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ONTARIO ADOPTION PROFILE - SARA, ADAM AND COOPER

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CONTACTS:

We look forward to hearing from you. You are welcome to contact us any time:
Email: saraadamadoption@gmail.com
Feel free to call Sara collect at:
Tel: (416)727-5061

You can also contact our social worker, Andrea Abrahams:
Email: andrea@adoptionpractitioner.com

Hi!

We’re Adam, Sara and Cooper. We understand that you are going through an emotionally difficult time and thank you for choosing to read our profile. We hope that it allows you to imagine what our everyday life is like, filled with close family and friends, laughter and lots of love. We are a family built on strong values: hard work, honesty and respect.

We recognize that you may be hesitant to choose a couple who has already been blessed with a child. Please let us assure you that we want another child as desperately as we wanted our first. You can also chose us knowing that we’ve experienced sleepless nights, spit-up and temper tantrums, and can’t wait to do it all again. We are two loving parents and the best big brother that ever will be!

The History of Adam and Sara: From Friends to Hitched

We first met in 1994 while studying at McGill University and quickly became good friends. Sara had a huge crush on Adam but he had a girlfriend, so she had to settle for just friends…for then!

We lost touch for a few years and ran into each other when we were both living in Toronto. On our first date, we just clicked and talked into the wee hours of the morning. Sara knew something special was happening when Adam called the next day to tell her he had the best time on their date and couldn’t wait to see her again.

We have been married for five wonderful years and are still very much in love. We go on romantic date nights whenever we can. Even when we can’t get out, we have a great time together, hanging on the couch talking and watching TV (usually some “reality” show).

The Big Dream: A Family

We both come from large families and couldn’t wait to start our own. Unfortunately, making babies doesn’t come easy to us (to say the least) and we had a struggle with infertility. Miraculously, in January 2008 we were blessed: Cooper was born. We tried to conceive a second child but suffered a number of miscarriages and that led us down this road to adoption.

We are both close in age to our siblings and have always envisioned our children close in age. We have memories of fun times with our brothers and sisters - building forts, watching Saturday morning cartoons and making our parents breakfast in bed - and want the same for our children.

Our Family: Who We Are and What We Do for Fun

We are a family of three, plus Maggie, an 18 pound shaggy dark brown cock-a-poo who loves to play ball. We are both successful lawyers and are proud of our professional accomplishments and financial security, but family comes first in our home.

We worked hard before starting our family and we now have the freedom to take time off for family. We both took time off from work when Cooper was born and it was amazing to be able to spend so much time together with him as a young infant. We spent hours gazing at him, ooo’ing and ahhh’ing over every face twitch and gas-bubble- smile. We can’t wait to have that time again with our second child.

Now, we take advantage of our freedom at work to make surprise visits to Cooper at the park or at one of his programs. The look on his face when he sees us there is priceless!

The weekends are our favourite times. We wake up early and snuggle in bed (we can’t wait to fill up our king-sized bed with more kids!). We are outdoors as much as possible, biking, playing in the backyard or walking to the park. When the weather doesn’t let us get outside, we have fun in the house watching football, playing with Cooper’s toys, books and puzzles, cooking and laughing. We also enjoy lots of travel as a family.

Once or twice a month we get together with Sara’s family and it’s great to watch all the kids run around. We spend a lot of time with our extended families. One benefit of being close in age to our siblings is that we’re all having children at the same time – lots of cousins!

Sara has three younger brothers who are all close in age. Cooper already has two cousins from this side of the family: Ethan, who is two and the new baby, Matty. Cooper and Ethan spend a lot of time together. They go to a music class together on Friday mornings and often meet up to play on the weekends. They love to play hide and seek: they roll themselves up in the curtains at Sara’s parents’ house to “hide” and whenever they “find” each other they both giggle like mad!

Adam is a triplet – his sisters, Lori and Jill are four and nine minutes older than him. Jill, her husband, Jay and their daughter, Emma live close by and we see them a lot. One of Cooper’s first words was “Emma”! Lori and her husband, Craig have a son, Jack, who is only six weeks older than Cooper. They live in L.A. - we see them whenever we can (two or three times a year) but it’s never enough.

This summer, we rented a condo in the Laurentian mountains with Adam’s parents, sisters and their families. Cooper and his cousins had a blast playing in the pool and on the beach, and chasing each other around. It was so much fun that we have decided to make it an annual event.

Every member of both of our extended families loves kids and can’t wait for the family to grow. There is no question that everyone is excited about the addition of another baby through adoption.

The Mom: Sara (According to Adam)

When someone asks me what I love about Sara, I say, “everything”: she is supportive, honest, caring and loving. Sara loves to laugh and make us laugh.

Sara has always loved children, and when she became a mom everything fell into place. She adores Cooper and spends a lot of time with him: they go to the park, play in the backyard and have spontaneous dance parties. Sara loves to spend time in the kitchen and Cooper plays at her feet. He loves to watch himself do the ‘moonwalk’ in the reflection in the stove. Cooper adores his mommy and smiles from ear to ear whenever she walks into the room.

Sara is an excellent mother. She listens to Cooper and disciplines fairly, with lots of discussion followed by hugs and kisses. Sara has strong values: the importance of family, hard work and giving everyone a fair shot.

