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We are so grateful for you taking the time to get to know us. We recognize the significance of the decision you are faced with and the sacrifice you are making for your child. We haven't been in your shoes, but we have experienced loss and have left the hospital without our baby. Regardless of the decision you make, we are thinking of you both and we know that whatever decision you make will be in the best interest of your child. If you believe that we are the family for your child, you will always be honored in our home and talked about with the utmost respect and love.
No matter the decision you make, you will always be your baby's mama. We respect you and are praying for you during this time as you make one of the most difficult decisions a person can make. We know you are making it out of love, and we will always make sure your child knows that. Not only do we understand the sacrifice you are making, but we admire you for making it because we both understand how difficult it is to leave a hospital without your baby. As difficult as infertility can be, losing our baby girl after carrying her nearly to term took a huge piece of each of us. You, as the birth mother, aren't simply helping us build a family. You would be giving us those pieces back, and our admiration and appreciation of your sacrifice would go beyond what words can express.
We understand that you have many choices as far as who will raise your child. We also understand that we aren't the only people who have suffered through infertility. What we can say, though, is that if you allow us to raise your child, we will love your child absolutely and unconditionally and we will spend our lives dedicated to giving your child the most amazing life we can. We will always speak of you in the highest regards, and welcome you with open arms into our family.
With so much love,
Connor and Mickaela
Financial Support
Expectant mothers who choose to make an adoption plan may qualify for some level of financial assistance during their pregnancy. However, each person's situation and specific needs are different. Your adoption social worker can help you determine what level of assistance you qualify for and deserve. Many expectant mothers qualify for financial assistance to cover basic pregnancy and living expenses, including but not limited to - transportation reimbursement, utility assistance for phone, water, and electricity/gas, maternity clothing and supplements, etc.
Food & Groceries
Food & Groceries
Navigating a pregnancy alone is never easy. Depending on your situation and location, you may qualify for financial assistance to help cover the cost of basic living expenses, such as food and groceries.
Medical Expenses
Medical Expenses
Receiving quality medical care during your pregnancy is vital to both your health and the health of your baby. If you choose to place your baby for adoption, all of your pregnancy-related medical expenses will be covered by the adoptive family.
Rent & Utilities
Rent & Utilities
Women who choose to place their baby for adoption may receive financial assistance to help cover the cost of rent and utilities. If you feel that you’ll need some help with these costs, it’s important to talk to your adoption social worker about it early in the process. Each expectant mother’s situation is different, and eligibility may vary.
Household Items
Household Items
In order to have a healthy pregnancy, it’s important that you have everything you need to lead a healthy lifestyle. Like food and groceries, the cost of some household items - like feminine and dental care items, along with prenatal supplements - may be covered during your pregnancy.
Counseling
Counseling
Placing a baby for adoption is a loving, but incredibly challenging decision to make. Many women experience an array of emotions during this time and find that counseling is very helpful in navigating those feelings. If you would like to receive counseling during or after your pregnancy, that can be arranged by your adoption social worker. The cost of counseling will be covered by the adoptive family or adoption organization.
Transportation
Transportation
If you need assistance with transportation, your adoption social worker can work with you to find the best solution. You may eligible for assistance with transportation costs or be connected with a transportation service to utilize during your pregnancy.
FAQ’s about placing a baby for Adoption
I'm considering giving my baby up for adoption. How much does that cost?
It won't cost you anything. If you choose to place your baby for adoption, all of your medical and legal fees will be covered and you may be eligible for financial assistance with other pregnancy-related expenses.
I'm experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and don't know who the birth father is. Can I still place my baby for adoption?
Yes. Even if you don’t know the identity of the birth father, you can still choose to make an adoption plan. However, every adoption situation is different. The adoption social worker you’re assigned to will get to know you and your story first, and then guide you through the process accordingly.
When is the right time to talk with an adoption professional?
You can make an adoption plan at any point in your pregnancy, even after the baby has been born. But, it's important to start the process as early in your pregnancy as possible. Connecting with those resources will allow you to gain access to important medical services, including prenatal care, to help ensure a healthy pregnancy.
When I create an adoption plan, will I get to choose who is in the room with me during delivery?
One aspect of your adoption plan is the "Hospital Plan" an outline of how you'd like your hospital stay and delivery to go. You can craft this on your own or with the help of your adoption social worker. But everything is up to you. You’ll be able to choose who comes to the hospital with you, who is in the room with you during delivery, and how much time you’d like to spend with the baby before signing the final papers.
How much contact will I have with the adoptive family after I place my baby with them?
As part of your adoption plan, you'll determine whether or not you’d like to have an open or closed adoption or something in between. Open adoptions may include phone calls, messaging (via social media, email, or text), and/or periodic visits each year. Closed adoptions may include no contact at all or annual updates provided to the birth parent(s) by the adoptive family. Each post-adoption relationship is different and can vary based on what an expectant mother chooses in her adoption plan.
Our Blogs
Visiting Connor's brother in Charleston!
04/20/2026
We were able to visit Connor's brother Ryan in Charleston, South Carolina this past week where he lives. We had the best time walking around downtown Charleston, getting ice cream, bringing his dogs Lilly and Murphy to the beach, eating delicious seafood and catching up! It was the perfect weather and was so nice to be by the ocean for a few days - one of our favorite places. Can't wait for our next trip back.
We were able to visit Connor's brother Ryan in Charleston, South Carolina this past week where he lives. We had the best time walking around downtown Charleston, getting ice cream, bringing his dogs Lilly and Murphy to the beach, eating delicious seafood and catching up! It was the perfect weather and was so nice to be by the ocean for a few days - one of our favorite places. Can't wait for our next trip back.
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We were able to visit Connor's brother Ryan in Charleston, South Carolina this past week where he lives. We had the best time walking around downtown Charleston, getting ice cream, bringing his dogs Lilly and Murphy to the beach, eating delicious seafood and catching up! It was the perfect weather and was so nice to be by the ocean for a few days - one of our favorite places. Can't wait for our next trip back.
We were able to visit Connor's brother Ryan in Charleston, South Carolina this past week where he lives. We had the best time walking around downtown Charleston, getting ice cream, bringing his dogs Lilly and Murphy to the beach, eating delicious seafood and catching up! It was the perfect weather and was so nice to be by the ocean for a few days - one of our favorite places. Can't wait for our next trip back.
Diamondbacks Baseball Game!
04/20/2026
Got to go see the Arizona Diamondbacks the other night and we won -YAY! It was a fun date night - we got sushi before the game and stayed after the game to watch fireworks. Can't wait to do this with our kids one day.
Got to go see the Arizona Diamondbacks the other night and we won -YAY! It was a fun date night - we got sushi before the game and stayed after the game to watch fireworks. Can't wait to do this with our kids one day.
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Got to go see the Arizona Diamondbacks the other night and we won -YAY! It was a fun date night - we got sushi before the game and stayed after the game to watch fireworks. Can't wait to do this with our kids one day.
Got to go see the Arizona Diamondbacks the other night and we won -YAY! It was a fun date night - we got sushi before the game and stayed after the game to watch fireworks. Can't wait to do this with our kids one day.
It's So Nice to Meet You!
We are so grateful for you taking the time to get to know us. We recognize the significance of the decision you are faced with and the sacrifice you are making for your child. We haven't been in your shoes, but we have experienced loss and have left the hospital without our baby. Regardless of the decision you make, we are thinking of you both and we know that whatever decision you make will be in the best interest of your child. If you believe that we are the family for your child, you will always be honored in our home and talked about with the utmost respect and love. No matter the decision you make, you will always be your baby's mama. We respect you and are praying for you during this time as you make one of the most difficult decisions a person can make. We know you are making it out of love, and we will always make sure your child knows that. Not only do we understand the sacrifice you are making, but we admire you for making it because we both understand how difficult it is to leave a hospital without your baby. As difficult...
We are so grateful for you taking the time to get to know us. We recognize the significance of the decision you are faced with and the sacrifice you are making for your child. We haven't been in your shoes, but we have experienced loss and have left the hospital without our baby. Regardless of the decision you make, we are thinking of you both and we know that whatever decision you make will be in the best interest of your child. If you believe that we are the family for your child, you will always be honored in our home and talked about with the utmost respect and love.
No matter the decision you make, you will always be your baby's mama. We respect you and are praying for you during this time as you make one of the most difficult decisions a person can make. We know you are making it out of love, and we will always make sure your child knows that. Not only do we understand the sacrifice you are making, but we admire you for making it because we both understand how difficult it is to leave a hospital without your baby. As difficult as infertility can be, losing our baby girl after carrying her nearly to term took a huge piece of each of us. You, as the birth mother, aren't simply helping us build a family. You would be giving us those pieces back, and our admiration and appreciation of your sacrifice would go beyond what words can express.
We understand that you have many choices as far as who will raise your child. We also understand that we aren't the only people who have suffered through infertility. What we can say, though, is that if you allow us to raise your child, we will love your child absolutely and unconditionally and we will spend our lives dedicated to giving your child the most amazing life we can. We will always speak of you in the highest regards, and welcome you with open arms into our family.
With so much love,
Connor and Mickaela
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We are so grateful for you taking the time to get to know us. We recognize the significance of the decision you are faced with and the sacrifice you are making for your child. We haven't been in your shoes, but we have experienced loss and have left the hospital without our baby. Regardless of the decision you make, we are thinking of you both and we know that whatever decision you make will be in the best interest of your child. If you believe that we are the family for your child, you will always be honored in our home and talked about with the utmost respect and love. No matter the decision you make, you will always be your baby's mama. We respect you and are praying for you during this time as you make one of the most difficult decisions a person can make. We know you are making it out of love, and we will always make sure your child knows that. Not only do we understand the sacrifice you are making, but we admire you for making it because we both understand how difficult it is to leave a hospital without your baby. As difficult...
We are so grateful for you taking the time to get to know us. We recognize the significance of the decision you are faced with and the sacrifice you are making for your child. We haven't been in your shoes, but we have experienced loss and have left the hospital without our baby. Regardless of the decision you make, we are thinking of you both and we know that whatever decision you make will be in the best interest of your child. If you believe that we are the family for your child, you will always be honored in our home and talked about with the utmost respect and love.
No matter the decision you make, you will always be your baby's mama. We respect you and are praying for you during this time as you make one of the most difficult decisions a person can make. We know you are making it out of love, and we will always make sure your child knows that. Not only do we understand the sacrifice you are making, but we admire you for making it because we both understand how difficult it is to leave a hospital without your baby. As difficult as infertility can be, losing our baby girl after carrying her nearly to term took a huge piece of each of us. You, as the birth mother, aren't simply helping us build a family. You would be giving us those pieces back, and our admiration and appreciation of your sacrifice would go beyond what words can express.
