Thank you for taking the time to check out our blog and thank you for your courage in making the decision to give your baby up for adoption. We know that if you are reading this that you are being faced with an extremely important choice for you and for the baby, and we hope that as you read this, you will get a better sense of who we are and what life would be like for your child in our home.
Cameron and I have been married almost for five years (our anniversary is in November). We met while attending Southern Utah University, where we were in a concert choir and a show choir together at the LDS institute of religion. From the moment we met each other, we were very close friends and enjoyed each other's company. We started dating nine months after we met, and were married six months later. It has been such an amazing experience to be married to my best friend, and we have felt very fortunate to be able to have the opportunity to love each other.
We are both very family-oriented. Cameron has two brothers, and they are very close to each other. We also live very close to most of Cameron's Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Grandparents and get to spend time with them regularly. We have a unique perspective on the subject of adoption as Cameron himself was adopted. Cameron's parents, like us, were unable to have children. Five years after they were married, they were able to adopt his older brother. Two years later, Cameron came into their home, and one year later, they were able to have Cameron's younger brother. Cam always tells me how lucky he feels that his birthmom was willing to give him to such a loving family where he would be taken care of and loved unconditionally.
Cameron is originally from Rockford, IL. His family moved to Cedar City Utah when he was 12. His father is a professor at Southern Utah University, and his mom is a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at a high school in Iron County.
I come a family of five children. I have three sisters and one brother, and we are all very close as well. I also have a very large extended family. I have 30 first cousins and 65+ second cousins. We all very close and supportive of each other. I was born and raised in Blanding, Utah. My parents own the local newspaper, and we were all taught how important it is to have a good work ethic.
I am currently working at Photo Works Portrait Studio in the University Mall, I have been working there for almost a year. Prior to that,I worked as the manager of a Kiddie Kandids in Utah, and I loved every minute of my job. There was no better feeling than helping mothers create lasting memories of their children. Before I started at Kiddie Kandids I worked for Juvenile Justice Services for the State of Utah and I worked there for 6 years. I am currently starting my own photography business--"Joslin's Photography"--and hope to be able to be a stay at home mom and do photography out of my home.
Cameron graduated from Utah College of Massage Therapy in August 2010 and has been working with a chiropractor in Utah County. He also works at a movie theater in Provo. He will be going back to school with in the next year to get his Physical Therapist Assistant certification.
We both enjoy singing and take every opportunity we get to sing. We also love movies! Our favorite pastime is popping some popcorn and watching a movie at home together. We also enjoy being outdoors: four-wheeling, BBQing and going camping (more cameron than me, but I likewise enjoy camping sometimes). Cameron is a fantastic swimmer. He swam on the swim team in high school and played water polo. He loves to teach swimming and is looking forward to teaching our children how to swim. I did a little of everything in high school, but I love to perform. I was an active member of the drama club and pop choir. I also play the guitar and write my own music and some day I will pass that on to our children.
I can not imagine how hard this decision is for you, and I admire your strength. I know that this choice will be difficult for you, but I can tell you that there is not a couple that would love and appreciate your baby more than Cameron and I would. We have been praying for you, and hope that you will choose us to have your child. Even if you do not choose us, I just want to thank you for having the courage to give a loving couple the gift that they can not give each other. Thank you for reading and just know that we are praying for you.
"She gives more that just one life, when she made of this man and wife a mother and a father, when she gave the gift we could not give each other." --"The Gift We Could Not Give Each Other" by Michael Mcclean.
