Phone: 917-765-5875
Email: kellyandericadopt@gmail.com
Hello! We are so happy that you found us... The information here comes from our heart and we hope it conveys the excitement and hopefulness we feel about starting our family. Thank you for taking the time to get to know us and to consider us as potential adoptive parents.
Dear Expectant Parent,
We can only imagine how you are feeling as you sit and read this letter. Eric and I are writing this letter now together feeling the importance of the moment, hopeful and excited about the chance to become parents through adoption. We hope that as you get to know us you'll see a genuine, fun-loving couple with a secure life together. We live in an atmosphere filled with lots of friends, family and love. Eric and I would cherish the opportunity to become parents and to support and love a child as they grow up.
As a quick snapshot of us, we met 9 years ago as co-workers in an architecture firm and were married 4 years later surrounded by a large group of friends and family. We live and work in New York City. I’m an exhibition designer and Eric is an architect. I have a passion for furniture design, but love creative pursuits in general. Eric loves music. He sings and plays a few different instruments and loves writing songs. We both are very passionate, thoughtful, and supportive. We are good listeners and are very open-minded as well. We go through each day creatively and would love a little one to join our team and our life.
Open adoption is important to us. We feel it’s helpful for a child's identity to know their birth family and where they came from. Open for us also means open-minded. Life has lots of unexpected turns and it can be hard to maneuver at times. An open mind, along with support from friends and family, really helps. We understand that open may not be the right choice for you. We will respect your wishes regarding openness and what level of contact our families will share. As Eric and I pursued the traditional way of creating a family (along with some poking and prodding by doctors) our notion of family and how to go about creating one began to evolve. We've met some great people along our journey into the world of adoption; adopted children, birth-families and adoptive parents who helped us re-defined this traditional notion of family in a really beautiful way. We are excited about this.
Sincerely,
Kelly & Eric
About Us
In December of 2005 Eric and I met working together at an architecture firm in New York City. We were assigned to the same project and quickly hit it off as co-workers, friends and soon as a couple. Eric was smart, dependable, kind, and funny. I admired his loyalty and dedication to work. He admired my positive energy, passion and enthusiasm for everything I did. We slowly learned we had a lot in common. We liked the same kind of music and loved going to concerts, we lived in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, and we both loved Vietnamese food (well, food in general!) A little over a year after meeting we went on our first date.
For our first date we had agreed to set aside a Sunday afternoon to hangout, but didn’t plan any further than that. On Sunday morning I was delighted that Eric called first thing in the morning with a plan for the afternoon. He said he would drive by my apartment to pick me up; we’d head to the grocery store, buy food, and head back to my place to cook lunch. I loved the simplicity of his plan; even though we had known each other for a while as co-workers, we never spent quiet time together alone and this seemed like the perfect first date. I was excited, but also a little bit nervous. What would I cook for him? Again, I was pleasantly surprised when Eric took the reins. He suggested making penne ala vodka with chicken and moved through the store confidently gathering all the ingredients. I remember the rest of the afternoon being like that, just relaxed and easy, helping Eric out when he needed something chopped, washed or mixed. We can’t really even remember what we talked about, we just remember being happy in each others company and excited to be taking our relationship to a more intimate level. To this day we love spending time together. Even the simple moments in life, cooking on the weekends, running errand, watching TV, we have fun being around one another. Eric always has a way of lightening the mood and making me laugh. We have a really fun life together, filled with lots of laughter and so much love. We are excited to bring a child into this mix and to share with them all our love, laughter, and joy. + more
Kelly & Eric
Where We Live: New York City
Marital Status: Married
Religion: non-religious
Children: none
Things we like to do together: Bike, camp, go the the beach, cook, go to concerts, check out new restaurants in NYC, hangout with family and friends, watch movies
About Kelly
Where Born: New Jersey
Ethnicity: Greek and Irish
Family Siblings: 2 sisters
Job Position: exhibition designer
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Fine Art
Likes: hiking, biking, drawing, reading, visiting art museums
About Eric
Where Born: Pennsylvania
Ethnicity: Korean and Swedish
Family Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister
Job Position: Architect
Education: Bachelor of Fine Art, Master of Architecture
Likes: surfing, singing/playing guitar, writing music, cooking
Other Website: http://www.kellyandericadopt.com