We understand that you have many choices as far as who will raise your child. We also understand that we aren't the only people who have suffered through infertility. What we can say, though, is that if you allow us to raise your child, we will love your child absolutely and unconditionally and we will spend our lives dedicated to giving your child the most amazing life we can. We will always speak of you in the highest regards, and welcome you with open arms into our family.
With so much love,
Connor and Mickaela
Why Adoption
We have struggled for many years with infertility and miscarriages. This was never something we imagined would happen - no one talks about it and we weren't prepared for the heartache month after month. In the fall of 2024 we joined a fertility program designed to help us conceive naturally and have a healthy pregnancy. After five months of following the program, we received a positive pregnancy test. We were so happy to share the news with family and friends. Mickaela carried our baby girl, Keeley, for eight months until we lost her in September of 2025. Losing Keeley as a stillborn was lifeshattering. After losing her and reflecting on the devastating loss and the years of prior infertility struggles, we realized that we weren't meant to have biological children. We believe that, as heartbreaking as these struggles have been, they have led us to this point in our lives. We don't always understand why something happens to us. Sometimes we will never know why something happens. But in this case, we will know for certain that everything that we have experienced will bring us to the baby that we are supposed to bring into our family, and that everything...
We have struggled for many years with infertility and miscarriages. This was never something we imagined would happen - no one talks about it and we weren't prepared for the heartache month after month. In the fall of 2024 we joined a fertility program designed to help us conceive naturally and have a healthy pregnancy. After five months of following the program, we received a positive pregnancy test. We were so happy to share the news with family and friends.
Mickaela carried our baby girl, Keeley, for eight months until we lost her in September of 2025. Losing Keeley as a stillborn was lifeshattering. After losing her and reflecting on the devastating loss and the years of prior infertility struggles, we realized that we weren't meant to have biological children. We believe that, as heartbreaking as these struggles have been, they have led us to this point in our lives. We don't always understand why something happens to us. Sometimes we will never know why something happens. But in this case, we will know for certain that everything that we have experienced will bring us to the baby that we are supposed to bring into our family, and that everything that has happened to us, good and bad, happened to us for a reason. We know we will find our future family through adoption. We are so grateful that adoption is an option for us. This has put us in a position to give your child an amazing and fulfilling life.
We now realize that growing our family through adoption is our calling and we are so excited to welcome a child into our home. We want to give a child the childhood we both had - less screentime and more time playing with toys, going outside and using their imagination.
We remember discussing adoption in college when we first started dating, saying that we would love to adopt a child someday if we could. While adoption hasn't yet directly impacted our family, we have friends whose families have been built through adoption. The mothers of two of our closest friends were adopted, and both of them are incredibly excited and supportive of our decision to adopt.
We have completed several education courses which focused on how to discuss and approach adoption with an adopted child. We have learned ways to discuss adoption, from using simpler terms and stories when the child is young to introduce them to the concept of adoption to having in depth conversations with them when they are older. We have learned the importance of supporting an adopted child's culture and heritage, and we are excited to incorporate our adopted child's culture into our home through traveling, meals, music, history and any other way possible. Our adopted child won't just inherit our culture and heritage, but instead will have their own unique culture, a blend of both their biological and adoptive family, that will be accepted and celebrated in our home.
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We have struggled for many years with infertility and miscarriages. This was never something we imagined would happen - no one talks about it and we weren't prepared for the heartache month after month. In the fall of 2024 we joined a fertility program designed to help us conceive naturally and have a healthy pregnancy. After five months of following the program, we received a positive pregnancy test. We were so happy to share the news with family and friends. Mickaela carried our baby girl, Keeley, for eight months until we lost her in September of 2025. Losing Keeley as a stillborn was lifeshattering. After losing her and reflecting on the devastating loss and the years of prior infertility struggles, we realized that we weren't meant to have biological children. We believe that, as heartbreaking as these struggles have been, they have led us to this point in our lives. We don't always understand why something happens to us. Sometimes we will never know why something happens. But in this case, we will know for certain that everything that we have experienced will bring us to the baby that we are supposed to bring into our family, and that everything...
We have struggled for many years with infertility and miscarriages. This was never something we imagined would happen - no one talks about it and we weren't prepared for the heartache month after month. In the fall of 2024 we joined a fertility program designed to help us conceive naturally and have a healthy pregnancy. After five months of following the program, we received a positive pregnancy test. We were so happy to share the news with family and friends.
Mickaela carried our baby girl, Keeley, for eight months until we lost her in September of 2025. Losing Keeley as a stillborn was lifeshattering. After losing her and reflecting on the devastating loss and the years of prior infertility struggles, we realized that we weren't meant to have biological children. We believe that, as heartbreaking as these struggles have been, they have led us to this point in our lives. We don't always understand why something happens to us. Sometimes we will never know why something happens. But in this case, we will know for certain that everything that we have experienced will bring us to the baby that we are supposed to bring into our family, and that everything that has happened to us, good and bad, happened to us for a reason. We know we will find our future family through adoption. We are so grateful that adoption is an option for us. This has put us in a position to give your child an amazing and fulfilling life.
We now realize that growing our family through adoption is our calling and we are so excited to welcome a child into our home. We want to give a child the childhood we both had - less screentime and more time playing with toys, going outside and using their imagination.
We remember discussing adoption in college when we first started dating, saying that we would love to adopt a child someday if we could. While adoption hasn't yet directly impacted our family, we have friends whose families have been built through adoption. The mothers of two of our closest friends were adopted, and both of them are incredibly excited and supportive of our decision to adopt.
We have completed several education courses which focused on how to discuss and approach adoption with an adopted child. We have learned ways to discuss adoption, from using simpler terms and stories when the child is young to introduce them to the concept of adoption to having in depth conversations with them when they are older. We have learned the importance of supporting an adopted child's culture and heritage, and we are excited to incorporate our adopted child's culture into our home through traveling, meals, music, history and any other way possible. Our adopted child won't just inherit our culture and heritage, but instead will have their own unique culture, a blend of both their biological and adoptive family, that will be accepted and celebrated in our home.
What Makes Us Tick
KINDNESS We have always valued being kind and treating others the way you want to be treated. Mickaela always compliments people knowing that just saying something nice to someone can make their day. We want our kids to know that you never know what someone is going through and to always give them the benefit of the doubt and treat them with kindness. LEARNING NEW THINGS We love learning new things about almost everything and sharing fun information with each other. We learn through reading, listening to podcasts, watching documentaries and playing trivia games. We always share what we learn each day at the dinner table. We can't wait to share this love of learning with our future child. From when they're younger - teaching them their ABCs, to when they're older - diving into their interests and hobbies with them. TIME TOGETHER We prioritize family time, whether it's just the two of us or with our families. When it's the two of us you'll find us sitting by our campfire in our backyard, walking around the neighborhood or town or doing a puzzle and listening to music. With our families, whether it's cooking meals at home or going out...
KINDNESS
We have always valued being kind and treating others the way you want to be treated. Mickaela always compliments people knowing that just saying something nice to someone can make their day. We want our kids to know that you never know what someone is going through and to always give them the benefit of the doubt and treat them with kindness.
LEARNING NEW THINGS
We love learning new things about almost everything and sharing fun information with each other. We learn through reading, listening to podcasts, watching documentaries and playing trivia games. We always share what we learn each day at the dinner table. We can't wait to share this love of learning with our future child. From when they're younger - teaching them their ABCs, to when they're older - diving into their interests and hobbies with them.
TIME TOGETHER
We prioritize family time, whether it's just the two of us or with our families. When it's the two of us you'll find us sitting by our campfire in our backyard, walking around the neighborhood or town or doing a puzzle and listening to music. With our families, whether it's cooking meals at home or going out to a new restaurant, both of our families love good food and family time! We spend most of our time with our families over a meal and then after eating we enjoy playing cards, trivia or a board game.
COOKING TOGETHER
We love cooking and trying new foods - from making homemade pasta, sushi or butter from scratch to squeezing oranges for fresh orange juice. When we were younger, cooking was a chore and a necessity but now it has become something we enjoy doing together as a couple and can't wait to have our kids cooking with us in our home kitchen one day. We make it an event - we love to put some music on, wear our aprons, get our ingredients ready and dive in!
FAMILY VACATIONS
One thing our family has always valued is family vacations. Many of the vacations that we go on are with our parents and our siblings. We have traveled to Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Hawaii and many U.S. states and National Parks with our families. We have always prioritized building memories together by traveling the world. We also enjoy traveling alone together, such as our adventures to Alaska, Australia and London! We are so excited to go on trips with our future kids.
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KINDNESS We have always valued being kind and treating others the way you want to be treated. Mickaela always compliments people knowing that just saying something nice to someone can make their day. We want our kids to know that you never know what someone is going through and to always give them the benefit of the doubt and treat them with kindness. LEARNING NEW THINGS We love learning new things about almost everything and sharing fun information with each other. We learn through reading, listening to podcasts, watching documentaries and playing trivia games. We always share what we learn each day at the dinner table. We can't wait to share this love of learning with our future child. From when they're younger - teaching them their ABCs, to when they're older - diving into their interests and hobbies with them. TIME TOGETHER We prioritize family time, whether it's just the two of us or with our families. When it's the two of us you'll find us sitting by our campfire in our backyard, walking around the neighborhood or town or doing a puzzle and listening to music. With our families, whether it's cooking meals at home or going out...
KINDNESS
We have always valued being kind and treating others the way you want to be treated. Mickaela always compliments people knowing that just saying something nice to someone can make their day. We want our kids to know that you never know what someone is going through and to always give them the benefit of the doubt and treat them with kindness.
LEARNING NEW THINGS
We love learning new things about almost everything and sharing fun information with each other. We learn through reading, listening to podcasts, watching documentaries and playing trivia games. We always share what we learn each day at the dinner table. We can't wait to share this love of learning with our future child. From when they're younger - teaching them their ABCs, to when they're older - diving into their interests and hobbies with them.
TIME TOGETHER
We prioritize family time, whether it's just the two of us or with our families. When it's the two of us you'll find us sitting by our campfire in our backyard, walking around the neighborhood or town or doing a puzzle and listening to music. With our families, whether it's cooking meals at home or going out to a new restaurant, both of our families love good food and family time! We spend most of our time with our families over a meal and then after eating we enjoy playing cards, trivia or a board game.
