Jay & Kristin
Married: 2011
Children Already in the Home: Eli is 2 years old and an absolute joy! He is very energetic and enjoys being outside, riding his bike, playing at the park, reading, and playing with cars. He is kind-hearted and loves to laugh and be silly.
Occupations: Jay is a physician at a nearby hospital. Kristin is a stay-at-home mom with a 12-hour per week job as a nurse at the same hospital.
Education: Jay has his doctoral degree in medicine, a master’s degree in anatomy, a bachelor’s degree in zoology/pre-medicine and minors in chemistry and psychology. Kristin has two bachelor’s degrees, one in nursing and one in speech/language/hearing sciences.
Where we live: We live in a lakeside neighborhood near a city. We are just a short walk from a park and a quick drive or boat ride to beautiful parks, beaches, restaurants and shops.
Ethnicity: Jay – Eastern European, German; Kristin – Norwegian, Icelandic, German
Religious affiliation/practice: We are active members of a church with a wonderful and supportive community of young families. We nurture our faith through large and small group Bible studies and consistent Sunday morning worship.
Health: We are all very healthy.
Child care plan: Kristin loves being home with our son almost full-time and will continue to do so after we adopt. On the days she works (every third weekend) either Jay, Kristin’s mom or a trusted friend will be at our home with our children. Jay works about 13 days per month so he is able to be home frequently to care for our family.
School preference: We live near a community with great education opportunities all the way through college level. We plan to send our children to public school with active and fun supplementation at home. We also plan to encourage our children to become bilingual or multilingual which we see as an amazing asset to their future!
Hobbies/Interests: Jay enjoys traveling, fitness, camping, biking, hiking, hunting, cross country skiing, and life-long learning. Kristin enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, biking, gardening, healthy eating for the family, and playing outside with Eli. The three of us love to go on bike rides, camp, travel, hike, snowshoe and boat/jet ski together. We host gatherings at our home for both friends and family. And we enjoy visiting Jay’s and Kristin’s families often.
Pets: Two loving, cuddling, indoor cats.
Additional comments: We are thrilled by the thought of having a new little baby to love, encourage and adore. Raising our child(ren) is our greatest joy and our hearts’ desire! Nothing could make us happier than to welcome a bundle of joy into our arms and our hearts. Grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles and cousins are also eagerly awaiting another child to love!
Children Already in the Home: Eli is 2 years old and an absolute joy! He is very energetic and enjoys being outside, riding his bike, playing at the park, reading, and playing with cars. He is kind-hearted and loves to laugh and be silly.
Occupations: Jay is a physician at a nearby hospital. Kristin is a stay-at-home mom with a 12-hour per week job as a nurse at the same hospital.
Education: Jay has his doctoral degree in medicine, a master’s degree in anatomy, a bachelor’s degree in zoology/pre-medicine and minors in chemistry and psychology. Kristin has two bachelor’s degrees, one in nursing and one in speech/language/hearing sciences.
Where we live: We live in a lakeside neighborhood near a city. We are just a short walk from a park and a quick drive or boat ride to beautiful parks, beaches, restaurants and shops.
Ethnicity: Jay – Eastern European, German; Kristin – Norwegian, Icelandic, German
Religious affiliation/practice: We are active members of a church with a wonderful and supportive community of young families. We nurture our faith through large and small group Bible studies and consistent Sunday morning worship.
Health: We are all very healthy.
Child care plan: Kristin loves being home with our son almost full-time and will continue to do so after we adopt. On the days she works (every third weekend) either Jay, Kristin’s mom or a trusted friend will be at our home with our children. Jay works about 13 days per month so he is able to be home frequently to care for our family.
School preference: We live near a community with great education opportunities all the way through college level. We plan to send our children to public school with active and fun supplementation at home. We also plan to encourage our children to become bilingual or multilingual which we see as an amazing asset to their future!
Hobbies/Interests: Jay enjoys traveling, fitness, camping, biking, hiking, hunting, cross country skiing, and life-long learning. Kristin enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, biking, gardening, healthy eating for the family, and playing outside with Eli. The three of us love to go on bike rides, camp, travel, hike, snowshoe and boat/jet ski together. We host gatherings at our home for both friends and family. And we enjoy visiting Jay’s and Kristin’s families often.
