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If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and are considering adoption for your baby, please read our letter below to learn more about us, and click on the links to see our fun family photos!
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John, Janice, Emma, Ben & Jake
Hello!
We are John and Janice. We want to thank you for taking the time to look into our lives. We have three beautiful children, and we are hoping and dreaming of adding another child to our lives. We can only imagine what a very difficult time this is for you, and we respect and admire you for considering adoption for you and your baby. If we happen to be the family you choose for your baby, we assure you that your baby will be loved unconditionally. We would love the opportunity to get to know you as well and hope that you find comfort in getting to know us.
Our beginnings
We met over 22 years ago at a local Burger King; it really was love at first sight. John was attending Penn State and Janice was a junior in High School. After John graduated he moved to Delaware and we began our long distance relationship of 8 years. Although it was difficult, our love was strong enough to survive, and we now have been happily married for 12 years. We have a very unique relationship that we are very proud of. We have a lot of fun together, but most importantly there is a great deal of love, trust, and respect. We have always had a great marriage but our children have made it stronger and brought us even closer together.
Why we want to adopt
We love being parents and always wanted a big family. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity for a great life. We have always wanted four children and are very passionate about adoption because we have experienced it within our family and we realize how incredible it is. Janice’s cousin is adopted and she just adopted twin girls, and our best friend could not have children and adopted a baby boy as well. It is unbelievable how much joy comes from adoption for everyone involved. We would love the opportunity to meet you and have you a part of our lives as well. We want you to know that your child will be happy, safe, and loved unconditionally. Along with us, our family and friends are waiting with open arms and open hearts to welcome another child into our loving home.
John
John graduated from Penn State with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1989, and currently owns his own Engineering Firm which he built from the ground up. He has worked extremely hard and sacrificed a lot to get his business where it is today. He has managed to develop the business to the point where he has a lot of free time and the capability of working from home which allows him to spend a lot of time with the kids. He has built a very comfortable life for all of us. His love for baseball has worn off a great deal on our children; they love going to games together and just playing catch in the yard, not to mention the indoor batting cage John put in our basement for the winter months. They all love it! He also has been coaching Emma and Ben’s softball teams for the past few years. John is a better father than I ever imagined him to be. He is very patient, caring, and hard working, and we are extremely lucky to have him in our lives.
Janice
Janice is a very loving, caring, and nurturing person. She has a great sense of humor and has a very positive outlook on life. This and her devotion to me, our family, and our friends is one of the reasons I love her so much. She is always there for all of us to help us through our challenging times and is always willing to put her family first. Being a stay-home mom also allows Janice to devote her time to our children. She plans their everyday activities to assure a fun, educational, and adventurous day. Janice is a very “hands on” type of person with a very creative side. Whatever myself or the kids are involved in, she always tends to add her own creative touch to make it better or more interesting. This talent is also obvious with the pride and joy she takes in putting a personal touch of décor throughout our home. She is also very mechanically inclined and is a huge help around the house when it comes to upkeep and repairs. You have to love a wife that can mount and wire a new ceiling fan! Janice is my source of strength and support, my best friend, and the best mother to our children that I could have ever have asked for.
Our children
We have 3 amazing children, Emma, Ben, and Jake. Emma is 10 and is a caring, sensitive, and nurturing little girl who takes very good care of her little brothers. She is involved in Girl Scouts, softball and gymnastics. What we love most about her is that she is always willing to help someone in need and she gets great satisfaction from it. Ben is 6 and is very laid back, affectionate and comical. Jake is 5 and is funny and affectionate as well. Both of our boys love spending time looking for frogs, snakes, bugs, and just about anything that moves. They also love playing football and baseball, and taking quad rides with their dad. They are very close in age and share a lot of the same interests. Our 3 children play very well with each other with the occasional sibling arguments and are pretty much best friends. They are very active, healthy, and well rounded, and they each have their own amazing personalities. We have taught all three of them to be respectful of others and to be caring and compassionate individuals.
