Jodie, Stefan and Natalia

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Industry Non-Profit
Location Glenview, IL, United States
Introduction Stefan and I met in 2000. He is from Iasi, Romania. I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We met initially at a fruit stand in Romania, and we introduced ourselves a year later in an Internet cafe. I never intended on meeting my future husband in Romania. We are opposites in so many ways, but somehow it works! Stefan has one brother while I have four sisters. He thinks having two sons would be ideal-- I think a house would be almost empty with only two kids. Stefan loves to dance-- I do too, but somehow was blessed enough rhythm to get me to the American Idol auditions... I dream of traveling the world on a few dollars-- Stefan dreams of traveling the world too, but would prefer not to sleep in some run-down hostel somewhere and use hitchhiking as a mode of transportation. We both love to be outside, we love the water, we love warm weather, we love music, we love our families, we love kids, we love a good adventure. In June 2008, we were happy to add our first baby to our family. Natalia has been such a blessing in our lives. While our lives have changed completely with a child, we are loving being parents to our sweet little girl! She is more than we could ever ask for.
Interests water sports, hiking, camping, dancing, reading, current events (mainly Stefan, but also Jodie), biking (although, Chicago's wind makes this a bit unbearable sometimes), social welfare, religion, traveling
Favorite Movies Stefan's is THE HEAT-- if you know us, you know that. I don't think I have a favorite movie currently. Although, I really loved Paradise Road, and more recently Everything is Illuminated.
Favorite Music Stefan loves Julio Iglesias, BZN, recently a big fan of Pavarotti (sp?). He loves country music too. Basically, he has a song in his heart, and listens to most music. I love Jewel's old stuff. I love James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Lauren Hill. After many years, I have grown to like country music-- well, mainly the Pop country (not the twangy stuff. I like Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler.... I love Allison Krauss.
Favorite Books Stefan loves Mark Twain-- He read about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in Romanian when he was young. He also loves these World War II books written by a Russian author I can't remember-- one is The Last of the Kamikaze. I loved The Poisonwood Bible, To Kill a Mockingbird, Glass Castle...

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