Your family:
DH:
Marie Abigale Kohen-Rais, 28, stay at home mom/photographer, taking pictures, reading, going to the park, playing with my children
DW:
Caleb Gabriel Rais, 29, middle school english teacher, sports, fishing, reading, music, teaching our children new things
Current children and ages:
Liam David River, 5 (I adopted
Liam as a newborn before I was married)
Ella Sophie Grace, 3
Where do you currently live? How big is the place you live in?
We live in a small town in Illinois. We have a large house 5 bedroom house, which has plenty of space and is only a short walk from the park. It is an new Colonial/Italian style house that is very welcoming and is beautiful during
Christmas time.
Any pets?
Rudy, male cat
Ashby, female dog
Anything else? I adopted
Liam while I was living in Chicago. I was not married, but I felt that I could give him a loving home. When
Liam was a year old I married my Husband.
Caleb loves
Liam and treats him like his own son. After we had been married for a year, I had
Ella.
Regarding your new child:
Prefered gender: either
Age: 0-2
How many children do you want(no more than 3)? 2
Prefered country(or countries) to adopt from: Guatemala
Will you allow the parents to keep in contact with the child after you adopt? preferably not
Would you accept teen mothers? no
Would you accept children with a physical disability? nothing serious
Would you accept children with an emotional disability? nothing serious
Would you accept children with a mental disability? no
Is there anything else you want to add or say? We will probably change at least part of their name (ex.
Liam's name was "
River Blaze" and I changed it to "
Liam David River")
This message was edited 9/29/2007, 7:55 AM