COOKING TOGETHER
We love cooking and trying new foods - from making homemade pasta, sushi or butter from scratch to squeezing oranges for fresh orange juice. When we were younger, cooking was a chore and a necessity but now it has become something we enjoy doing together as a couple and can't wait to have our kids cooking with us in our home kitchen one day. We make it an event - we love to put some music on, wear our aprons, get our ingredients ready and dive in!
FAMILY VACATIONS
One thing our family has always valued is family vacations. Many of the vacations that we go on are with our parents and our siblings. We have traveled to Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Hawaii and many U.S. states and National Parks with our families. We have always prioritized building memories together by traveling the world. We also enjoy traveling alone together, such as our adventures to Alaska, Australia and London! We are so excited to go on trips with our future kids.
Back to the Beginning
OUR LOVE STORY STARTED OVER THIRTEEN YEARS AGO We have been married for three years, but we have been together for thirteen years since we were nineteen years old. We both ended up attending college in New York City - we believe it was fate that we ended up there and met one another. We met at a party sophomore year and we were immediately inseparable - fast forward thirteen years and we are happily married and deeply in love. We knew very early on into our relationship that we were going to be together forever, and as soon as we were done with school and had steady jobs we planned our dream wedding. Of course, meeting each other young didn't come without its challenges. Instead of pulling us apart, each of these challenges actually made us stronger. We learned to lean on each other and to depend upon each other for support, guidance and consolation. Because we met so young and have been together for nearly half of our lives, we have built an incredibly strong relationship and marriage and neither of us can imagine life without the other. Life gets busy and it's easy to get distracted with...
OUR LOVE STORY STARTED OVER THIRTEEN YEARS AGO
We have been married for three years, but we have been together for thirteen years since we were nineteen years old. We both ended up attending college in New York City - we believe it was fate that we ended up there and met one another. We met at a party sophomore year and we were immediately inseparable - fast forward thirteen years and we are happily married and deeply in love. We knew very early on into our relationship that we were going to be together forever, and as soon as we were done with school and had steady jobs we planned our dream wedding.
Of course, meeting each other young didn't come without its challenges. Instead of pulling us apart, each of these challenges actually made us stronger. We learned to lean on each other and to depend upon each other for support, guidance and consolation. Because we met so young and have been together for nearly half of our lives, we have built an incredibly strong relationship and marriage and neither of us can imagine life without the other.
Life gets busy and it's easy to get distracted with work and other priorities. We have learned over the years that we need to invest time and energy into our relationship because our relationship is the backbone of our life. It's one of the great joys in life - growing and learning together and finding ways to fall further into love with each other. You know you are with the love of your life when they are your favorite person and best friend - you never get bored of each other and when you're apart all you're thinking about is seeing them again. We are so incredibly fortunate that we found that in each other.
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OUR LOVE STORY STARTED OVER THIRTEEN YEARS AGO We have been married for three years, but we have been together for thirteen years since we were nineteen years old. We both ended up attending college in New York City - we believe it was fate that we ended up there and met one another. We met at a party sophomore year and we were immediately inseparable - fast forward thirteen years and we are happily married and deeply in love. We knew very early on into our relationship that we were going to be together forever, and as soon as we were done with school and had steady jobs we planned our dream wedding. Of course, meeting each other young didn't come without its challenges. Instead of pulling us apart, each of these challenges actually made us stronger. We learned to lean on each other and to depend upon each other for support, guidance and consolation. Because we met so young and have been together for nearly half of our lives, we have built an incredibly strong relationship and marriage and neither of us can imagine life without the other. Life gets busy and it's easy to get distracted with...
OUR LOVE STORY STARTED OVER THIRTEEN YEARS AGO
We have been married for three years, but we have been together for thirteen years since we were nineteen years old. We both ended up attending college in New York City - we believe it was fate that we ended up there and met one another. We met at a party sophomore year and we were immediately inseparable - fast forward thirteen years and we are happily married and deeply in love. We knew very early on into our relationship that we were going to be together forever, and as soon as we were done with school and had steady jobs we planned our dream wedding.
Of course, meeting each other young didn't come without its challenges. Instead of pulling us apart, each of these challenges actually made us stronger. We learned to lean on each other and to depend upon each other for support, guidance and consolation. Because we met so young and have been together for nearly half of our lives, we have built an incredibly strong relationship and marriage and neither of us can imagine life without the other.
Life gets busy and it's easy to get distracted with work and other priorities. We have learned over the years that we need to invest time and energy into our relationship because our relationship is the backbone of our life. It's one of the great joys in life - growing and learning together and finding ways to fall further into love with each other. You know you are with the love of your life when they are your favorite person and best friend - you never get bored of each other and when you're apart all you're thinking about is seeing them again. We are so incredibly fortunate that we found that in each other.
Our Milestones
September 2012 We met and started dating during our sophomore year of college in New York City. May 2015 We graduated from college and continued dating long distance. May 2016 We were both accepted into Arizona based graduate schools. March 2017 We purchased our first house in Arizona. August 2018 Mickaela graduated and began working as a Family Medicine Physician Associate. May 2020 Connor graduated from law school and began working as an estate planning attorney. September 2021 We got engaged on a roadtrip with both of our families on the Pacific Coast Highway in California. September 2022 We were married at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, NY. November 2022 We traveled to Ireland with both of our families to have a second wedding celebration with Mickaela's Irish family in County Clare, Ireland. March 2023 We went on our honeymoon to Australia. April 2025 We excitedly shared the news to family and friends that we were expecting a baby girl. September 2025 We found out our baby's heartbeat had stopped and delivered a sleeping angel. Keeley will be an angel looking over our family forever. November 2025 We officially started the process of adoption.
September 2012
We met and started dating during our sophomore year of college in New York City.
May 2015
We graduated from college and continued dating long distance.
May 2016
We were both accepted into Arizona based graduate schools.
March 2017
We purchased our first house in Arizona.
August 2018
Mickaela graduated and began working as a Family Medicine Physician Associate.
May 2020
Connor graduated from law school and began working as an estate planning attorney.
September 2021
We got engaged on a roadtrip with both of our families on the Pacific Coast Highway in California.
September 2022
We were married at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, NY.
November 2022
We traveled to Ireland with both of our families to have a second wedding celebration with Mickaela's Irish family in County Clare, Ireland.
March 2023
We went on our honeymoon to Australia.
April 2025
We excitedly shared the news to family and friends that we were expecting a baby girl.
September 2025
We found out our baby's heartbeat had stopped and delivered a sleeping angel. Keeley will be an angel looking over our family forever.
November 2025
We officially started the process of adoption.
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September 2012 We met and started dating during our sophomore year of college in New York City. May 2015 We graduated from college and continued dating long distance. May 2016 We were both accepted into Arizona based graduate schools. March 2017 We purchased our first house in Arizona. August 2018 Mickaela graduated and began working as a Family Medicine Physician Associate. May 2020 Connor graduated from law school and began working as an estate planning attorney. September 2021 We got engaged on a roadtrip with both of our families on the Pacific Coast Highway in California. September 2022 We were married at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, NY. November 2022 We traveled to Ireland with both of our families to have a second wedding celebration with Mickaela's Irish family in County Clare, Ireland. March 2023 We went on our honeymoon to Australia. April 2025 We excitedly shared the news to family and friends that we were expecting a baby girl. September 2025 We found out our baby's heartbeat had stopped and delivered a sleeping angel. Keeley will be an angel looking over our family forever. November 2025 We officially started the process of adoption.
September 2012
We met and started dating during our sophomore year of college in New York City.
May 2015
We graduated from college and continued dating long distance.
May 2016
We were both accepted into Arizona based graduate schools.
March 2017
We purchased our first house in Arizona.
August 2018
Mickaela graduated and began working as a Family Medicine Physician Associate.
May 2020
Connor graduated from law school and began working as an estate planning attorney.
September 2021
We got engaged on a roadtrip with both of our families on the Pacific Coast Highway in California.
September 2022
We were married at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, NY.
November 2022
We traveled to Ireland with both of our families to have a second wedding celebration with Mickaela's Irish family in County Clare, Ireland.
March 2023
We went on our honeymoon to Australia.
April 2025
We excitedly shared the news to family and friends that we were expecting a baby girl.
September 2025
We found out our baby's heartbeat had stopped and delivered a sleeping angel. Keeley will be an angel looking over our family forever.
November 2025
We officially started the process of adoption.
CONNOR
IN MICKAELA'S WORDS Connor is my favorite person in the world - and in my opinion, a pretty perfect human. I was first attracted to his quiet but goofy and witty nature. Some people would say he's an introvert, but when you get to know him he's very outgoing and silly in his own way. He is my best friend and I am so grateful that he is mine. I can't imagine going through what we've gone through with any other partner. I am blessed that he is always by my side, through thick and thin. We are equals and we both ensure that things are taken care of around the house, financially, etc - and І know it will be the same way when it comes to parenting a child. I aspire to be as calm and collected as Connor is during stressful times. He has a gift for always logically thinking through everything before reacting to something. He always grounds me during times of stress and grief, and he is my rock in all situations. I also admire how confident and firm he is in his beliefs while still always having a listening ear and wanting to understand...
IN MICKAELA'S WORDS
Connor is my favorite person in the world - and in my opinion, a pretty perfect human. I was first attracted to his quiet but goofy and witty nature. Some people would say he's an introvert, but when you get to know him he's very outgoing and silly in his own way. He is my best friend and I am so grateful that he is mine. I can't imagine going through what we've gone through with any other partner. I am blessed that he is always by my side, through thick and thin. We are equals and we both ensure that things are taken care of around the house, financially, etc - and І know it will be the same way when it comes to parenting a child.
I aspire to be as calm and collected as Connor is during stressful times. He has a gift for always logically thinking through everything before reacting to something. He always grounds me during times of stress and grief, and he is my rock in all situations. I also admire how confident and firm he is in his beliefs while still always having a listening ear and wanting to understand others' perspectives. Above all, he is my protector, and I know he will protect our future children and family in every way that he can. He aspires to live each day with meaning, and to always have a "positive mental attitude" as he would say. He is very disciplined - he always has goals in mind and works hard to fulfill them, whether personal or for the future of our family. He has grown into a man who is the best husband to me and who I know will be the best dad a child could ever have. I am so proud of the life we have created together and Connor is to thank for that.
Hi, I'm Connor
I am an estate planning attorney. I primarily work with elderly clients who are putting together Wills and Trusts. I really enjoy working with my clients. Most of my clients are simply trying to provide for their children or grandchildren by making sure their assets and wealth are passed down properly. I really enjoy what I do because the backbone of my area of law relies on people being generous and wanting to provide for their loved ones. I also enjoy my job because the hours are flexible. Most of the work I do isn't urgent and, as a result, I can start work late or leave early without much rescheduling. I am also very close with my boss, and I will be able to take time off when we adopt so that I can spend time at home with our baby. I currently have over a month every year of time off, and we use that time to go on vacations and sometimes just have slow days at home together.
