“I’d always wanted a little boy, ever since I was a little girl. I was a tomboy and always into sports,” says Lori Willis of her decision to adopt Jonathan as a single mom.While Lori was in the process of adopting Jonathan from Russia, she eagerly anticipated playing with and getting to know him. When she brought him home to Texas in 2005, he was just shy of 2 years old. “He’s into all boy things—trucks, wrestling, sports, riding his bike—and he’s not afraid of anything.”
“We just recently went to a carnival, and even though he’s now only 3 years old, he rode in the haunted house with his grandpa; his 9-year old niece wasn’t about to set foot in there! At the kiddy-land water park, he went down the adult slide with me. We went down three times in a row!”
“He’s a real jokester. He’s cute and he knows he’s cute. He loves to perform—but only when he wants to, not when I want him to.”“He’s a very good boy, and very wellmannered. I am teaching him to say please and thank you. Sometimes he needs to be corrected, but he is a very good boy. In two weeks we will be celebrating 2 years together—he’s been the joy of my life!”
—Lori Willis adopted Jonathan from Russia in November 2005.
Pictured: Jonathan Willis is one special guy. When not showing his love for superheroes by pairing Spiderman pajamas with a Batman costume, he’s on adventures at the Children’s Museum and Sea World with his mom Lori in their home state of Texas.