Pets: Two loving, cuddling, indoor cats.
Additional comments: We are thrilled by the thought of having a new little baby to love, encourage and adore. Raising our child(ren) is our greatest joy and our hearts’ desire! Nothing could make us happier than to welcome a bundle of joy into our arms and our hearts. Grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles and cousins are also eagerly awaiting another child to love!
Dear Birthparent(s)
As we sit and write this letter to you our hearts are filled with so many emotions, and we are sure that yours is(are) as well. Though we are trying hard to understand the weight of the decisions you face, we know that it can never be fully understood by any other person. What we do understand is that you are allowing your love for your child to lead the way through what are probably some of the hardest decisions you will ever face. For this we truly admire you. We know that you are tremendously courageous and we are incredibly thankful for you!
Our family’s story started out with the desire to have a house full of children – four we imagined – with the hope of one or two of them joining our family through adoption. Two years into our marriage we realized that fertility would be a struggle for us and we were faced with the reality that God may have a different plan for our family. So here we are, jumping hearts first into adoption!
It is our greatest desire to raise our children to know and love the Lord with their whole hearts. We will guide their young hearts to learn to be compassionate and loving, to be bold and stand up for what is right and true, to be honest and trustworthy, joyful and confident in who they are. We will also encourage them to be silly, to laugh, dance, and sing at the top of their lungs, to enjoy family vacations, game nights, bike rides, building forts, field trips, camping, and to seek out new adventures. We will be very intentional about developing deep relationships with them based on trust, faith in each other, compassion, and open communication. They will know every day that they are loved, cherished, adored, and celebrated – by the God who created them, by you and by us!
If you choose to give us the honor of being the parents of your precious child, we promise to be open with them from the very beginning about their beautiful story and tell them frequently that we have the treasure of loving them because you loved them first. If you desire to have an open relationship, we would love to experience the journey of adoption together through respect and honesty, and to share our hopes and dreams for the child we will both love!
We pray that you come to a place of peace and contentment in your difficult decisions. And if you decide that you desire to have your child join our family, we would be thrilled to meet you and begin this beautiful journey together! Thank you for your strength of character and your selfless love.
All of our love,
Jay & Kristin
As we sit and write this letter to you our hearts are filled with so many emotions, and we are sure that yours is(are) as well. Though we are trying hard to understand the weight of the decisions you face, we know that it can never be fully understood by any other person. What we do understand is that you are allowing your love for your child to lead the way through what are probably some of the hardest decisions you will ever face. For this we truly admire you. We know that you are tremendously courageous and we are incredibly thankful for you!
Our family’s story started out with the desire to have a house full of children – four we imagined – with the hope of one or two of them joining our family through adoption. Two years into our marriage we realized that fertility would be a struggle for us and we were faced with the reality that God may have a different plan for our family. So here we are, jumping hearts first into adoption!
It is our greatest desire to raise our children to know and love the Lord with their whole hearts. We will guide their young hearts to learn to be compassionate and loving, to be bold and stand up for what is right and true, to be honest and trustworthy, joyful and confident in who they are. We will also encourage them to be silly, to laugh, dance, and sing at the top of their lungs, to enjoy family vacations, game nights, bike rides, building forts, field trips, camping, and to seek out new adventures. We will be very intentional about developing deep relationships with them based on trust, faith in each other, compassion, and open communication. They will know every day that they are loved, cherished, adored, and celebrated – by the God who created them, by you and by us!
If you choose to give us the honor of being the parents of your precious child, we promise to be open with them from the very beginning about their beautiful story and tell them frequently that we have the treasure of loving them because you loved them first. If you desire to have an open relationship, we would love to experience the journey of adoption together through respect and honesty, and to share our hopes and dreams for the child we will both love!
We pray that you come to a place of peace and contentment in your difficult decisions. And if you decide that you desire to have your child join our family, we would be thrilled to meet you and begin this beautiful journey together! Thank you for your strength of character and your selfless love.
All of our love,
Jay & Kristin