I'm excited to share my knowledge and love with my children. I look forward to teaching them how to read, listening to music with them and teaching them to play instruments. I'm also excited to do the traditional things like playing catch with them or watching them play school sports. My greatest wish for my future kids is that they are healthy and happy. As long as our future children are healthy and happy and enjoy living life every day, I will feel successful as a parent. I will always be there for them and make sure they know that. Every child is unique and will have their own specific challenges. As a parent I will always strive to see where my child is struggling and how I can give them the best environment so that they can succeed and feel safe.
I believe that my job as a husband and a father is to protect my family and give them a safe, stable and loving home. This means ensuring that no harm comes to my family from the outside world. It means being ready at a moment's notice to risk my life and safety for the safety of my wife and my children. I take this responsibility very seriously. I work hard to ensure that my family is always financially stable. I work incredibly hard to ensure that every night I can go to sleep knowing that my family will be provided for. Stability also comes in the form of emotional stability. Life is challenging and it always will be but I never want my wife or children to doubt my love and commitment to them. They will always be my priority. Finally, my job is to provide for my family by loving them. I love my wife and we will love our child unconditionally, so providing for my family by loving them really means being present. It means showing up to school events, helping with homework, being home on the weekends and being home every night during the week for dinners. It means showing my family that I am always there for them no matter how chaotic life may be.
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IN MICKAELA'S WORDS Connor is my favorite person in the world - and in my opinion, a pretty perfect human. I was first attracted to his quiet but goofy and witty nature. Some people would say he's an introvert, but when you get to know him he's very outgoing and silly in his own way. He is my best friend and I am so grateful that he is mine. I can't imagine going through what we've gone through with any other partner. I am blessed that he is always by my side, through thick and thin. We are equals and we both ensure that things are taken care of around the house, financially, etc - and І know it will be the same way when it comes to parenting a child. I aspire to be as calm and collected as Connor is during stressful times. He has a gift for always logically thinking through everything before reacting to something. He always grounds me during times of stress and grief, and he is my rock in all situations. I also admire how confident and firm he is in his beliefs while still always having a listening ear and wanting to understand...
IN MICKAELA'S WORDS
Connor is my favorite person in the world - and in my opinion, a pretty perfect human. I was first attracted to his quiet but goofy and witty nature. Some people would say he's an introvert, but when you get to know him he's very outgoing and silly in his own way. He is my best friend and I am so grateful that he is mine. I can't imagine going through what we've gone through with any other partner. I am blessed that he is always by my side, through thick and thin. We are equals and we both ensure that things are taken care of around the house, financially, etc - and І know it will be the same way when it comes to parenting a child.
I aspire to be as calm and collected as Connor is during stressful times. He has a gift for always logically thinking through everything before reacting to something. He always grounds me during times of stress and grief, and he is my rock in all situations. I also admire how confident and firm he is in his beliefs while still always having a listening ear and wanting to understand others' perspectives. Above all, he is my protector, and I know he will protect our future children and family in every way that he can. He aspires to live each day with meaning, and to always have a "positive mental attitude" as he would say. He is very disciplined - he always has goals in mind and works hard to fulfill them, whether personal or for the future of our family. He has grown into a man who is the best husband to me and who I know will be the best dad a child could ever have. I am so proud of the life we have created together and Connor is to thank for that.
Hi, I'm Connor
I am an estate planning attorney. I primarily work with elderly clients who are putting together Wills and Trusts. I really enjoy working with my clients. Most of my clients are simply trying to provide for their children or grandchildren by making sure their assets and wealth are passed down properly. I really enjoy what I do because the backbone of my area of law relies on people being generous and wanting to provide for their loved ones. I also enjoy my job because the hours are flexible. Most of the work I do isn't urgent and, as a result, I can start work late or leave early without much rescheduling. I am also very close with my boss, and I will be able to take time off when we adopt so that I can spend time at home with our baby. I currently have over a month every year of time off, and we use that time to go on vacations and sometimes just have slow days at home together.
I'm excited to share my knowledge and love with my children. I look forward to teaching them how to read, listening to music with them and teaching them to play instruments. I'm also excited to do the traditional things like playing catch with them or watching them play school sports. My greatest wish for my future kids is that they are healthy and happy. As long as our future children are healthy and happy and enjoy living life every day, I will feel successful as a parent. I will always be there for them and make sure they know that. Every child is unique and will have their own specific challenges. As a parent I will always strive to see where my child is struggling and how I can give them the best environment so that they can succeed and feel safe.
I believe that my job as a husband and a father is to protect my family and give them a safe, stable and loving home. This means ensuring that no harm comes to my family from the outside world. It means being ready at a moment's notice to risk my life and safety for the safety of my wife and my children. I take this responsibility very seriously. I work hard to ensure that my family is always financially stable. I work incredibly hard to ensure that every night I can go to sleep knowing that my family will be provided for. Stability also comes in the form of emotional stability. Life is challenging and it always will be but I never want my wife or children to doubt my love and commitment to them. They will always be my priority. Finally, my job is to provide for my family by loving them. I love my wife and we will love our child unconditionally, so providing for my family by loving them really means being present. It means showing up to school events, helping with homework, being home on the weekends and being home every night during the week for dinners. It means showing my family that I am always there for them no matter how chaotic life may be.
MICKAELA
IN CONNOR'S WORDS I was first attracted to Mickaela in college because she seemed so genuine. She never pretended to be someone she wasn't, and she was always honest and open with me about everything. She was unlike any woman I had ever met, and I immediately fell for her. As I grew to know her more, I realized that she is the single most loving and caring person I have ever met. She is a natural caregiver and she shows her love for others by selflessly taking care of them in their times of need. She's the rare type of person who is kind when nobody is watching, and any child would be so blessed to have her as a mother. Mickaela is the spark of my life. My most memorable life moments and experiences have been with her, from going to the beaches of New Jersey in a snowstorm to hiking through a rainforest to find a hidden waterfall. She lives life to the fullest every single day and she is always unapologetically herself. She lives her life with enthusiasm, and being with her makes me enjoy life more than I ever thought possible. I love Mickaela because...
IN CONNOR'S WORDS
I was first attracted to Mickaela in college because she seemed so genuine. She never pretended to be someone she wasn't, and she was always honest and open with me about everything. She was unlike any woman I had ever met, and I immediately fell for her. As I grew to know her more, I realized that she is the single most loving and caring person I have ever met. She is a natural caregiver and she shows her love for others by selflessly taking care of them in their times of need. She's the rare type of person who is kind when nobody is watching, and any child would be so blessed to have her as a mother.
Mickaela is the spark of my life. My most memorable life moments and experiences have been with her, from going to the beaches of New Jersey in a snowstorm to hiking through a rainforest to find a hidden waterfall. She lives life to the fullest every single day and she is always unapologetically herself. She lives her life with enthusiasm, and being with her makes me enjoy life more than I ever thought possible. I love Mickaela because she loves and accepts me for exactly who I am, and she has always supported me unconditionally. Just like anyone, I have my insecurities. But I have never felt those insecurities with her. I've always felt that I can be myself around her no matter what. She makes me want to be a better person for her and our future family. She's my teammate for life and my biggest supporter. Good news or bad news, I share everything with her because I know that together we can figure anything out.
Hi, I'm Mickaela
I am lucky to love what I do and to have work that feels meaningful. I work as a family medicine Physician Associate - this means that I am a medical provider who takes care of patients of all ages - handling everyday health issues, chronic conditions, and preventive care. I work for a smaller office that practices more "small town medicine" and see multiple members of the same family. I enjoy caring for people, offering excellent bedside manner and helping people be the healthiest versions of themselves. I currently work part time, just two days a week. I plan to take time off when our children are younger but to continue to uphold my license and continue to practice in the future. My job is very flexible, family friendly and will be accommodating with a newborn adoption. We have no concerns for lack of childcare - if I continue to work 2 days a week, grandparents and Connor would help care for our children.
I have always wanted to be a mom, for as long as I can remember. Connor and I have been blessed to be together for so many years but we are so ready to welcome a child into our home - it is the missing piece in the beautiful life we have created. I know with so much confidence that we will make great parents and be able to provide a beautiful, loving, fun and gracious life for a child. We have dreamt about what kind of parents we want to be and all the things that we want to do with our kids. We want to laugh, have fun and be silly with them. We want to be present and never take a moment for granted. We want to expose them to the best things in life and make sure they are enriched in every way. We want them to know that our home is a safe haven and that they will always be loved by us.
I honor my husband and family by being supportive and offering unconditional love. Even though I have a professional career, my favorite role and job is being a homemaker and one day, to be a mom. Веyond caring for our home, I'm the one who plans and prepares for everything - parties, weekend plans, holidays and family vacations. I take so much pride in being able to always have everything ready for my husband and I know I'll be the same way when it comes to being prepared for our child. As a wife, I believe the biggest thing I can do for Connor is to support him and be there for him, no matter what. It would be a disservice to our marriage if I wasn't always present and ready to dive into life's challenges with him. I know it will be the same with our children. I want to always be present and support them in whatever way they may need - whether it's to provide the basics of food, money, shelter; offer advice during a difficult time; care for them when they are sick; or just love them and give them a hug. Offering unconditional love to my husband and future child is so important to mе. I never once doubted the love my parents had for one another or for my sister and me and it is so important to me that our kids feel the same way. I can't wait to have a child to love and adore unconditionally.
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IN CONNOR'S WORDS I was first attracted to Mickaela in college because she seemed so genuine. She never pretended to be someone she wasn't, and she was always honest and open with me about everything. She was unlike any woman I had ever met, and I immediately fell for her. As I grew to know her more, I realized that she is the single most loving and caring person I have ever met. She is a natural caregiver and she shows her love for others by selflessly taking care of them in their times of need. She's the rare type of person who is kind when nobody is watching, and any child would be so blessed to have her as a mother. Mickaela is the spark of my life. My most memorable life moments and experiences have been with her, from going to the beaches of New Jersey in a snowstorm to hiking through a rainforest to find a hidden waterfall. She lives life to the fullest every single day and she is always unapologetically herself. She lives her life with enthusiasm, and being with her makes me enjoy life more than I ever thought possible. I love Mickaela because...
