Laura and Shawn

We are honored to share a little bit about our lives with you.

It all started in 2011 when a mutual friend introduced us to each other. On our first date, we went to a Phillies game and had an amazing time even though it rained and poured! From that day forward, a strong relationship bloomed. After 5 years of dating, we got married in 2016. Together we’ve been there to support each other along the way. It is important to us to have regular date nights and do the things that make us happy. Life together has brought us to this next journey of creating a family.

We both had dreams of having a family of our own. When we realized we were having infertility trouble, we started the long road of fertility treatments. All of them were unsuccessful. This only led us to our hopes of adoption sooner than planned. Our family is beyond excited for the family to grow through adoption. The amount of love and support our families provided has been amazing. Adoption has been woven into our story from the beginning. We both have grandmothers that were adopted. The men we refer to as dads have adopted and raised us.