Wanted: Loving Grandparents for our Unborn Son Start Price USD 1,000.00 Current Price USD 1,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 Location Rochester, NY See more about 'Wanted: Loving Grandparents for our Unborn Son' Description We want to find loving grandparents for our unborn son...   Who we are:             We are John and Noel.  Here’s our story…             Hi, my name is John DeRycke.  I’m a 46 year old man who is going to be a first-time father in less than 3 months.  I grew up in upstate NY with my parents and siblings.  I want to be able to share with my son what my parents shared with me, love, devotion, support, and always a shoulder to lean on.  My parents are now deceased as are my two sisters and brother.  I am the last surviving member of my family and it means a lot to me to provide a support system for my growing family.  I want that support system to be loving parents along with loving grandparents.             Hi, my name is Noel Hoffman.  I am a 24 year old woman who is pregnant with our son whom we’ve decided to name Brenden John DeRycke.  I am currently in my 7th month of pregnancy, we are due on September 21st, and as the days go by it seems to be getting more stressful.  I have no contact with my biological father and haven’t for over 10 years.  My mother is recently divorced and living her life with her boyfriend and his family.  We do not speak much nor see each other often.  I’ve become so accustomed to not getting a phone call from her, that I hardly think about it any more.  I don’t want my son growing up without grandparents and I don’t want to feel like I’m forcing someone to be in his life.  I want them to choose to be in his life because they want to.  I have 3 siblings; two brothers and one sister.  I haven’t spoken to my oldest brother in over a year and I’m not even sure where he is living.  He has his own life and problems he deals with.  My sister is currently serving in the military and not a day goes by that I’m not proud of her.  She’s the best aunt any child could ask for.  My other brother is also dealing with his own life and as such, we have little communication.  It would be nice to be able to relax and bring Brenden into this world with calm, loving expectancy and know he’ll be surrounded by people who love him so very much.             John and I met over the internet almost 2 years ago.  We started talking and within months we knew that we were meant for one another and that it would be a loving lasting relationship.  We met for the first time at the end of last year and from that moment on we tried to spend as much time together as possible.  We were living 4 hours apart at the time and it was very difficult to go a month without seeing each other.  John and I were able to spend our first Christmas together last year and it was great.  We felt like a family.  We missed having family to share it with.  Parents are a big influence in a person’s life and grandparents have just as much effect.             John and I found out that we were pregnant in January.  I had a very difficult pregnancy at the beginning.  For the first four months I was in and out of the hospital almost every day and eventually I was hooked up to an IV every night, which I was changing myself at home.  It led me to having to leave my job and I wasn’t able to get another one because I was too sick.  John moved me here, to upstate NY, to live with him so he could take care of the baby and me.  It was a relief to be closer to him.  We thought on so many occasions that we might lose the baby, but we’ve been blessed to continue on with this pregnancy and we are looking forward to having our son in our arms in less than 3 months.              When I moved upstate, I was still having problems with the pregnancy and being sick and it was difficult to get a job.  John was supporting himself and I and it made it very difficult to save up for things we were going to need for the baby.  I’ve been trying to start up a home-based business and I’m currently working on setting everything up for it.  I want to feel like I am contributing something and I’d love to go about things this way and be able to stay home with the baby after he is born.  I want to raise my son with his family and not pass him off onto babysitters because I have to go to work for 8 hours a day or longer.  I was in a car accident last November and totaled my car.  I wasn’t able to get another one and therefore John and I have no vehicle right now.  We are living in a studio apartment that is not large enough for the two of us and a baby and we have to be out before the baby comes.  We are trying to save up for a larger apartment, while keeping up with expenses on this one, and we are also trying to make sure that we have everything Brenden is going to need when he is born; diapers, wipes, clothes, crib, formula, bottles, and so many other things are not cheap and only getting more expensive it seems.  With only one income it’s very difficult, but we are doing our best.             As the pregnancy keeps progressing I can’t help but think about what life we are going to be providing our son.  The most important thing to me is having what he needs and having a family to surround him with.  Family is very important to me and it’s been unsettling knowing that John and I are the only family he is going to be seeing on a regular basis.  My sister is overseas right now and as I don’t really have a healthy relationship with the rest of my family, it’s almost nonexistent.  John is the last surviving member of his and it feels like we are robbing him of love from family because of how our lives have played out.  We want to give him everything he could hope for, everything we could hope for him.  We want to give him a family. We aren’t trying to find someone to pay for everything we need.  We just want to make sure Brenden has a stable life to enter into.  We want Brenden to have a home, a family he can depend on, unconditional love from everyone who surrounds him.  We want you to share in his life experiences as he is experiencing them.  We want you there when he is born, when he has his Christening, when John and I get married and every other special occasion that comes around.  We want you to come and visit him as well as have us come and visit you.  We would like you to be a complete part of our lives and not be a stand in as grandparents, but be his actual grandparents. We are not looking for a get-rich scam to throw at you and we aren’t looking to provide a gimmick that will feed our greedy selves.  We are not a greedy couple and we do not need material things to be happy with our life.  We only want to have what we need and live comfortably.  We want more than anything to provide Brenden with a stable environment that is filled with people who love him.  The money received for this bid will be divided in half.  Half of it will be used to set up a trust fund in Brenden’s name.  This fund will be left alone, only allowing for deposits, until he is 21 years old.  The other half of the bid will be used to make sure Brenden has everything he is going to need when he finally enters this world.  It will be used toward a larger apartment, so Brenden has all the room he is going to need, toward buying diapers, wipes, formula, clothes, and anything else he might require to start his life out with.  We only want to make sure that we will be able to provide for him the necessities along with offering a place in his heart as his grandparents.  This is the perfect opportunity for any couple who does not have children or grandchildren of their own that they can spend time with.  Please consider adding us to your family so we can add you to ours.  We look forward to sharing our lives with you.   If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email us at noeykins@gmail.com Place a Bid!