IN CONNOR'S WORDS
I was first attracted to Mickaela in college because she seemed so genuine. She never pretended to be someone she wasn't, and she was always honest and open with me about everything. She was unlike any woman I had ever met, and I immediately fell for her. As I grew to know her more, I realized that she is the single most loving and caring person I have ever met. She is a natural caregiver and she shows her love for others by selflessly taking care of them in their times of need. She's the rare type of person who is kind when nobody is watching, and any child would be so blessed to have her as a mother.
Mickaela is the spark of my life. My most memorable life moments and experiences have been with her, from going to the beaches of New Jersey in a snowstorm to hiking through a rainforest to find a hidden waterfall. She lives life to the fullest every single day and she is always unapologetically herself. She lives her life with enthusiasm, and being with her makes me enjoy life more than I ever thought possible. I love Mickaela because she loves and accepts me for exactly who I am, and she has always supported me unconditionally. Just like anyone, I have my insecurities. But I have never felt those insecurities with her. I've always felt that I can be myself around her no matter what. She makes me want to be a better person for her and our future family. She's my teammate for life and my biggest supporter. Good news or bad news, I share everything with her because I know that together we can figure anything out.
Hi, I'm Mickaela
I am lucky to love what I do and to have work that feels meaningful. I work as a family medicine Physician Associate - this means that I am a medical provider who takes care of patients of all ages - handling everyday health issues, chronic conditions, and preventive care. I work for a smaller office that practices more "small town medicine" and see multiple members of the same family. I enjoy caring for people, offering excellent bedside manner and helping people be the healthiest versions of themselves. I currently work part time, just two days a week. I plan to take time off when our children are younger but to continue to uphold my license and continue to practice in the future. My job is very flexible, family friendly and will be accommodating with a newborn adoption. We have no concerns for lack of childcare - if I continue to work 2 days a week, grandparents and Connor would help care for our children.
I have always wanted to be a mom, for as long as I can remember. Connor and I have been blessed to be together for so many years but we are so ready to welcome a child into our home - it is the missing piece in the beautiful life we have created. I know with so much confidence that we will make great parents and be able to provide a beautiful, loving, fun and gracious life for a child. We have dreamt about what kind of parents we want to be and all the things that we want to do with our kids. We want to laugh, have fun and be silly with them. We want to be present and never take a moment for granted. We want to expose them to the best things in life and make sure they are enriched in every way. We want them to know that our home is a safe haven and that they will always be loved by us.
I honor my husband and family by being supportive and offering unconditional love. Even though I have a professional career, my favorite role and job is being a homemaker and one day, to be a mom. Веyond caring for our home, I'm the one who plans and prepares for everything - parties, weekend plans, holidays and family vacations. I take so much pride in being able to always have everything ready for my husband and I know I'll be the same way when it comes to being prepared for our child. As a wife, I believe the biggest thing I can do for Connor is to support him and be there for him, no matter what. It would be a disservice to our marriage if I wasn't always present and ready to dive into life's challenges with him. I know it will be the same with our children. I want to always be present and support them in whatever way they may need - whether it's to provide the basics of food, money, shelter; offer advice during a difficult time; care for them when they are sick; or just love them and give them a hug. Offering unconditional love to my husband and future child is so important to mе. I never once doubted the love my parents had for one another or for my sister and me and it is so important to me that our kids feel the same way. I can't wait to have a child to love and adore unconditionally.
About Us
"ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THOSE WERE THE BIG THINGS" We are a silly and loving couple. We enjoy traveling and we have been all over the world together (from Ireland to Switzerland to Alaska and even Australia). As much as we love traveling, we also are so proud of the family and friends that we have made at home and consider ourselves homebodies in many ways. We love to be home playing music, cooking meals and BBQing, playing board games and making s'mores in our backyard with family and friends. We are both incredibly close to our parents and siblings and also have many close friends that we consider family. All of our friends and family are so incredibly excited to go on this adoption journey with us and, if you choose us to raise your child, your child will have no shortage of loving people in their life. We love to do a variety of different activities and we think that is one thing that is truly great about our relationship and life - we are never bored! We enjoy playing guitar and singing, BBQing and hanging by a...
"ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU
WILL LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THOSE WERE THE BIG THINGS"
We are a silly and loving couple. We enjoy traveling and we have been all over the world together (from Ireland to Switzerland to Alaska and even Australia). As much as we love traveling, we also are so proud of the family and friends that we have made at home and consider ourselves homebodies in many ways. We love to be home playing music, cooking meals and BBQing, playing board games and making s'mores in our backyard with family and friends. We are both incredibly close to our parents and siblings and also have many close friends that we consider family. All of our friends and family are so incredibly excited to go on this adoption journey with us and, if you choose us to raise your child, your child will have no shortage of loving people in their life.
We love to do a variety of different activities and we think that is one thing that is truly great about our relationship and life - we are never bored! We enjoy playing guitar and singing, BBQing and hanging by a campfire in our backyard, playing board games and card games, hiking, watching baseball games and going to farmers markets. A typical weekend includes us going out to dinner on Friday night with family and friends. On Saturday morning we may go on a hike or go to a local farmers market. Saturday evenings are most likely spent with family and friends, making a meal together and then playing games. Most Sunday mornings we try to go to church, make a big breakfast and then relax at home and spend quality time together while preparing for the week. We frequently go to concerts - seeing live music is a passion of both of ours. We also frequently take trips to northern Arizona where Connor's parents have a cabin so we can get fresh air and enjoy the great outdoors. We are always planning our next trip, whether it's to go South Carolina to visit Connor's brother, New Jersey to visit Mickaela's family or checking another state off of our "travel list". We love road trips and try to drive to our destinations when we can so we can really get a feel for the place. We hope to do lots of camping and RVing with our kids in the future.
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"ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THOSE WERE THE BIG THINGS" We are a silly and loving couple. We enjoy traveling and we have been all over the world together (from Ireland to Switzerland to Alaska and even Australia). As much as we love traveling, we also are so proud of the family and friends that we have made at home and consider ourselves homebodies in many ways. We love to be home playing music, cooking meals and BBQing, playing board games and making s'mores in our backyard with family and friends. We are both incredibly close to our parents and siblings and also have many close friends that we consider family. All of our friends and family are so incredibly excited to go on this adoption journey with us and, if you choose us to raise your child, your child will have no shortage of loving people in their life. We love to do a variety of different activities and we think that is one thing that is truly great about our relationship and life - we are never bored! We enjoy playing guitar and singing, BBQing and hanging by a...
"ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU
WILL LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THOSE WERE THE BIG THINGS"
We are a silly and loving couple. We enjoy traveling and we have been all over the world together (from Ireland to Switzerland to Alaska and even Australia). As much as we love traveling, we also are so proud of the family and friends that we have made at home and consider ourselves homebodies in many ways. We love to be home playing music, cooking meals and BBQing, playing board games and making s'mores in our backyard with family and friends. We are both incredibly close to our parents and siblings and also have many close friends that we consider family. All of our friends and family are so incredibly excited to go on this adoption journey with us and, if you choose us to raise your child, your child will have no shortage of loving people in their life.
We love to do a variety of different activities and we think that is one thing that is truly great about our relationship and life - we are never bored! We enjoy playing guitar and singing, BBQing and hanging by a campfire in our backyard, playing board games and card games, hiking, watching baseball games and going to farmers markets. A typical weekend includes us going out to dinner on Friday night with family and friends. On Saturday morning we may go on a hike or go to a local farmers market. Saturday evenings are most likely spent with family and friends, making a meal together and then playing games. Most Sunday mornings we try to go to church, make a big breakfast and then relax at home and spend quality time together while preparing for the week. We frequently go to concerts - seeing live music is a passion of both of ours. We also frequently take trips to northern Arizona where Connor's parents have a cabin so we can get fresh air and enjoy the great outdoors. We are always planning our next trip, whether it's to go South Carolina to visit Connor's brother, New Jersey to visit Mickaela's family or checking another state off of our "travel list". We love road trips and try to drive to our destinations when we can so we can really get a feel for the place. We hope to do lots of camping and RVing with our kids in the future.
Get to Know Connor
I can solve the rubix cube in 30 seconds. I taught myself how to play guitar a few years ago and love playing guitar while Mickaela sings. I love all things cars - I am a huge car enthusiast and love going to car museums, watching videos and reading books about cars. I have a diverse group of interests and love reading and learning about different topics, from history to real estate to sports to music. I can skateboard, ride a unicycle (sort of), and do the pogo stick.
- I can solve the rubix cube in 30 seconds.
- I taught myself how to play guitar a few years ago and love playing guitar while Mickaela sings.
- I love all things cars - I am a huge car enthusiast and love going to car museums, watching videos and reading books about cars.
- I have a diverse group of interests and love reading and learning about different topics, from history to real estate to sports to music.
- I can skateboard, ride a unicycle (sort of), and do the pogo stick.
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I can solve the rubix cube in 30 seconds. I taught myself how to play guitar a few years ago and love playing guitar while Mickaela sings. I love all things cars - I am a huge car enthusiast and love going to car museums, watching videos and reading books about cars. I have a diverse group of interests and love reading and learning about different topics, from history to real estate to sports to music. I can skateboard, ride a unicycle (sort of), and do the pogo stick.
- I can solve the rubix cube in 30 seconds.
- I taught myself how to play guitar a few years ago and love playing guitar while Mickaela sings.
- I love all things cars - I am a huge car enthusiast and love going to car museums, watching videos and reading books about cars.
- I have a diverse group of interests and love reading and learning about different topics, from history to real estate to sports to music.
- I can skateboard, ride a unicycle (sort of), and do the pogo stick.
Get to Know Mickaela
I love Thai food, Sushi, Sparkling Water, and Iced Tea! My favorite holidays are Christmas and July Fourth and my favorite season is fall. I enjoy boardgames, playing cards, hiking, guitar and singing, music trivia, and reading crime novels. I spend my free time watching baseball and soccer games, going out for lunch and shopping with my friends and sister, listening to music and doing crossword puzzles. I love the TV shows LOST and Survivor and my favorite books are the Harry Potter series!
- I love Thai food, Sushi, Sparkling Water, and Iced Tea!
- My favorite holidays are Christmas and July Fourth and my favorite season is fall.
- I enjoy boardgames, playing cards, hiking, guitar and singing, music trivia, and reading crime novels.
- I spend my free time watching baseball and soccer games, going out for lunch and shopping with my friends and sister, listening to music and doing crossword puzzles.
- I love the TV shows LOST and Survivor and my favorite books are the Harry Potter series!
