Gabriela & Alberto Are Hoping to Adopt!

Gabriela & Alberto

Dear Mom, If you are reading this, I can only imagine that you are facing one of the hardest and overwhelming decisions of your life. I am sorry for what you are going through, but hope I can calm any fears you might be having during this difficult time.

My name is Alberto and my wife is Gabriela Mata. We can understand a little of what you were going through. My wife and I are foster to adopt parents.

We have taken many parenting classes and CPR courses. We had no idea how hard foster parenting would be. When we signed up we asked for children that were going to be put up for adoption because we didn’t want to get attached and be heartbroken because we had to return the child.

We were given a two day old baby girl. Gabriela and I fell in love with her. We were led to believe that we would be able to adopt her. My wife and I were over joyed and looking forward to adopting her. We took care of her for 13 months shortly after her first birthday on Easter Sunday, April 2022 our baby girl was removed from our home and placed back with her mother.

Giving her up was the hardest thing we have ever done. It was hard giving up our baby girl so we can only imagine how hard it is for you to give up your baby to complete strangers.

We can relate to what you are feeling right now and if we are chosen we want you to know that the baby will be in great hands. My wife works a regular 8-5 Monday- Friday job. She is working on opening her own office to spend less time in the office and more time at home. I will be a stay at home dad. Our family is excited to welcome a baby into our family. We have enough baby sitters with grandparents, uncles, and aunts ready to spoil a baby.

We know it is hard to make this decision because it is the future of your child, by words on paper, photographs and profiles. But we promise you that we will love, protect and care for your baby for the rest of our lives.

Sincerely, Alberto and Gabriela

About Us Our names are Alberto and Gabriela (Gabby) we met many years ago as we both worked for a police department. After a few years of friendship we started dating and eventually got married. Albert proposed to me one night as we were going for a walk on the beach and we got married a year later.

We honeymooned at the happiest place on earth Disneyland. We are both kids at heart.

As we began our married life, we realized how great we are together. We love to vacation, hike, zip line, fish, cookout, go to the movies and relaxing at home on Sundays.

Gabby is an insurance broker and an Army Veteran. She loves her job because she is a people person. She loves talking to people and helping them find insurance products that fits their needs.

Alberto is an Army Veteran and a retired Police SGT. After he served this country as a Military Police Officer. He became a Police officer and his job was to protect and serve the wonderful citizens of the city.

At one point he was also a K9 handler and trainer for the K9 unit. After a training accident (Albert broke his hand) with a K9 he transferred to the narcotics unit. In narcotics he worked undercover for his department and later was assigned to a multiagency local state and federal Taskforce where he continued his under cover assignment. After narcotics he was promoted to SGT and assigned to an investigations unit.

About Alberto Alberto is my rock and my best friend.

He makes me a better person. I could not ask for a better life partner. He’s intelligent, respectful, compassionate, loving, unselfish and the protector of our family. He is a very serious person but has a very playful side of him that people do not normally see unless he has gotten close to them.

Kids and animals are drawn to him.

My nephews love to play, run around and joke with him. When I see Albert with kids I know he’s going to be an amazing father.

I am so thankful that he is the way he is because that makes us a strong couple.

Occupation: Retired Police SGT Favorite Hobby: Reading Favorite Holiday: Christmas Favorite TV Show: Big Bang Theory / FBI Favorite School Subject: PreLaw Favorite Vacation Spot: Disney/Germany Religion: Catholic Sports: Football and Golf Favorite Movie: John Wick

About Gabriela Gabriela is a great woman and life partner and the reason I know that is because kids gravitate to her. She is easy to talk to, friendly, kind, loving, smart, a positive person, caring, nurturing and has a great heart. She wears her heart on her sleeve and puts others needs before her own. Gabby is the person everyone comes to for advice.

When we had our little girl, Gabby would spend every moment she could with her. Gabby would come up with fun ways for her to enjoy physical therapy. She would sing to her, read books with her and play with her for hours. Gabby taught her how to to say her age before she turned one.

People that have had the pleasure of meeting her and spending time with her around children would agree with me that she will be a great mother.

Occupation: Insurance Broker Favorite Hobby: Reading Favorite Holiday: Christmas Favorite TV Show: Big Bang Theory / FBI Favorite School Subject: Math Favorite Vacation Spot: Disney / Bora Bora Religion: Catholic Sports: Football and Basketball Favorite Movie: Grinch

Our Family We have a somewhat large family.

We get together for every Holiday, birthday or special occasion. We have family in Germany and Mexico that we love to visit. We love to decorate our home every year for the Holidays. We decorate for Christmas every year earlier and earlier because it’s our favorite Holiday. We take a mini vacation between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We love to go to Disneyland to see the Christmas light.

Our parents are very excited to become grandparents. They joke and say that as soon as the babies come we (Alberto and I ) will no longer receive Christmas gifts because all the gifts will be for the baby. They are very excited to babysit and spoil a grand baby.

Lesure We also love to travel. Albert loves going to theme parks, football and basket ball games. I (Gabriela) just love to go shopping in other places. Sometimes we just like to go fishing.

Work I (Gabriela) am an Insurance Broker I love the freedom and flexibility of my job. Another aspect of my job is feeling I gets when I help people get coverage and protect their future health and financial security. I have the opportunity to build a career while making a positive contribution to the lives of those I serve. Alberto is going to be a stay at home dad. However when he was working he loved to protect and serve the community. Making a difference in every person he came in contact with.

Our Home We moved into our home in 2019. We love a big yard so we purchased a home on 2 1/2 acres. We have a beautiful back yard where we have Easter egg hunts, family BBQ’s, birthday parties and just sit and enjoy the views. We participate in several parades that we have had in our neighborhood. We decorate our golf cart for different holiday themes. We have a view of the lake and in some days you can feel the cool lake breeze. We have a beautiful park with basketball courts, tennis courts, BBQ areas and a jungle gym. However we can not wait to have our own jungle gym in our back yard.. We have plenty of room for baseball games and a swing set. Our neighborhood is very diverse area with lots of military, law enforcement and teachers.

Our Pet We adopted Lilly when she was a featherless baby parrot. Lilly has a big personality. She is loud and always gets her way. When she is outside enjoying the beautiful sunny days the neighbors come over to visit her. She loves McDonald fries and chips. Lilly is 9 years old.

Thank you for looking at our profile. If you would like to know more about us, please contact Everlasting Adoptions 630-364-8361. Thanks!