Letter
Dear Birth Parent
We want you to know that we care about you, regardless of the outcome of this process. Our decision to adopt has been part of a lifelong dream.
We have built a home where we can be our full selves without feeling judged, and we can't wait to welcome a child into this tiny loving family.
First of all, we want to say thank you. We know that deciding to place a child for adoption must be very difficult, and we have so much respect for you. We know that you're giving so much of yourself, mentally, physically, and emotionally. We have been thinking a lot about you in this journey. We want you to know that we care about you, regardless of the outcome of this process.
Our decision to adopt has been part of a lifelong dream. We were both raised in families that were built by adoption (Jamison has two adopted sisters and both of us have adopted cousins). When it is our turn to become parents, we feel so lucky that any child we bring into our family will grow up having other adopted role models to love, embrace, and guide them.
We're proud to have a home that's full of joy. Our days are filled with laughter and so many hugs. We have built a home where we can be our full selves without feeling judged, and we can't wait to welcome a child into this tiny loving family. We want our child to feel embraced for the weird, wonderful, unique person they are.
If you decide to make an adoption plan, we want you to know that we will honor and celebrate the role that you play in our child's life and the bond that you share. We look forward to welcoming you into our lives in whatever ways you choose to be involved.
We know that there are so many uncertainties about the path ahead, so let us start with what we can guarantee: We promise to do everything we can to make sure your child thrives in a home full of laughter, joy, and acceptance. We promise to celebrate your child's roots and strives to help them build deep connections to their family and their past. Most of all, we promise to love them, fully and unconditionally, every day of their lives.
With Gratitude,
Jamison and Alex
Our decision to adopt has been part of a lifelong dream. We were both raised in families that were built by adoption (Jamison has two adopted sisters and both of us have adopted cousins). When it is our turn to become parents, we feel so lucky that any child we bring into our family will grow up having other adopted role models to love, embrace, and guide them.
We're proud to have a home that's full of joy. Our days are filled with laughter and so many hugs. We have built a home where we can be our full selves without feeling judged, and we can't wait to welcome a child into this tiny loving family. We want our child to feel embraced for the weird, wonderful, unique person they are.
If you decide to make an adoption plan, we want you to know that we will honor and celebrate the role that you play in our child's life and the bond that you share. We look forward to welcoming you into our lives in whatever ways you choose to be involved.
We know that there are so many uncertainties about the path ahead, so let us start with what we can guarantee: We promise to do everything we can to make sure your child thrives in a home full of laughter, joy, and acceptance. We promise to celebrate your child's roots and strives to help them build deep connections to their family and their past. Most of all, we promise to love them, fully and unconditionally, every day of their lives.
With Gratitude,
Jamison and Alex
All About Jamison
I love using art to connect with my friends and family.
I believe in building community, because everyone deserves support.
I am friendly, playful, and outgoing. I love to help my family and friends. I believe in building community, because everyone deserves support.
I love to make things! I enjoy knitting, woodworking, and pottery the most, but I almost never turn down an opportunity to create something. I am never without an art project, even if it's just some drawing pencils I throw in my bag.
Most of all, I love using art to connect with my friends and family. I like to have "art parties" where we can all get together and create. My favorite art parties are with my nieces and nephews, where we get to use our imaginations to make very big messes!
I work as a mental health counselor for families and children. I plan to take a break to raise my child after they arrive, but right now I feel so grateful to have a job that teaches me so much about child development, creating healthy relationships, and having difficult conversations. I know this will help me parent our child through the difficult moments of their life.
Working with children who have been in foster care has also taught me about the important role of biological family in a child's life. It makes me feel grateful for the role that you, as the birth parent, might play in our family. I will always work to help our child feel connected to their roots.
I love to make things! I enjoy knitting, woodworking, and pottery the most, but I almost never turn down an opportunity to create something. I am never without an art project, even if it's just some drawing pencils I throw in my bag.
Most of all, I love using art to connect with my friends and family. I like to have "art parties" where we can all get together and create. My favorite art parties are with my nieces and nephews, where we get to use our imaginations to make very big messes!
I work as a mental health counselor for families and children. I plan to take a break to raise my child after they arrive, but right now I feel so grateful to have a job that teaches me so much about child development, creating healthy relationships, and having difficult conversations. I know this will help me parent our child through the difficult moments of their life.
Working with children who have been in foster care has also taught me about the important role of biological family in a child's life. It makes me feel grateful for the role that you, as the birth parent, might play in our family. I will always work to help our child feel connected to their roots.
All About Alex
I'm in charge of paintings, fun sculptures, and rare books as a collections manager.
My favorite thing to do is go snowboarding. I'm even teaching Jamison!
I work as a collections manager, taking care of a big fine art collection. You know how they don't let you touch anything in a museum? I get to touch ALL OF IT!
I feel lucky that I get to take care of such wonderful, historic and valuable objects. I'm in charge of paintings, fun sculptures, and rare books - it's a lot of responsibility but I've been very successful in my 15-year career.
Sometimes I even get to travel overseas to Europe and other places for work (Jamison sometimes comes with me!)
Fortunately I get to spend most of my time at home! I can't wait to teach a child about art and history and the excitement of the world.
My favorite thing to do is go snowboarding. I'm even teaching Jamison! My mom (grandma!) has a house in the mountains and we visit her a lot. I also love going to museums, exploring nature on hikes, and listening to live music! Mostly I love doing these things with Jamison! She's the best person I've ever met...