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I love Thai food, Sushi, Sparkling Water, and Iced Tea! My favorite holidays are Christmas and July Fourth and my favorite season is fall. I enjoy boardgames, playing cards, hiking, guitar and singing, music trivia, and reading crime novels. I spend my free time watching baseball and soccer games, going out for lunch and shopping with my friends and sister, listening to music and doing crossword puzzles. I love the TV shows LOST and Survivor and my favorite books are the Harry Potter series!
- I love Thai food, Sushi, Sparkling Water, and Iced Tea!
- My favorite holidays are Christmas and July Fourth and my favorite season is fall.
- I enjoy boardgames, playing cards, hiking, guitar and singing, music trivia, and reading crime novels.
- I spend my free time watching baseball and soccer games, going out for lunch and shopping with my friends and sister, listening to music and doing crossword puzzles.
- I love the TV shows LOST and Survivor and my favorite books are the Harry Potter series!
Faith Is Important in Our Home
We were both raised Catholic and plan on raising our children Catholic as well. While we we may not make it to church every Sunday, what is important to us is how we live our lives as Christians. We value being kind, treating others the way you would like to be treated, and always giving someone the benefit of the doubt. We value volunteering and helping those in need. We hope to have some sort of tradition of volunteering regularly together as a family. We value tradition and with that comes Catholic traditions such as partaking in Advent and Lent, and honoring baby Jesus' birth on Christmas morning. We believe that when our kids are older, it is important to have exposure and understanding of other religions - we want our kids to be familiar with other cultures and religions because we believe that helps us feel more connected and devoted to our own faith. At the end of the day, we want our children to be raised in a home that preaches kindness and understanding above all else.
We were both raised Catholic and plan on raising our children Catholic as well. While we we may not make it to church every Sunday, what is important to us is how we live our lives as Christians. We value being kind, treating others the way you would like to be treated, and always giving someone the benefit of the doubt. We value volunteering and helping those in need. We hope to have some sort of tradition of volunteering regularly together as a family. We value tradition and with that comes Catholic traditions such as partaking in Advent and Lent, and honoring baby Jesus' birth on Christmas morning. We believe that when our kids are older, it is important to have exposure and understanding of other religions - we want our kids to be familiar with other cultures and religions because we believe that helps us feel more connected and devoted to our own faith. At the end of the day, we want our children to be raised in a home that preaches kindness and understanding above all else.
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We were both raised Catholic and plan on raising our children Catholic as well. While we we may not make it to church every Sunday, what is important to us is how we live our lives as Christians. We value being kind, treating others the way you would like to be treated, and always giving someone the benefit of the doubt. We value volunteering and helping those in need. We hope to have some sort of tradition of volunteering regularly together as a family. We value tradition and with that comes Catholic traditions such as partaking in Advent and Lent, and honoring baby Jesus' birth on Christmas morning. We believe that when our kids are older, it is important to have exposure and understanding of other religions - we want our kids to be familiar with other cultures and religions because we believe that helps us feel more connected and devoted to our own faith. At the end of the day, we want our children to be raised in a home that preaches kindness and understanding above all else.
We were both raised Catholic and plan on raising our children Catholic as well. While we we may not make it to church every Sunday, what is important to us is how we live our lives as Christians. We value being kind, treating others the way you would like to be treated, and always giving someone the benefit of the doubt. We value volunteering and helping those in need. We hope to have some sort of tradition of volunteering regularly together as a family. We value tradition and with that comes Catholic traditions such as partaking in Advent and Lent, and honoring baby Jesus' birth on Christmas morning. We believe that when our kids are older, it is important to have exposure and understanding of other religions - we want our kids to be familiar with other cultures and religions because we believe that helps us feel more connected and devoted to our own faith. At the end of the day, we want our children to be raised in a home that preaches kindness and understanding above all else.
Kids
We love spending time with kids, whether family or friends. Two of our best friends recently had a baby girl and we are her godparents. Spending time with her brightens our day and we look forward to seeing her at least once a week, if not more. Although none of our siblings have children yet, we are so excited to grow our family and raise children together one day. Having friends and family in our lives with kids so that our children can have cousins and close friends is so important to us. One of our favorite parts of church is seeing the families and little kids and getting distracted by them during the service.
We love spending time with kids, whether family or friends. Two of our best friends recently had a baby girl and we are her godparents. Spending time with her brightens our day and we look forward to seeing her at least once a week, if not more. Although none of our siblings have children yet, we are so excited to grow our family and raise children together one day. Having friends and family in our lives with kids so that our children can have cousins and close friends is so important to us. One of our favorite parts of church is seeing the families and little kids and getting distracted by them during the service.
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We love spending time with kids, whether family or friends. Two of our best friends recently had a baby girl and we are her godparents. Spending time with her brightens our day and we look forward to seeing her at least once a week, if not more. Although none of our siblings have children yet, we are so excited to grow our family and raise children together one day. Having friends and family in our lives with kids so that our children can have cousins and close friends is so important to us. One of our favorite parts of church is seeing the families and little kids and getting distracted by them during the service.
We love spending time with kids, whether family or friends. Two of our best friends recently had a baby girl and we are her godparents. Spending time with her brightens our day and we look forward to seeing her at least once a week, if not more. Although none of our siblings have children yet, we are so excited to grow our family and raise children together one day. Having friends and family in our lives with kids so that our children can have cousins and close friends is so important to us. One of our favorite parts of church is seeing the families and little kids and getting distracted by them during the service.
Home Sweet Home
We love our community and home in Arizona. We live in a two story house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. We've made this house a home over the past nine years that we have lived here. We already have a nursery ready to go with everything we will need. It was originally intended for our daughter, Keeley, so we started to decorate it for a girl, but now we are just waiting to know if we will be adopting a girl or a boy to finish decorating. Our plan is to switch over to a dinosaur theme if we adopt a boy. We spend most of our time downstairs and outside, cooking, grilling, listening to music and sitting by the fire in the backyard. We are close to local neighborhood parks, a zoo, and beautiful state parks with mountains and desert hiking. We are close to highly rated private schools. We have all available stores, restaurants and everything we need within a few miles of our house. We love where we live - a good balance of city and rural life. The local book store has different events for children every month. Some of our favorite...
We love our community and home in Arizona. We live in a two story house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. We've made this house a home over the past nine years that we have lived here. We already have a nursery ready to go with everything we will need. It was originally intended for our daughter, Keeley, so we started to decorate it for a girl, but now we are just waiting to know if we will be adopting a girl or a boy to finish decorating. Our plan is to switch over to a dinosaur theme if we adopt a boy. We spend most of our time downstairs and outside, cooking, grilling, listening to music and sitting by the fire in the backyard. We are close to local neighborhood parks, a zoo, and beautiful state parks with mountains and desert hiking. We are close to highly rated private schools. We have all available stores, restaurants and everything we need within a few miles of our house. We love where we live - a good balance of city and rural life. The local book store has different events for children every month.
Some of our favorite things to do in our town are to go to farmers markets on the weekends, grab an iced tea and walk around town, try a new cuisine/restaurant or drive out to the state parks and eat lunch/go for a hike. We are also blessed to be able to visit Connor's parents' cabin frequently on some beautiful land in Northern Arizona where our kids can experience snowy winters and get an escape in the summers from the desert heat!
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We love our community and home in Arizona. We live in a two story house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. We've made this house a home over the past nine years that we have lived here. We already have a nursery ready to go with everything we will need. It was originally intended for our daughter, Keeley, so we started to decorate it for a girl, but now we are just waiting to know if we will be adopting a girl or a boy to finish decorating. Our plan is to switch over to a dinosaur theme if we adopt a boy. We spend most of our time downstairs and outside, cooking, grilling, listening to music and sitting by the fire in the backyard. We are close to local neighborhood parks, a zoo, and beautiful state parks with mountains and desert hiking. We are close to highly rated private schools. We have all available stores, restaurants and everything we need within a few miles of our house. We love where we live - a good balance of city and rural life. The local book store has different events for children every month. Some of our favorite...
We love our community and home in Arizona. We live in a two story house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. We've made this house a home over the past nine years that we have lived here. We already have a nursery ready to go with everything we will need. It was originally intended for our daughter, Keeley, so we started to decorate it for a girl, but now we are just waiting to know if we will be adopting a girl or a boy to finish decorating. Our plan is to switch over to a dinosaur theme if we adopt a boy. We spend most of our time downstairs and outside, cooking, grilling, listening to music and sitting by the fire in the backyard. We are close to local neighborhood parks, a zoo, and beautiful state parks with mountains and desert hiking. We are close to highly rated private schools. We have all available stores, restaurants and everything we need within a few miles of our house. We love where we live - a good balance of city and rural life. The local book store has different events for children every month.
Some of our favorite things to do in our town are to go to farmers markets on the weekends, grab an iced tea and walk around town, try a new cuisine/restaurant or drive out to the state parks and eat lunch/go for a hike. We are also blessed to be able to visit Connor's parents' cabin frequently on some beautiful land in Northern Arizona where our kids can experience snowy winters and get an escape in the summers from the desert heat!
Our Families
We could never truly explain in words the amazing and supportive families that we are part of. We both had loving and family oriented childhoods and are very close to our parents and siblings. We are blessed that both of our families get along so well - after being together for over 13 years our families frequently spend holidays and vacations together - from California coast roadtrips, to visiting Ireland together to meet Mickaela's family, to traveling to Switzerland and Germany for Mickaela's sister's wedding, to spending a week on Martha's Vineyard together - the vacation planning never stops and we are always looking forward to our next trip together! We are all foodies and love trying new restaurants and cuisines together. We love playing board games and card games together, along with going on hikes and exploring new places together. Both of our families are so excited for our plans to adopt - they have been on this fertility journey with us, have prayed for a child, have grieved with us during our losses, and most importantly have supported us every step of the way. We know that whatever future children we have will have the best grandparents, aunts...
We could never truly explain in words the amazing and supportive families that we are part of. We both had loving and family oriented childhoods and are very close to our parents and siblings. We are blessed that both of our families get along so well - after being together for over 13 years our families frequently spend holidays and vacations together - from California coast roadtrips, to visiting Ireland together to meet Mickaela's family, to traveling to Switzerland and Germany for Mickaela's sister's wedding, to spending a week on Martha's Vineyard together - the vacation planning never stops and we are always looking forward to our next trip together!
We are all foodies and love trying new restaurants and cuisines together. We love playing board games and card games together, along with going on hikes and exploring new places together. Both of our families are so excited for our plans to adopt - they have been on this fertility journey with us, have prayed for a child, have grieved with us during our losses, and most importantly have supported us every step of the way. We know that whatever future children we have will have the best grandparents, aunts and uncles a kid could have.
