Kaitlin & Joseph

from New Mexico

CONTACT

Kaitlin

Age: 37
Race/Ethnicity: White
Religion: Christian
Denomination: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Joseph

Age: 43
Race/Ethnicity: White
Religion: Christian
Denomination: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Preferences for a child

Age: Newborn to 1 year of age
Gender: Either
Multiple Children: All, Twins, Triplets or more
Race/Ethnicity: All, African American (Full), African American (Half), Caucasian (Full), Caucasian (Half), Hispanic (Full), Hispanic (Half), Asian (Full), Asian (Half), American Indian (Full), American Indian (Half), Pacific Islander (Full), Pacific Islander (Half), Other
Special Needs: Open to discussion, Mild or medically correctable, Smoking exposed, Emotional/mental disorders in family, Emotional/mental disorder in child

Post Adoption Contact / Level of Openness

Open (open to all contact, phone calls, an in person visit before adoption placement, sharing photos and letters after placement, visits at a neutral location after adoption placement etc)
Semi Open (open to an in-person visit before adoption placement, phone, email, sharing pic/letters after placement)
Closed (no contact after placement)

Album: Hakes Family

This is Justin and Dean. They are fun pair to have around. Its a constant stream of throwing balls and wrestling with these two and then plenty of snuggles inbetween:)

Anytime a holiday is coming up the kids will start asking when the decorations are coming out. We love celebrating the holidays and decorating the home to match the season. This is a picture of our Halloween dinner.

Snuggles and Reading

Our measuring wall! Every six months the kids line up and see how much they have grown. Even our dog Gus has a mark on the measuring wall:)

We love wearing matching Christmas jammies. The kids always get a chocolate nativity calendar and a pair Christmas jammies on December 1st.

When the kids turn 12 we take them on a overnighter trip with just mom and dad. This is a picture from Emilys trip. She loves sushi so she asked to eat at a sushi restaurant. We also went to an animal shelter because she wants to be a vet someday.

This is Nathan, he just got his permit so I took him out to lunch to celebrate. This kid is good through and through. He loves mountain biking and playing tennis.

Julia is our second mom! She loves making cookies and trying out new hair dos and is very good at doing different braids. She enjoys running track and playing the violin. She is a gem!!

We love traveling and try to do one big trip each year with the whole family. This last year we went to New York and this summer we spent a week in Hawaii.

Hiking is one of our favorite activities to do as a family. Although if we do to many the kids will say, "Dad I wish we could turn off the part of your brain that likes going on hikes." Haha!

Joe became a medical doctor when we was going to college but before that he worked in construction, landscaping and house building. He still loves getting his hands dirty and has done lots of cool things in our backyard including a zipline!