Hello!
We are beyond excited and are doing everything we can to be prepared to welcome a beautiful new life into our home. Preparing to raise that family has been the basis of every major decision we have made together as a couple. Two years ago, just weeks before our wedding, we learned that we are unable to biologically have children together. Around the same time, Erin’s father died unexpectedly. These stunning turn of events rocked our world, to say the very least; it also dramatically changed the vision we had for our future family. From the early days of our relationship, we both knew that we wanted children together. We have always felt fortunate to live near our families, and we couldn’t wait to see how our loved ones, especially our parents, would bond with our children and help them to grow.
Our shared goal is to take life as a great adventure, riding together through the ups and downs, and learning along the way. So when our path took this sharp curve, we did a lot of soul searching and explored all of the available options for raising children. Adoption spoke to both our hearts and our minds, and in October of 2019 we dove head-first into the process. We have already begun to feel how this experience is changing us for the better. Currently we are "live" in the adoption process, waiting for a birth mother to choose us. We can’t wait to welcome the child we will love and nurture!
It may surprise you to hear that adoption related costs can easily total up to $55,000 or more. This is why we need your help! Over the 3 1/2 years that we have pursued adoption, we’ve learned that the process demands a great many resources, emotional as well as financial. The adoption budget includes fees such as medical and legal expenses, as well as the support and education fee, administrative fee, counseling fees and more. As part of our adoption process, we have started this crowdfunding campaign. We need your help to bridge the gap and bring our future baby home.
We hope that by inviting you into this process, you will see yourself as part of the community we hope to build around our child as he/she grows up.