CONNOR'S FAMILY
I have the best family who are all so excited for us to adopt. I am extremely close to my brother and parents. My brother is two years younger than me and we are best friends. He moved to South Carolina two years ago for work but we still talk every day and see each other as often as we can. He's a mechanical engineer and has two dogs, Murphy and Lilly. He's single but is actively looking for his wife and wants to have kids someday. He can't wait to be an uncle. My parents live about a mile away from us in Arizona and are so excited to be grandparents. My mom wants to be called "Nana" and my dad wants to be called "Grand-dad". We can't wait to bring our kids up to my parents' cabin in Northern Arizona to enjoy the great outdoors as a family.
MICKAELA'S FAMILY
I am so lucky to be part of such a loving and close family. Although all my family lives in New Jersey, we speak to each other every day and see each other all the time. I have one younger sister, Cait. We grew up sharing a room and are still very close to this day. She works as an attorney and is married to her husband, Gereon, who is from Germany and works as a real estate agent. They live in New Jersey about an hour away from my parents. They don't have kids yet but plan on having a big family one day! My parents live close to the beach in the house where I grew up. They are all so excited for us to adopt. My mom wants to be called "Grandma" and my dad wants to be called "Granda", just like my grandparents in Ireland. Everyone in my family will play a huge role in our child's life and we can't wait to take frequent trips to see them in New Jersey as well as host them in Arizona.
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We could never truly explain in words the amazing and supportive families that we are part of. We both had loving and family oriented childhoods and are very close to our parents and siblings. We are blessed that both of our families get along so well - after being together for over 13 years our families frequently spend holidays and vacations together - from California coast roadtrips, to visiting Ireland together to meet Mickaela's family, to traveling to Switzerland and Germany for Mickaela's sister's wedding, to spending a week on Martha's Vineyard together - the vacation planning never stops and we are always looking forward to our next trip together! We are all foodies and love trying new restaurants and cuisines together. We love playing board games and card games together, along with going on hikes and exploring new places together. Both of our families are so excited for our plans to adopt - they have been on this fertility journey with us, have prayed for a child, have grieved with us during our losses, and most importantly have supported us every step of the way. We know that whatever future children we have will have the best grandparents, aunts...
We could never truly explain in words the amazing and supportive families that we are part of. We both had loving and family oriented childhoods and are very close to our parents and siblings. We are blessed that both of our families get along so well - after being together for over 13 years our families frequently spend holidays and vacations together - from California coast roadtrips, to visiting Ireland together to meet Mickaela's family, to traveling to Switzerland and Germany for Mickaela's sister's wedding, to spending a week on Martha's Vineyard together - the vacation planning never stops and we are always looking forward to our next trip together!
We are all foodies and love trying new restaurants and cuisines together. We love playing board games and card games together, along with going on hikes and exploring new places together. Both of our families are so excited for our plans to adopt - they have been on this fertility journey with us, have prayed for a child, have grieved with us during our losses, and most importantly have supported us every step of the way. We know that whatever future children we have will have the best grandparents, aunts and uncles a kid could have.
CONNOR'S FAMILY
I have the best family who are all so excited for us to adopt. I am extremely close to my brother and parents. My brother is two years younger than me and we are best friends. He moved to South Carolina two years ago for work but we still talk every day and see each other as often as we can. He's a mechanical engineer and has two dogs, Murphy and Lilly. He's single but is actively looking for his wife and wants to have kids someday. He can't wait to be an uncle. My parents live about a mile away from us in Arizona and are so excited to be grandparents. My mom wants to be called "Nana" and my dad wants to be called "Grand-dad". We can't wait to bring our kids up to my parents' cabin in Northern Arizona to enjoy the great outdoors as a family.
MICKAELA'S FAMILY
I am so lucky to be part of such a loving and close family. Although all my family lives in New Jersey, we speak to each other every day and see each other all the time. I have one younger sister, Cait. We grew up sharing a room and are still very close to this day. She works as an attorney and is married to her husband, Gereon, who is from Germany and works as a real estate agent. They live in New Jersey about an hour away from my parents. They don't have kids yet but plan on having a big family one day! My parents live close to the beach in the house where I grew up. They are all so excited for us to adopt. My mom wants to be called "Grandma" and my dad wants to be called "Granda", just like my grandparents in Ireland. Everyone in my family will play a huge role in our child's life and we can't wait to take frequent trips to see them in New Jersey as well as host them in Arizona.
Family Traditions
Holidays are important to us and are always spent with family. We both grew up in households with strong holiday traditions, especially Christmas traditions, and we cannot wait to continue these with our kids. It's so important to us that we have traditions to look forward to every year. We have melded these traditions into our home and created new ones! Each year, we decorate our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving while listening to Christmas music and sipping hot cocoa. As a kid, Mickaela tracked Santa every Christmas Eve on NORAD's website and she can't wait for our kids to do that, too. We also love spending the Fourth of July in New Jersey, either on Mickaela's parents' boat or at the beach watching fireworks. One tradition we especially look forward to sharing with our children is "trading" Halloween candy with siblings, cousins, and friends after trick-or-treating, something both of us did when we were younger. We also enjoy several non-holiday traditions. Every year we travel up to Northern Arizona to stay at Connor's parents' cabin when the first snow storm hits. We also spend a few days every year in Colorado with Connor's parents at their ski resort...
Holidays are important to us and are always spent with family.
We both grew up in households with strong holiday traditions, especially Christmas traditions, and we cannot wait to continue these with our kids. It's so important to us that we have traditions to look forward to every year. We have melded these traditions into our home and created new ones! Each year, we decorate our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving while listening to Christmas music and sipping hot cocoa. As a kid, Mickaela tracked Santa every Christmas Eve on NORAD's website and she can't wait for our kids to do that, too. We also love spending the Fourth of July in New Jersey, either on Mickaela's parents' boat or at the beach watching fireworks. One tradition we especially look forward to sharing with our children is "trading" Halloween candy with siblings, cousins, and friends after trick-or-treating, something both of us did when we were younger.
We also enjoy several non-holiday traditions. Every year we travel up to Northern Arizona to stay at Connor's parents' cabin when the first snow storm hits. We also spend a few days every year in Colorado with Connor's parents at their ski resort timeshare. We are so excited to share these traditions with our children and watch them build snow angels and snowmen and go sledding. Another one of our favorite traditions is spending time during the summer with Mickaela's parents at their New Jersey home. This allows us to spend time at the beach, use Mickaela's parents' boat and even take the train into New York City to see Broadway shows and explore the city. When Mickaela was a kid her parents traveled with her every year to Ireland to visit her Irish family. In recent years we have started traveling to Ireland together, and it has started to become a new tradition for us that we can't wait to share with our kids.
We love having smaller weekly traditions, like "Taco Tuesdays" and "Pizza Nights" on Fridays, as well as movie nights and weekly dinners with grandparents. We also love watching baseball, the World Cup and the Olympics, and we can't wait to pile onto the couch together with our kids and watch the games and events together.
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Holidays are important to us and are always spent with family. We both grew up in households with strong holiday traditions, especially Christmas traditions, and we cannot wait to continue these with our kids. It's so important to us that we have traditions to look forward to every year. We have melded these traditions into our home and created new ones! Each year, we decorate our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving while listening to Christmas music and sipping hot cocoa. As a kid, Mickaela tracked Santa every Christmas Eve on NORAD's website and she can't wait for our kids to do that, too. We also love spending the Fourth of July in New Jersey, either on Mickaela's parents' boat or at the beach watching fireworks. One tradition we especially look forward to sharing with our children is "trading" Halloween candy with siblings, cousins, and friends after trick-or-treating, something both of us did when we were younger. We also enjoy several non-holiday traditions. Every year we travel up to Northern Arizona to stay at Connor's parents' cabin when the first snow storm hits. We also spend a few days every year in Colorado with Connor's parents at their ski resort...
Holidays are important to us and are always spent with family.
We both grew up in households with strong holiday traditions, especially Christmas traditions, and we cannot wait to continue these with our kids. It's so important to us that we have traditions to look forward to every year. We have melded these traditions into our home and created new ones! Each year, we decorate our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving while listening to Christmas music and sipping hot cocoa. As a kid, Mickaela tracked Santa every Christmas Eve on NORAD's website and she can't wait for our kids to do that, too. We also love spending the Fourth of July in New Jersey, either on Mickaela's parents' boat or at the beach watching fireworks. One tradition we especially look forward to sharing with our children is "trading" Halloween candy with siblings, cousins, and friends after trick-or-treating, something both of us did when we were younger.
We also enjoy several non-holiday traditions. Every year we travel up to Northern Arizona to stay at Connor's parents' cabin when the first snow storm hits. We also spend a few days every year in Colorado with Connor's parents at their ski resort timeshare. We are so excited to share these traditions with our children and watch them build snow angels and snowmen and go sledding. Another one of our favorite traditions is spending time during the summer with Mickaela's parents at their New Jersey home. This allows us to spend time at the beach, use Mickaela's parents' boat and even take the train into New York City to see Broadway shows and explore the city. When Mickaela was a kid her parents traveled with her every year to Ireland to visit her Irish family. In recent years we have started traveling to Ireland together, and it has started to become a new tradition for us that we can't wait to share with our kids.
We love having smaller weekly traditions, like "Taco Tuesdays" and "Pizza Nights" on Fridays, as well as movie nights and weekly dinners with grandparents. We also love watching baseball, the World Cup and the Olympics, and we can't wait to pile onto the couch together with our kids and watch the games and events together.
Looking Ahead
"WHERE YOU INVEST YOUR LOVE, YOU INVEST YOUR LIFE" - Mumford and Sons Although we have lots of plans for the future, we know realistically that you never know where life is going to take you. We have hopes and dreams of a large family with at least three children. We love traveling and know that we will make that a priority within our family - our goal is to travel to all 50 states within the US with our kids, hopefully in an RV at some point. We hope to visit as many countries as possible to help them see the world and expose them to different ways of life. We know that Arizona will always be home in one form or another, but have hopes and dreams of buying a second home at some point for the summers on the East Coast closer to Mickaela's family. All we know is that no matter where life takes us, our family values will hold strong and we will make the best of wherever we are. Home is not a place, but the people you are with.
"WHERE YOU INVEST YOUR LOVE, YOU INVEST YOUR LIFE" - Mumford and Sons
Although we have lots of plans for the future, we know realistically that you never know where life is going to take you. We have hopes and dreams of a large family with at least three children. We love traveling and know that we will make that a priority within our family - our goal is to travel to all 50 states within the US with our kids, hopefully in an RV at some point. We hope to visit as many countries as possible to help them see the world and expose them to different ways of life. We know that Arizona will always be home in one form or another, but have hopes and dreams of buying a second home at some point for the summers on the East Coast closer to Mickaela's family. All we know is that no matter where life takes us, our family values will hold strong and we will make the best of wherever we are. Home is not a place, but the people you are with.
