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Luis and Jody
Oregon

Basic Info

Luis

Age: 46
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic
Religion: Jewish

Jody

Age: 47
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Jewish

Child Preferences

Age: Infant to 12 years old
Sex: Either
Max Number of Children: 2
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian, African American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Mixed

Special Needs the Family is Open To: Mild Physical/Medical Disability, Animal Allergies, Asthma, Drug Allergies, Environmental Allergies, Food Allergies, Physically Aggressive to Other Children, Defiant, Difficulty in Attaching, Difficulty Making Friends, Encopresis, Lying, Manipulative, Poor Social Skills, Self-Abuse, Stealing, Suicidal Attempts, Tantrums-Severe, Wets the Bed, Born with HIV issues or HIV Positive, Drug Addicted at Birth, Failure to Thrive, Fetal Alcohol Effected, Low Birth Weight or Premature, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physically Disabled-Mild, Speech Delays - Mild, Anorexia/Bulimia, Hoarding, Overeating, Pica, Academically behind due to poor attendance, Cognitive Delay - Mild, Has Behavior Problems in School, Mild Learning Disabilities, Speech or Language Impairment, Suspension(s), One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Depression, One/Both Parents Have Alcohol Addiction, One/Both Parents Have Drug Addiction, One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Bipolar, Exposed to Domestic Violence, One/Both Parents Have Had a Mental Diagnosis, Multiple Placements, Residential Treatment History, Parents Willing to Seek Guardianship, ADHD, Arthritis, Cancer, Diabetes, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Traits, Conduct Disorder, Depression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Requires Medication For Psychiatric Condition/Mental Health Diagnosis, Requires Counseling/Therapy, Runaway - Occasionally, Runaway - Past, Willing to Maintain Contact via Mail with Bio Family, Willing to Maintain Contact with Past Foster Parents, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Grandparents & Other Relatives, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Siblings, Child Identifies as LGBT, History of Sexually Acting Out, Sexually Abused in the Past, Alcohol Use, Marijuana, Smokes Cigarettes

Environment

State: Oregon
Neighborhood: City/Urban
Residency:
Years Together: 13
Children in the Home: 0
Pet(s): Dog(s), other

Work

Luis

Occupation: Respiratory Therapist Realtor

Jody

Occupation: Pediatric ICU/ PCICU Respiratory Therapist/RT 2

Adoption Agency

Agency: A Family For Every Child
Worker: Megan Anderson
Worker: megan@afamilyforeverychild.org
City: Eugene
State: Oregon
Zip: 97402

Family Description

We are looking to grow our family. There are no other children in our home. We have an 11 year old golden retriever, horse at a barn, and family in the area with cows whom love the outdoors, nature, and animals. Our family is Latino/White, and our background is pediatric healthcare and past business owners on the Oregon Coast. Our home is in a college town, Eugene, Oregon close to the University of Oregon, an hour from the Coast, and a two hour drive to the mountains(Bend, Oregon), or to the city of Portland, Oregon. Luis & I look forward to being open, adaptable and sharing our lives with our future child.

Preference Description

We are looking to adopt a boy or girl, sibling group of 2, infant-12yrs of any ethnic background. We are willing to accept minor or medically correctable conditions, PTSD, attachment, learning, or developmental delays with no serious permanent disability.

The Lopez Family Profile

Our family is best suited for infant-12 years old, we have lived in a Spanish speaking only multigenerational family and are open to Spanish speaking, ethnically diverse backgrounds and cultures. We are also open to children from other ethnic backgrounds, cultures and religions. We will support and encourage previous connections and relationships that are positive and provide our child or children with support. We have no other children so we are able to adopt a sibling group of two in our three bedroom home and give them our undivided attention in our family.

Introduction

Breakfast, Lunch(Luis usually makes chili, tacos, quesadilla's), Dinner(we eat out several times/week) Daily Activities-Walking our dog to the local park, Feeding our horse, weightlifting(Luis), yoga(Jody) work from home, time spent with friends/family. We like to hike and have adventures on the weekends to the Oregon Coast, U of O Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Soccer games.

We celebrate Dia De Los Muertos, Hanukkah, Christmas, Passover and Easter. Weekends are planned for an adventure we try to have once a week. This includes trying new events like a rodeo, sporting event, music, or new restaurant.

Home and Community

We have a three bedroom home 1 bath, Jefferson Westside Neighborhood Eugene, Oregon. The closest park is Monroe Park and it's a short walk or drive to downtown Eugene for farmer's markets, University of Oregon, bike trails, and several hiking trails. There is soccer leagues, dance schools, Eugene Waldorf school, Eugene Christian school, Far Horizons Montessori, O'Hara Catholic elementary school in our area as education options. The local public school is Cesar E Chavez Elementary school a couple blocks from our home.

Parenting Experience

Jody was in a long term relationship during Respiratory College with a man who had previously had three children whom her fiance had physical custody and this was when she decided one day she wanted to be a Mom when the relationship ended. She has been working at Children ???? ???? ???? s Hospital since 2001.

Luis has never had any children even though we have always wanted to start a family. He has worked at Children's Hospital since 2005 and is regarded as one of the favorite Uncle's to his siblings nephews and extended family.

We have training in trauma informed parenting, mandated child abuse reporters/training in our careers, foundations training, multiple audible and books "the boy who was raised as a dog" "the connected child" to name a few that has resonated with our family.

Support

Family, Doralinda Diaz(Luis's Mom), local family in the Eugene area, April Bardy(Respit Care/Date nights, Adult support groups for adoptive family, ongoing training/education with our jobs, local friends whom have adopted children from foster care, counseling through live well/work well

Motivation to Adopt

We won't give up not on ourselves, our family or on any member of our family. We are dedicated to finding solutions, adapting, education, working as a team, having patience and sharing our lives and resources to help, teach and nurture any child/children that joins our family.