David was born in St Louis, MO.  He has a Bachelors in Biology. He lived in Kansas before moving to San Juan, Puerto Rico.  He loves reading and sports and works for the post office in Austin, TX.  Val was born in New York, moved to Puerto Rico when she was six years old and moved to Los Angeles when she graduated college. She has a double Bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems and Marketing.  She was an IT Consultant and Realtor before moving back to Puerto Rico.  She now manages the household and cares for our eight month old son.  She loves home decor, fashion, beauty, and dark chocolate.  

We met at the gym in Puerto Rico in 2010, had a gorgeous wedding on the beach in 2012 and moved to Austin in 2013 which is now home and we are here to stay.  We live in a three bedroom craftsman in a family friendly neighborhood with two parks on our street, one of them right next door, two swimming pools, a lake and schools within walking distance.  We enjoy cooking together and finding new recipes that we always change a bit to give it that extra oomph!  We also enjoy going to church on Sundays, sharing time with our friends and family, experiencing new restaurants and food trucks, music, the arts, laughing, or just watching a movie at home.  

We have been talking about having a family since we met but unfortunately after years of trying and failed fertility treatments Val was not able to get pregnant.  Now we know God wanted us to grow our family through adoption.  We were blessed in August of 2018 to be matched for an adoption and welcomed our son into the world in December.  He is such an amazing baby and God has blessed us so much.  We know he will make a great big brother for a little brother or sister.  

David is a hard worker, sweet, very loving, kind, generous and caring husband with a great sense of humor and is  a great, wonderful father. He will take the time to have a great relationship with them as he does with our son and they will always be loved unconditionally no matter what. Life is full of teachable moments and patience is one of his best attributes so he will be able to teach them things, guide them and help them grow into a thriving adult.  David reads to the baby any chance he gets and is looking forward to a bigger audience, teaching them about sports and music and explaining things with a gentle caring heart. Val loves the baby so much and can’t wait for another one, she has an amazing amount of love to give, and is a mother like her mother was to her, loving, understanding, playful and a parent but will also be a good friend.  She is kind and attentive to detail, a hard worker and will make sure our children will receive a great education and have wonderful friends. She shares her appreciation for creativity and the arts and music with our baby boy and is so looking forward to sharing with another child.  We are both bilingual and we will speak to the baby in English and in Spanish.  We have an exotic, playful and gentle gorgeous little cat and her name is Saber aka Tinkerbell.  We know she will just love a second baby.  

We have lots of family to visit and we just took our son to a family reunion this summer and he met tons of his cousins and had a great experience.  With another child, they will have so many children to play with in the several parks and playgrounds in our neighborhood. Many of our friends have also started their families and also currently expecting so there will be many opportunities for playtime and friends.  Two of our nieces were adopted and we belong to an adoptive families group from church with lots of children.  Recently we have been able to take our little one to art museums in Texas and he loves looking at the art and we tell him all about the items he is looking at and seeing his wonder just melts our heart. He would also love to have another playmate at the neighborhood pool that he has been able to attend this summer.

We know this is difficult and we respect your decision.  Should you choose to place with us, we would like to have a loving, open adoption and stay in touch through updates, photos and visits.

With much love & God bless,

David & Val

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