When I first met my child…

When I first met Matteo, he was 18 months old. I remember driving to the dhhr office, scared to death, not knowing what I was getting myself into. He had blonde hair that hung in his eyes and he could barely talk but immediately called me “ma”. I fell in love with this blue eyed baby boy at first sight. Matteo was a momma’s boy and before he started school, I was lucky to have a job that I could bring him to work with me. That all seems so long ago, he is 15 years old now and my little boy has turned into a handsome young man that I’m so proud to be his mom.

We felt like a family on day one. It was an instant match for us. My daughter fell in love with Matteo and they have always had a close bond.

Matteo was adopted his preschool year; we recently welcomed another little boy into our home last year. His name is Christopher. We are very hopeful to adopt him also. Chris looks up to Matteo in every way and is pretty much his shadow.