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"WHERE YOU INVEST YOUR LOVE, YOU INVEST YOUR LIFE" - Mumford and Sons Although we have lots of plans for the future, we know realistically that you never know where life is going to take you. We have hopes and dreams of a large family with at least three children. We love traveling and know that we will make that a priority within our family - our goal is to travel to all 50 states within the US with our kids, hopefully in an RV at some point. We hope to visit as many countries as possible to help them see the world and expose them to different ways of life. We know that Arizona will always be home in one form or another, but have hopes and dreams of buying a second home at some point for the summers on the East Coast closer to Mickaela's family. All we know is that no matter where life takes us, our family values will hold strong and we will make the best of wherever we are. Home is not a place, but the people you are with.
"WHERE YOU INVEST YOUR LOVE, YOU INVEST YOUR LIFE" - Mumford and Sons
Although we have lots of plans for the future, we know realistically that you never know where life is going to take you. We have hopes and dreams of a large family with at least three children. We love traveling and know that we will make that a priority within our family - our goal is to travel to all 50 states within the US with our kids, hopefully in an RV at some point. We hope to visit as many countries as possible to help them see the world and expose them to different ways of life. We know that Arizona will always be home in one form or another, but have hopes and dreams of buying a second home at some point for the summers on the East Coast closer to Mickaela's family. All we know is that no matter where life takes us, our family values will hold strong and we will make the best of wherever we are. Home is not a place, but the people you are with.
Thoughts on Education
We both grew up in households where a traditional education was highly regarded. We both studied very hard our entire lives, went to a four year college and then to graduate school. We understand the importance of a good education, but having been through it ourselves, we also believe that college is not the path for everyone. We plan on nurturing our kids' talents and interests wherever that may take them. For one child, that may mean sending them to science camp, enrolling them in college prep courses in high school, and helping them apply to and pay for college and graduate school. For another child, that may mean taking them to piano lessons and purchasing a home piano or helping them learn about engines and build a car together. Whatever their interests and dreams, we know that we will do whatever it takes to support them and help them reach their goals. In today's world, our views are changing constantly about the school system. We plan on sending our kids to private schools, most likely local Catholic schools. We have also been considering home schooling in the early years. They will attend high school whether or not they have...
We both grew up in households where a traditional education was highly regarded. We both studied very hard our entire lives, went to a four year college and then to graduate school. We understand the importance of a good education, but having been through it ourselves, we also believe that college is not the path for everyone. We plan on nurturing our kids' talents and interests wherever that may take them. For one child, that may mean sending them to science camp, enrolling them in college prep courses in high school, and helping them apply to and pay for college and graduate school. For another child, that may mean taking them to piano lessons and purchasing a home piano or helping them learn about engines and build a car together. Whatever their interests and dreams, we know that we will do whatever it takes to support them and help them reach their goals. In today's world, our views are changing constantly about the school system. We plan on sending our kids to private schools, most likely local Catholic schools. We have also been considering home schooling in the early years. They will attend high school whether or not they have been home schooled for elementary school. The most important thing is that they are in a safe and enriching environment.
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We both grew up in households where a traditional education was highly regarded. We both studied very hard our entire lives, went to a four year college and then to graduate school. We understand the importance of a good education, but having been through it ourselves, we also believe that college is not the path for everyone. We plan on nurturing our kids' talents and interests wherever that may take them. For one child, that may mean sending them to science camp, enrolling them in college prep courses in high school, and helping them apply to and pay for college and graduate school. For another child, that may mean taking them to piano lessons and purchasing a home piano or helping them learn about engines and build a car together. Whatever their interests and dreams, we know that we will do whatever it takes to support them and help them reach their goals. In today's world, our views are changing constantly about the school system. We plan on sending our kids to private schools, most likely local Catholic schools. We have also been considering home schooling in the early years. They will attend high school whether or not they have...
We both grew up in households where a traditional education was highly regarded. We both studied very hard our entire lives, went to a four year college and then to graduate school. We understand the importance of a good education, but having been through it ourselves, we also believe that college is not the path for everyone. We plan on nurturing our kids' talents and interests wherever that may take them. For one child, that may mean sending them to science camp, enrolling them in college prep courses in high school, and helping them apply to and pay for college and graduate school. For another child, that may mean taking them to piano lessons and purchasing a home piano or helping them learn about engines and build a car together. Whatever their interests and dreams, we know that we will do whatever it takes to support them and help them reach their goals. In today's world, our views are changing constantly about the school system. We plan on sending our kids to private schools, most likely local Catholic schools. We have also been considering home schooling in the early years. They will attend high school whether or not they have been home schooled for elementary school. The most important thing is that they are in a safe and enriching environment.
Our Promises to You
We promise to ensure that your child will never ever question if they are loved and part of our family. We will show our love to them every single day through our actions and words. We promise to protect and nourish your child in all ways possible. We will always provide healthy food, a loving home, endless opportunities for whatever they are interested in and a close-knit family and community to support them. We promise to honor and celebrate your child's heritage and culture and to make sure they know their roots and their biological family. We also promise to teach them and include them in our heritage and cultural traditions. We promise to laugh every day and remember to be silly. Life is too short to not enjoy every single day. We promise to have family fun-filled traditions including weekly ones and holiday ones, including: "Taco Tuesday", movie nights, decorating the Christmas tree together, watching fireworks together on July 4th, and going to the New Jersey beaches every summer. We promise to always talk about you with love and respect. Your story matters and we want your child to know where they came from. We welcome you into our...
- We promise to ensure that your child will never ever question if they are loved and part of our family. We will show our love to them every single day through our actions and words.
- We promise to protect and nourish your child in all ways possible. We will always provide healthy food, a loving home, endless opportunities for whatever they are interested in and a close-knit family and community to support them.
- We promise to honor and celebrate your child's heritage and culture and to make sure they know their roots and their biological family. We also promise to teach them and include them in our heritage and cultural traditions.
- We promise to laugh every day and remember to be silly. Life is too short to not enjoy every single day.
- We promise to have family fun-filled traditions including weekly ones and holiday ones, including: "Taco Tuesday", movie nights, decorating the Christmas tree together, watching fireworks together on July 4th, and going to the New Jersey beaches every summer.
- We promise to always talk about you with love and respect. Your story matters and we want your child to know where they came from. We welcome you into our family.
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We promise to ensure that your child will never ever question if they are loved and part of our family. We will show our love to them every single day through our actions and words. We promise to protect and nourish your child in all ways possible. We will always provide healthy food, a loving home, endless opportunities for whatever they are interested in and a close-knit family and community to support them. We promise to honor and celebrate your child's heritage and culture and to make sure they know their roots and their biological family. We also promise to teach them and include them in our heritage and cultural traditions. We promise to laugh every day and remember to be silly. Life is too short to not enjoy every single day. We promise to have family fun-filled traditions including weekly ones and holiday ones, including: "Taco Tuesday", movie nights, decorating the Christmas tree together, watching fireworks together on July 4th, and going to the New Jersey beaches every summer. We promise to always talk about you with love and respect. Your story matters and we want your child to know where they came from. We welcome you into our...
- We promise to ensure that your child will never ever question if they are loved and part of our family. We will show our love to them every single day through our actions and words.
- We promise to protect and nourish your child in all ways possible. We will always provide healthy food, a loving home, endless opportunities for whatever they are interested in and a close-knit family and community to support them.
- We promise to honor and celebrate your child's heritage and culture and to make sure they know their roots and their biological family. We also promise to teach them and include them in our heritage and cultural traditions.
- We promise to laugh every day and remember to be silly. Life is too short to not enjoy every single day.
- We promise to have family fun-filled traditions including weekly ones and holiday ones, including: "Taco Tuesday", movie nights, decorating the Christmas tree together, watching fireworks together on July 4th, and going to the New Jersey beaches every summer.
- We promise to always talk about you with love and respect. Your story matters and we want your child to know where they came from. We welcome you into our family.
Thank You for Getting to Know Us
Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us. We are so honored that you would consider us as an adoptive family for your child. We understand that you are in the process of making one of the most difficult decisions a person can make, and we understand the sacrifice that you are making. Regardless of the decision you make, we respect you for considering this incredibly difficult decision and we know that your baby will always have a piece of your heart with them. We are praying for you no matter what you decide. If you were to choose to allow us to raise your child, please know that you will always have a place in our home. We will welcome you into our family with loving arms, and you will always be honored in our home and shown the utmost respect and love. We would be so unbelievably honored if you chose us to raise your child. We cannot wait to get to know you more. With so much love, Connor and Mickaela
Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us. We are so honored that you would consider us as an adoptive family for your child. We understand that you are in the process of making one of the most difficult decisions a person can make, and we understand the sacrifice that you are making. Regardless of the decision you make, we respect you for considering this incredibly difficult decision and we know that your baby will always have a piece of your heart with them. We are praying for you no matter what you decide.
If you were to choose to allow us to raise your child, please know that you will always have a place in our home. We will welcome you into our family with loving arms, and you will always be honored in our home and shown the utmost respect and love. We would be so unbelievably honored if you chose us to raise your child. We cannot wait to get to know you more.
With so much love,
Connor and Mickaela
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Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us. We are so honored that you would consider us as an adoptive family for your child. We understand that you are in the process of making one of the most difficult decisions a person can make, and we understand the sacrifice that you are making. Regardless of the decision you make, we respect you for considering this incredibly difficult decision and we know that your baby will always have a piece of your heart with them. We are praying for you no matter what you decide. If you were to choose to allow us to raise your child, please know that you will always have a place in our home. We will welcome you into our family with loving arms, and you will always be honored in our home and shown the utmost respect and love. We would be so unbelievably honored if you chose us to raise your child. We cannot wait to get to know you more. With so much love, Connor and Mickaela
Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us. We are so honored that you would consider us as an adoptive family for your child. We understand that you are in the process of making one of the most difficult decisions a person can make, and we understand the sacrifice that you are making. Regardless of the decision you make, we respect you for considering this incredibly difficult decision and we know that your baby will always have a piece of your heart with them. We are praying for you no matter what you decide.
If you were to choose to allow us to raise your child, please know that you will always have a place in our home. We will welcome you into our family with loving arms, and you will always be honored in our home and shown the utmost respect and love. We would be so unbelievably honored if you chose us to raise your child. We cannot wait to get to know you more.
With so much love,
Connor and Mickaela
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