Dear Placing Parent,

Thank for taking the time to read about our story and what brought us to you. We have a beautiful 4-year-old girl. We have always had a dream of having two kids, ideally, a boy and a girl. In 2021 that dream came true when our son was born.

Unfortunately, this dream took a turn immediately after his birth. He was born with a very rare genetic condition. We lived at the hospital fighting alongside him every day for months. He fought long and hard but ultimately was never going be with us for long. Blake passed away at 3 1/2 months old. We wanted to make sure that we could find any meaning in this enormous loss and hole it created in our family. We were blessed enough to be able to donate some of his heart valves to another potential donor through donate life. The most important way we can move forward is to try and make our family complete. Unfortunately, a genetic counselor has told us it is too high risk for us to have another baby with our own genetics.

But more than anything our hope and dream is for our daughter to grow up with a sibling. Only your gift can make this happen for us. We were told about embryo adoption by our therapist and so our journey into this world started. We are trying to have only one more child to complete our family. It’s also important to us that just like our son is a part of our family’s story, that we talk about our story openly and how this child made their way into our lives. We will be completely transparent with them. We are very big on communication and family is everything to us. We also both grew up in blended families and know that family is what you make of it. We are excited to see how our family evolves over time and see how our relationships all grow. Both sides are very accepting of how our family will be completed and are excited for the next addition!

As far as everyday life, our daughter goes to the daycare and after touring nearly every daycare in the area we are confident it is the very best one locally for development, education, diet and social growth. She absolutely loves it and cant wait to go to "school". Any future child would also go to this daycare as we both work full time. We believe that daycare has made her be very well rounded in addition to all of the family time she has as well. She is the best toddler and makes us laugh every day at her silliness. We lead our lives with high morals and values. It is important to model and show a child by our actions of respect, loyalty, good communication, value of a dollar and many other important character traits. We surround our family with people that are also good people and focus on the important things. I hope when our children are a little older to have them do community service with us so they can learn the rewards that come with helping others. E is already such a little helper and even will give you a hug and kiss if she thinks you are sad or to help clean up her messes.

My husband works as a digital architect in insurance and has a bachelor’s degree. When not hard at work he enjoys watching the Chiefs play football while hanging out in the pool, spending time with family at the beach, on the boat or whatever else we are all up to. I am a nurse and have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. I have 7 years of experience in the NICU and 5 years in labor and delivery. Recently, I have been working as a nurse at an outpatient surgery center in admitting and recovery. I love being a mom and to play games and do fun art projects! One of my favorites is to find local events for the family to do all together and to try new restaurants.

We actually met on a blind date that was set up by my mom and a mutual friend of both of us. We were both skeptical at first but happy we agreed to meet. It didn’t take long for our love to take off and we go engaged after 9 ½ months. We were married a short 7 months later in September of 2018 at a beautiful winery outdoors. It should be easy for him to remember as my birthday is the next day and our daughters is a few days after that. We celebrated after by going on the trip of a life time to Africa for our honeymoon. Once we got back from our honeymoon, we started right away on trying to expand our family and were blessed with our daughter 3 days after our 1st anniversary.

After our son passed and my husbands job went virtual forever, all the signs were pointing towards needing a fresh start. So, we sold our first family home and moved close to my parents in in March of 2022. Through a lot of saving, we were able to build our dream home and finally get a pool in the back yard (dont worry we have all the safety things to prevent anhy accidents). It is a beautiful 4-bedroom house and lots of palm trees and space to play. We spend a lot of weekends out in the pool just enjoying family time and he is excited because he can sit in the hot tub and watch the Chiefs game at the same time. Our neighborhood is a mix of families and retirees. The elementary and middle schools are both walking distance. We also go to the beach and out on the boat most weekends for swimming, playing on the beach, fun and to find dolphins. For our family, family time is everything and we spend a lot of time with each other even if it is just hanging out or meeting for dinner. Besides spending time exploring our new slice of paradise, his passion is snow skiing. He also gets his “me” time swimming at the gym before work every day. I enjoy crafting and baking in her free time and is in a book club. I make a lot of the swag with my Cricut but our daughter loves to be involved to “help.” We both enjoy a nice meal out and going to a new brewery or winery as well. We love exploring our city and doing new things especially if they are kid friendly and we can all go. We got a puppy almost 1 year ago that is a little cavapoo named Lucy. She is so great with our daughter and very patient when she plays doctor with her, pushes her away or cuddles and picks her up. Holidays are usually a lot of travel to be with extended family. My grandpa and aunt moved close a few months ago so it is nice to have more family to spend time with. We love to see our daughter with the holidays and her excitement. We are taking them one at a time and so no traditions yet but always with family filled with love, laughter and plenty of food.

 

Thank you for taking the time to read about us and our family. We really appreciate you taking the time to get to know us and the amazing gift that you are giving a family.