Our faith
We were both raised Catholic and were married in the Catholic Church. Our children were baptized and will be obtaining the remainder of their sacraments as they progress. They also attend Catechism every week. Having a close relationship with God is very important to us as we feel we have been so blessed and have so much to be thankful for. Without our faith, none of that would be possible. We say grace before each meal and end each day with our prayers. Not one day goes by that we are not grateful for what we have.
Fun times
As a family we cherish the times we have together. We like to take spontaneous trips and surprise our kids last minute just to see the excitement on their faces. They absolutely love the beach so that seems to be our yearly trip. It’s amazing how much fun they have for hours just looking for shells and sand crabs. One of the most beautiful seasons where we live is autumn, so we visit the pumpkin patch and Cider Mill where we watch apple cider being made. During Halloween our neighbor fills their trailer with bails of hay and rides all the kids door-to-door for trick or treating. It is a lot of fun for the adults too because we are all together. The kids love animals and wildlife so I think we have hit every zoo and aquarium on the East Coast.
There is much fun for them at home as well. In the summer there is endless fun and excitement in the wooded areas where we live. We have trails that are primed for geo-caching, camping and treasure hunting. The kids love playing in these areas and collecting just about anything they can get their hands on including frogs, salamanders and acorns. When the cold weather hits and the snow falls, out come the sleds and the winter fun begins! Whatever vacation or adventure we choose, we have a great time just enjoying life and each other.
Our home & pets
We live in a beautiful wooded community in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania with lots of wonderful families and beautiful newly built homes. We have met and become very good friends with several of our neighbors and their children. The whole community gathers together every year for block parties, Halloween Trails, and Christmas get-togethers. We have a lot of fun planning and the kids have a great time decorating. It’s like one big extended family. One of the great qualities of the area we live in is that we are in the country but only 10 minutes from the closest city.
We built our home almost 3 years ago; it is 5000 square feet with 3 acres of land. It consists of 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, a large kitchen, living room, dining room, and office. We have recently put in an in-ground pool and two ponds which the kids absolutely love. Our school district is rated one of the best academically. The people and faculty have a close relationship as everyone knows each other and are involved in many activities together outside the school. We are very happy with the school and truly would not want to live anywhere else. It is a great place to live and raise a big family.
Our families
We are both very fortunate to have such wonderful and supportive parents; Both John's parents and Janice's parents find great joy in spending time with all of their grandchildren. We are both the youngest of 3; John has an older sister and brother and Janice has two older sisters. We are very close to our siblings and nieces and nephews, and they share a big part of our lives. With all of our families being so busy, we make it a priority to be a part of each other’s lives, and we are all blessed to live within 15 to 20 minutes from each other to do this. Not a holiday, birthday, or special occasion goes by without us all being together. Not to mention the little things as well, whether it be just watching a movie or sitting outside watching all of the kids play, we enjoy each other’s company. Everyone is very supportive of our decision to adopt, and we know they are just as excited as we are about adding another child to our growing family!
Open adoption
We realize every adoption is different, and the openness that is shared is also very different. We want to respect your wishes, whether you choose closed, semi open or open adoption for you and your baby. We are comfortable with whatever communication you would like to have with us, now and in the future. We realize it may be extremely important for you to know that you made the right choice and that your child is happy, safe and loved, and witnessing that through open adoption is something that you and your child deserve. Your child will always know that you love him or her and that is why you made this ultimate sacrifice. We will respect whatever level of contact you desire and we will honor that promise.
Thank You!
We hope that you enjoyed reading our profile and learning about us and our family. If there should be a chance that you would like to learn more about us we would be happy to talk on the phone or meet you in person. We pray you find peace in the decision you make for your baby. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
John, Janice, Emma, Ben & Jake
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact our adoption advisor, Mary Lisa at
A Precious Gift Adoption Resource Center
Toll-free: 1-866-206-2936
Email: apreciousgiftarc@yahoo.com