I feel lucky that I get to take care of such wonderful, historic and valuable objects. I'm in charge of paintings, fun sculptures, and rare books - it's a lot of responsibility but I've been very successful in my 15-year career.
Sometimes I even get to travel overseas to Europe and other places for work (Jamison sometimes comes with me!)
Fortunately I get to spend most of my time at home! I can't wait to teach a child about art and history and the excitement of the world.
My favorite thing to do is go snowboarding. I'm even teaching Jamison! My mom (grandma!) has a house in the mountains and we visit her a lot. I also love going to museums, exploring nature on hikes, and listening to live music! Mostly I love doing these things with Jamison! She's the best person I've ever met...
Our Life
We love cooking together for ourselves and our friends. Some of our favorite memories are chaos cooking in the kitchen with a big group of friends, where everyone is pitching in.
We love holidays. We go WAY over the top with decorations, costumes, and traditions.
Travel
We love to travel! We both grew up traveling with our families and are grateful for the way that these experiences shaped our view of the world. Alex has been to all 50 states and over 50 countries (and Jamison is working hard to catch up!).
We've been to the countries where our ancestors lived, as well as trips to our childhood homes. Being able to share these experiences with one another has helped us have a deeper understanding of our families and ourselves. We look forward to one day giving our child these experiences by visiting their ancestral countries, the place where they were born, and important places from their adopted and biological family histories.
Art
We love art! All art. Jamison loves to make it, and Alex loves to protect it.
We're making art to hang on a future child's nursery walls and knitting little toys and blankets for them to cuddle. I hope that one day our child can look at these objects and know that I was thinking about them and loving them, long before they were born.
Holidays and Traditions
We love holidays. We go WAY over the top with decorations, costumes, and traditions. We celebrate for months leading up to the actual day! We completely redecorate our home for major holidays, so it feels like you're walking into a spooky cottage or a gingerbread house. We hand-make some new decorations every year to add to our collection. Even our outfits will fit the theme for weeks leading up to the holiday.
We're very big on family traditions, like the giant chocolate turkey Jamison's family smashes on Thanksgiving or the story Alex reads to our nieces and nephews on Christmas Eve. Other traditions we began on our own, like writing silly poems to give with our advent gifts or the "Summerween" picnic we host to kick off the spooky season.
We can't wait to bring a child into the weird, wonderful, over-the-top way that we celebrate holidays. We want to give them a childhood full of holiday magic!
Snacks
We love cooking together for ourselves and our friends. Some of our favorite memories are chaos cooking in the kitchen with a big group of friends, where everyone is pitching in.
Our approaches to cooking are very different. Jamison rarely uses a recipe or makes the same thing twice. She just loves to experiment and use her imagination. Alex, on the other hand, loves cooking recipes from vintage cookbooks and will practice the same one over and over until he’s an expert at it. His soup recipe is Jamison’s favorite comfort food in the whole world
When we are around our nieces and nephews, we love to bring them into the kitchen and involve them in the process of making their food. We like to pick a theme and find imaginative ways to encourage them to try new foods (because of this, they call broccoli tiny trees and parmesan cheese pasta snowflakes). We can’t wait to bring our own child into the kitchen and help them build a love for food too.
We love to travel! We both grew up traveling with our families and are grateful for the way that these experiences shaped our view of the world. Alex has been to all 50 states and over 50 countries (and Jamison is working hard to catch up!).
We've been to the countries where our ancestors lived, as well as trips to our childhood homes. Being able to share these experiences with one another has helped us have a deeper understanding of our families and ourselves. We look forward to one day giving our child these experiences by visiting their ancestral countries, the place where they were born, and important places from their adopted and biological family histories.
Art
We love art! All art. Jamison loves to make it, and Alex loves to protect it.
We're making art to hang on a future child's nursery walls and knitting little toys and blankets for them to cuddle. I hope that one day our child can look at these objects and know that I was thinking about them and loving them, long before they were born.
Holidays and Traditions
We love holidays. We go WAY over the top with decorations, costumes, and traditions. We celebrate for months leading up to the actual day! We completely redecorate our home for major holidays, so it feels like you're walking into a spooky cottage or a gingerbread house. We hand-make some new decorations every year to add to our collection. Even our outfits will fit the theme for weeks leading up to the holiday.
We're very big on family traditions, like the giant chocolate turkey Jamison's family smashes on Thanksgiving or the story Alex reads to our nieces and nephews on Christmas Eve. Other traditions we began on our own, like writing silly poems to give with our advent gifts or the "Summerween" picnic we host to kick off the spooky season.
We can't wait to bring a child into the weird, wonderful, over-the-top way that we celebrate holidays. We want to give them a childhood full of holiday magic!
Snacks
We love cooking together for ourselves and our friends. Some of our favorite memories are chaos cooking in the kitchen with a big group of friends, where everyone is pitching in.
Our approaches to cooking are very different. Jamison rarely uses a recipe or makes the same thing twice. She just loves to experiment and use her imagination. Alex, on the other hand, loves cooking recipes from vintage cookbooks and will practice the same one over and over until he’s an expert at it. His soup recipe is Jamison’s favorite comfort food in the whole world
When we are around our nieces and nephews, we love to bring them into the kitchen and involve them in the process of making their food. We like to pick a theme and find imaginative ways to encourage them to try new foods (because of this, they call broccoli tiny trees and parmesan cheese pasta snowflakes). We can’t wait to bring our own child into the kitchen and help them build a love for food too.