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| Sunny Ridge Family Center is licensed as a child welfare agency by the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (#019976), and by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Family and Children, as a child placing agency. |
Dear Birthparent(s):
Our own path to adoption has been emotional, but we feel that God has led us here. We find ourselves on a similar journey, sharing one common goal: to provide a healthy and loving environment to a child we will all love. We are comfortable with an open adoption and realize the many benefits of maintaining a relationship with you, if you desire the same. We know we cannot make this decision any less difficult for you, but we hope that by sharing our story, we can help you find the answers you are searching for. We hope our profile can help you envision the kind of home we dream of providing a child and understand our longing to bring a child into our lives to share in our love. Thank you for considering us. Our Relationship Three years later, Rob planned a romantic evening in Chicago and proposed to Kellie during a performance of Blue Man Group. It was amazing. In August of 2000, we were married. It was a wonderful day celebrating with our family and friends. During the first few years of our marriage, we were able to travel, purchase a home, and grow in our careers. We also established a loving and committed marriage ideal for raising a family. So in 2004, it was no surprise when we got bit by the baby bug. We began trying to conceive but had some complications. With the help of technology, we under went fertility treatments; and, after a few unsuccessful attempts, we realized that there was more than one way to have the family we desired. So, we chose adoption. We are so excited about becoming parents and long for a child to love and raise. All about Kellie While her parents divorced when she was only eight, they both played an active role in raising her. Their mutual respect for one another as parents and openly expressed love for their children helped to shape Kellie into the woman she is today and the type of mother she hopes to be one day in the future. Education has always been a passion in Kellie's life. She has worked hard toward various degrees and applies them daily in her profession as a Marketing Manager at a non-profit organization. Ultimately, she would love to stay home and take care of her children. Being an energetic person, Kellie finds herself involved in many activities. She likes to play sports and her favorites include volleyball, snowboarding, and just plain working out. She loves to read and participates in a monthly book club, and regularly volunteers her skills with church projects. Additionally, Kellie is an avid scrapbooker and is rarely found without a camera on hand. She has become the family photographer and likes being the historian. Her enjoyment with scrapbooking has created a new love for photography, and she can't wait to begin snapping pictures of her children. All about Rob Growing up, Rob lived with his four younger sisters and a single mom. Being raised in that environment, sharing one bathroom with five women, has made him a very patient person. He is close to his family, and his role as big brother makes him a good resource for advice. Rob was an average student and very active outside school with sports, friends, and work. After high school, Rob moved out and went to college to find that school just wasn't for him. He moved in with his father and got a job at the local amusement park, where he would meet his future bride. Today, Rob is a sales rep for a Fire Protection company. He has worked his way up in the company over the past nine years and finds his job rewarding. In his spare time, Rob collects comic books that probably will put his children through college as they become more valuable. He dreams of one day owning a Harley. And, when he’s not participating in sports, he can be found playing video games or just watching sports on television. Rob is a very social person with a laid back demeanor; he makes friends everywhere he goes. His light heart and sense of humor can brighten up any room. He is a joker at heart but compassionate to other people’s feelings. He will be an amazing father one day. Our Home Family a Foundation to Build on Our extended families are large too; we have a total of 18 aunts and uncles with all of them having children. We have so many cousins; it’s hard to keep track of them all. With the majority of our immediate family living only a few miles from us, we see them regularly. We always have a good time during the holidays and at birthdays, and just about any time we get together. Our families are the foundation for the family we hope to build one day in the future. Like most families, traditions are a part of our lives in many ways. We have some that our individual families have passed on to us and some we have developed as a couple. We look forward to the traditions we will develop with our children as a family.
Living Life…Loving Life! Friends Almost all of our friends are married, with the majority already having children. They can’t wait for us to become parents, and constantly talk about how fun it will be to have play dates with our kids. We truly enjoy the time spent watching our friends interact with their children; and, we can only imagine how wonderful it will be for us when we get to experience parenthood for ourselves. Travel
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Sports We are both open to trying new things when it comes to sports, which is what makes our relationship a lot of fun. Rob’s list of favorite sports includes softball, paint ball, martial arts, golf, and snowboarding. Kellie’s favorites consist of volleyball, snowboarding, exercising, biking, and bowling. Future Hopes Growing up in divorced homes, we saw the challenges our single parents faced, and we hope that we can learn from them in our family. On the flip side, we also saw the dedication and selflessness of our parents that we also want to imitate. Either way, we know that there will be times when things are rough and times when it feels like life couldn’t get much better. As first time parents, it’s difficult to have expectations about parenting because it is a road we have never traveled; we believe that it’s going to be a great journey. If you would like more information please contact Sunny Ridge Family Center. Rob & Kellie
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We know that making the decision to place your child for adoption is difficult as well as one that takes great courage. We cannot even imagine the pain, sorrow, and confusion you must be feeling. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you. At the same time, we realize what an amazing person you must be to even consider such a selfless act of love. We truly believe that everything happens for a reason, even though we sometimes don't understand what that is right away. 
We met in 1996 at an arcade / mini-golf center where we both worked during the summer, but we didn’t start dating until a year later. After a few weeks of dating, we realized that there was something special about the other one; and, we were inseparable. 
Rob is the only boy out of six siblings. Rob’s parents divorced when he was nine, making him the man of the house at an early age. 
A few months after we married, we began house hunting. We fell in love with this two-story house in a new residential area. We have turned this house into a home by painting the walls, finishing the basement, and adding a larger deck to make our backyard more enjoyable. The neighborhood is very family friendly, with nice sidewalks for bike riding, or stroller pushing, and a park that has swings and a teeter-totter for the children to play. It will be a great place to raise our family.
Rob and Kellie both love to travel. With our traveling experiences combined, we have been to seven different countries and visited 24 states in the U.S. One of our goals when we got married was to visit a different state each year for our anniversary, so on our 50th anniversary, we will have visited all 50 states. We’ve managed to go to Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Nevada, and Tennessee. We hope we can continue this tradition as well as plan an annual family trip some place fun with our children as they become old enough to travel. 
We have participated on teams for cancer research events and helped with remodeling the local homeless shelter among other things. We are excited about raising our children within this church family as it is an important part of our lives.
provide a stable home filled with love and encouragement with endless opportunities. Everyone always says this, but we really do want to be able to provide the things to our children that our parents couldn’t provide for us.