town beautifully perched between the ocean and forest. In 13 years together, we’ve been blessed to share laughter, tears, and many great adventures. Most significantly, we’ve grown stronger together and as individuals. We are ready to share our blessings with a child.  As you read this, we hope you see a glimpse of how loved and special our child will be.  Moreover, we wish you heartfelt comfort and dignity as you

Dear Birthmother,

Thank you for reading our letter and getting to know us better! 

We are Joel and Sheridan and we have made our home in the San Francisco Bay Area where we enjoy the wonder of life and not its limitations.  Joel can’t wait to be a dad and Sheridan is looking forward to being a stay at home mom.  We have been married for 2 ½ years and together for 8.  We have been ready for some time to grow our family and are excited and committed to do so through adoption.

We know adoption can be a wonderful experience

Hello! We are excited about expanding our family through open adoption - thank you for looking at our profile and considering us. We adopted our son Walter in March 2015, and have loved every minute of being parents. He is an awesome kid and we are sure he will be a wonderful big brother.

Hello. We are Migle and Russ from Washington, D.C. area.
We admire your courage as you consider adoption for your baby. Deciding who should have the honor of raising your child is a big responsibility. After having difficulty conceiving, adoption was a natural choice for us. Russ was adopted at birth, and he reunited with his bio mom as an adult, so we might know a little about what you are going through. For Russ, his parents, and his bio mom, adoption was a wonderful experience, so we are pursuing open adoption as a way to buil

Hello! Thank you for taking time to know us as you make the difficult decision of who will raise your child. We can’t pretend to fully understand the depth of what you’re going through. But we already know you’re incredibly brave and full of love.

Aaron’s a SoCal boy who loves music; Isabella is a Hong Kong + Singapore girl with boundless energy. Together we are citizens of the world building a life full of love, joy and beauty in San Francisco! We’re excited to be first-time parents.

Hello! We are an active, happy and loving couple in our mid-thirties from San Jose, California. We are overjoyed to be adding another child to our family, and we are so thankful that you are considering an adoption plan for your child. We are grateful for the opportunity to introduce ourselves and explain our reasons for wanting to expand our family. We can only imagine what you are going through emotionally at this time, and we wish you peace and strength as you decide what is best for you and your child.

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We are Elke and Malcolm from Gilroy, California. We are grateful you have chosen to read our letter.  We hope reading about our family, will help you to make this very important decision. We both work as educators, as such, Elke will be a part time stay at home mom and Malcolm has a traditional school schedule with weekends and holidays off. We have had the opportunity to see open adoptions happen firsthand because we have many friends / family members who have been adopted. We realize that open adoption can mean many di

Hello! We are Lisa and Ryan from Alameda, California. We found each other in Ukraine while serving as Peace Corps volunteers, and fell in love over borscht and mix tapes. Now ten years into our marriage, we would love to start a family through open adoption. We have friends who adopted, and learned a lot from them about how they built relationships with their children's birth parents, not to mention adapting to being first-time parents. 

Like our friends, we not only want to open up our home and hearts to a child, but we hope o

Hi! We’re Kevin and Conor, two guys in love, married, and living in the heart of San Francisco, California. We’re both in our mid-thirties and have been together for seven years. Kevin pours his teaching skills and creativity into his marketing job and Conor’s on a mission to save the environment through a career in green energy policy. We love to travel and have our friends over for dinner at our house. We’re lucky to have a supportive network of friends and family (including a few adoptive families) and can’t wait to become paren

Hello, we are Charlie and Tina - and we are honored you are taking the time to get to know us. We live in sunny San Mateo, CA. We're a loving and active couple, surrounded by amazing friends and family. We have experienced many wonderful things; however, our biggest dream is yet to be fulfilled - that of being parents. We're excited to start our family through adoption, as we were not able to conceive on our own.

Charlie is a Jr. High School Teacher and has always wanted to be a father! Tina, a former Project Manager, is a natu

Hi! We're Chris (the husband) and Tex (the wife). We're happily married musicians who live in San Francisco, and we've been together for over 9 years, married for 3. We can't wait to be stay-at-home parents! With close ties to adoption, we believe that open adoption is the best way for us to grow our family and stay connected with our child's birth mother. If you decide that open adoption is the best plan for you, please "Read More" about us to find out if we might be the right parents for your baby. We would love to hear from you.

Hello from Badger and Lisa! We are a loving couple living in the Bay Area and we are excited to begin our family through adoption. We can only imagine how difficult a time this must be for you, and we very much admire your courage in choosing adoption for your child. We have great compassion for your situation, and we trust whatever you decide to do it will be the best choice for both you and your child. We hope this letter will tell you enough about our lives to encourage you to reach out to learn a bit more about us, and also sha

Thank you so much for reading our letter. We see adoption as an incredible gift, and we know it’s a big decision. We hope this gives you a sense of who we are and the kind of parents we’d be. Adoption has always been a part of our lives and we’re excited to create our family this way. If Mel’s great grandfather were not adopted, she wouldn’t be here today! Among our family and friends, some have adopted kids or were themselves adopted. We’ve been together for almost 20 years and married for the past 12. By heritage, Scott is German