Sara’s favourite thing is spending time with Cooper, Maggie and I but when she gets some time to herself she loves to go to a yoga class or biking, flip through a magazine (usually US Weekly or Today’s Parent) or watch a cheesy “chick flick”.

The Dad: Adam (According to Sara)

Adam is a great dad and husband and he treats us as though we’re the most special people in the world. Adam never hesitates to hug and kiss us and everyday he tells us how much he loves us.

Adam has always loved kids. As a teenager, he spent his summers at camp teaching them to water-ski. Adam would get into the water with the younger ones and would hold them steady until the boat pulled them up. His most gratifying moments were seeing the looks on the kids’ faces when they got up on skis for the first time.

As a dad, Adam is selfless. Cooper comes first each and every time. When Cooper was a baby Adam spent many sleepless nights walking with him around the house, even after he had returned to work and had to wake up at 6 a.m.

Sara’s favourite quality about Adam is that he is fun and whacky – he makes us laugh (hard!) every day. Adam will do anything to make Cooper laugh, regardless of how silly it makes him look. One of their current favourite games is the “Grocery Cart Derby”: Adam pushes the grocery cart, with Cooper strapped in, as fast as he can and then jumps on so he and Cooper fly down the aisles while Cooper screams “weeee” at the top of his lungs! Adam will also spend hours throwing Cooper up in the air to make him laugh, even though it hurts Adam’s back and leaves him exhausted.

Despite being a fun dad, Adam is no softie. Adam is committed to teaching Cooper right from wrong through fair discipline. He is extremely patient, whether he’s explaining to Cooper why he can’t play with a golf club in the house or teaching him how to throw a baseball.

When Adam isn’t being super-dad or super-husband, he likes to play poker, golf, ride his bike, hang out with his friends and listen to music.

The Big Brother: Cooper

Cooper is a sweet, funny, smart and very social little boy - he loves to be with other kids! He is very interested in music so we enroll him in as many music programs as we can. He is obsessed (yes, obsessed) with the guitar and anytime he is around someone playing a guitar he stands as close as possible and fiercely watches their fingers. We have bought him a guitar of his own. Ok, ok we’ll admit it – we’ve bought him five or six because they keep breaking and we know how much he loves them!! His guitar is the first thing he picks up in the morning and the last thing he puts down at night.

In addition to music programs, Cooper goes to arts and crafts classes, play-time sessions and takes swimming lessons. Adam gets in the water with Cooper and Sara takes a million pictures of them floating and blowing bubbles.

Most of Cooper’s programs are in the mornings, so every afternoon after his nap he hits the neighbourhood park to play with his friends. He loves the swings, sandbox and slide.

Cooper is excited to be a big brother. Cooper loves babies – “baby” was one of his first words and he points babies out wherever we go, even if the ‘babies’ are older than he is! He loves to hold his stuffed bear like a baby and feed it milk from his sippy cup and one morning while we were all snuggling in bed, he pulled the pacifier out of his mouth and tried to feed it to his “baby”, Maggie!

We imagine Cooper building sandcastles on the beach, running through the sprinkler in our backyard, and swinging at the park with his brother or sister. If you choose us, your child will have a thousand great memories with an amazing older brother.

Let’s Not Forget Maggie: The Four-Legged Sweetie

Maggie is the sweetest dog. We’ve had her since she was a puppy. When we chose her, she was far from the best looking dog, her hair was shaved and she was very skinny, but she was sweet as can be and we instantly knew she was the dog for us. She has always been perfect and has grown into one of the cutest dogs you’ve ever seen!

Maggie has loved Cooper since the minute he came home from the hospital. She is great with kids and is a favourite at our neighbourhood park.

The Family Home and our Neighbours

We live in a great neighbourhood in midtown Toronto filled with quiet, tree-lined streets. There are many young families and we are within walking distance of parks, great schools, and tons of playdates.

Cooper gets together with his friends in the neighbourhood several times a week to play, have lunch at each other’s houses and run around the park.

What “Parenting” Means to Us

We recognize that our job as parents is the most important job we will ever have. Our children will always be our number one priority.

We are dedicated to helping our children be all they can be. We both strongly believe in the importance of hard work and education and that involvement in sports and other activities builds confidence in children. We are fortunate that we have the financial means to allow our children to attend great schools and participate in any extra-curricular activities that they show interest in.

Above and beyond everything else, we are committed to loving our children and showing them that they are loved. We are also determined to provide them with the tools they need to grow into happy, successful adults. And of course, we’ll have lots of fun along the way!!

Our Views on Adoption

We have a wonderful family and would love to share that with another baby. Since becoming parents to Cooper, we have learned that our love for and attachment to our child is not based on genetics. We don’t love Cooper because he is our biological child – we love him because he is our child and we will feel the same about any child that becomes our child. All of our children whether adopted or biological, will be equally supported, unconditionally loved, and respected.

We are happy to talk about the level of openness that you want: we want your child to know where he or she came from. Your child will always know that your decision to make an adoption plan was made with love. We will be supportive of any relationship you or your family wants to have with your baby.

We recognize that this is a very difficult decision for you. We can’t thank you enough for taking the time to read our profile and hope that it provided you with insight into our family. We have a lot of love to share and a lot to offer another child. We would love for your child to be a part of our family.

We would be grateful for the opportunity to meet you.

Best Wishes,
Sara, Adam & Cooper