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State We Live in: Illinois
Our Religion: Catholic
Stay At Home Parent: No
Our Age Preferences: Newborn-3 Months, 3 Months – 12 Months, 1 and 2 Years, 3 and 4 Years
Our Gender Preferences: Either Gender
Our Race Preferences: African American/Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian, Caucasian/African American, Caucasian/Asian, Caucasian/Hispanic, East Indian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American
Sibling Group: Yes
With the oldest up to 3 Years old
Open to Twins: Yes
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Nice to Meet You!
We are a family of four that loves to laugh and seek out new adventures together. Our home is filled with lots of laughter, silliness and snuggles. We love heading out on bike rides, walking our dogs, visiting our local forest preserve paths, and exploring our farmers’ markets in the summer. We cannot wait to have another child to take on our family adventures! We thank you for taking the time to get to know us a little better.
About Us
We met 15 years ago! Andy found Rose pretty quirky at first (who doesn’t name their car?!). We dated for about a year and then got married in 2011. We love taking time out each year to go on a mini trip of just the two of us to catch up with each other and enjoy our shared interests. At home, you can find us making breakfast on the weekend, enjoying a cup of coffee, and catching up on how our work weeks have been and fun things the kids have done or said.
We love spending time together as a family with our 2 boys, Atreyu (11 yrs) and Gabe (7 yrs), and surrounding ourselves with friends and family. We have two rescue pups who adore our boys and smother us with love daily, and we just added a Cuban lizard to the family named Blitz. In the summer, we enjoy riding our bikes around our neighborhood bike paths or down to the park a block away from home. On rainy summer days or chilly winter nights, we snuggle up for a movie night with homemade popcorn and treats. We love to take a family trip each year to a new state, a fun thing we started with our kiddos. The boys love visiting Wisconsin Dells and going to the waterparks. We can’t wait to welcome another child into our family that we can love, adore and have him or her join us on our adventures!
Meet Andy (By Rose)
Andy is an amazing provider, partner, and father. He loves our children and family unconditionally and showers us with love. He is always up for teaching our boys new skills and will let them participate in anything from cooking a meal to learning all about being a beekeeper. When He’s home from work, he can be found cooking dinner and catching up with the kiddos on how school is going. Andy is patient, smart, caring, and one of my best friends. He loves researching coffee, from how the beans are processed to how they can be brewed. Andy loves finding different recipes to try out on our smoker, reading books on history, playing video games, and trying out new hot sauces. He started beekeeping this year and we cannot wait to taste the honey! Andy values family and is excited to share his passions and faith with our next child.
Meet Rose (By Andy)
Rose is a caring and loving mother who always puts our family’s needs before hers. She has a love for literacy, singing, and planting flowers. Rose can often be found singing and dancing around the house or just acting silly with the kiddos. In the summer, you can find her and the kids digging their hands into the dirt, planting new herbs and veggies, or tending to her flowers. When it is nice outside, she’ll often take a long walk around the neighborhood ponds or jump on the trampoline with our boys. At night, Rose can always be found with at least one of the boys snuggled up next to her as they unwind and shift gears into bedtime. She is a strong woman who has always supported me, and encourages our children to be themselves and follow their dreams and passions. Rose is excited to help our next child follow their passions and become a caring and loving human.
Our Sons
We have two beautiful and curious boys. Our sons, Atreyu and Gabe, are super excited to welcome a sibling into our home and cover him or her in snuggles, love, and teach him/her new things!
Atreyu (11 yrs.) loves playing video games, reading, and writing stories. When Atreyu is not riding his bike with his brother or jumping on the trampoline, he loves hanging out with his friends. Gabe (7 yrs.) loves to invent; give him a box and some tape and he can create anything for you! When not creating, he runs around with his brother and makes him laugh. Our boys have not stopped talking about welcoming another sibling and can’t wait until he or she arrives. Gabe said, “I just can’t wait to snuggle and protect my baby and keep it safe.” Atreyu said, “I will always protect my siblings.”
Our Home in Illinois
We live in a neighborhood with parks, bike paths, and many families. Our backyard is adjacent to a farm that houses cows and their baby calves in the summertime. On Saturdays, we love to visit the farmers’ market in our town or visit a local community event. Our home has 5 bedrooms and plenty of space for running around inside and outside. We have a room decorated and ready to welcome our next child!
We enjoy hosting BBQ potlucks on our back patio with our friends and their children during the summertime. Andy gets the smoker going all day for those! Rose always decorates the fireplace mantle to match whatever holiday is coming. We enjoy planting the garden for summer. This year we added different types of lettuce.
Our Promise
We promise to love your child unconditionally with all our hearts. We promise their life will be filled with love, laughter, and new adventures! We will provide them with a stable home, education, love for Christ, and an open and understanding heart. We promise to allow them to grow in their own due time and provide them with experiences that will help them explore and pursue their dreams and passions. Most of all, we promise to include you in our family’s life story, however you would like your child to know you.
If you would like to learn more about us, please call or text Lifetime at 1.800.923.6784.
More About Andy
Education: Associates Degree
Profession: Sergeant
Stay-At-Home: No
Racial Background: Caucasian
His Favorites:
Music: Alternative & Metal
Movies: Never Ending Story and Good Will Hunting
Family Traditions: Family movie nights & annual trips
Free-time activities: Reading history books & Beekeeping
Food: BBQ
Hobby: Beekeeping
Bucket List: Travel to Europe
More About Rose
Education: Masters Degree
Profession: Developmental Therapist
Stay-At-Home: Part-Time
Racial Background: Caucasian
Her Favorites:
Music: Country & Mumford and son's
Movies: Pride and Prejudice &Harry Potter
Family Traditions: Matching P.J.'s at Christmas time!
Free-time activities: Quality family time, reading, and singing
Food: Mexican food!
Hobby: Gardening
Bucket List: Ireland trip
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Our Families
Rose comes from a family of 7 with 4 siblings. She is the only girl and the middle child. Growing up in a big family always meant she had a playmate! She always felt loved. She lived in the city, which consisted of many festivals, waterpark visits, and swimming in their family pool during the summer with all their friends and neighbors. Her mom and dad and second youngest brother only live an hour away, and we see them often. The rest of her siblings, whom we see on special occasions and get-togethers throughout the year, she communicates via text message often.
Andy is the oldest of 3 siblings in his family. He has a younger sister and brother. Andy's family lives 3 hours away, but visits often. Andy’s parents live on a hobby farm with goats and sheep and a huge garden. Their farm allows for many adventures and lessons on caring for animals and growing your own food.
Both of our families are excited for us to welcome our next child into the family and to shower her/him with unconditional love!
Our Faith
We belong to a beautiful Catholic church in our community. Our church hosts a family faith formation filled with family activities and crafts. Our youngest attended Noah's ark Preschool and still talks about his teacher and how much he misses her. Our church provides weekly food pick-ups for families in our community who are in need. Our Pastor welcomes all the children to gather around the baptismal fountain, has them participate in blessing the water, and teaches them about each step taking place.
Our Dogs
We have two pups, Enyo Grace and Buttercup. They were both rescued from a local shelter in our neighborhood. They both love snuggling on the couch at night and patiently waiting at the window for their boys to arrive home from school during the day. We enjoy playing fetch in the backyard with them and taking walks around the neighborhood when it is nice out.
Why Adoption?
Adoption is something that has been on our hearts for the past 4 years. The flicker became pretty strong within our hearts, and we felt a strong pull by God to start on our adoption adventure. Our boys have been a part of our family discussions all along the way and are excited to welcome a new brother or sister into our family with open arms and lots of snuggles!
In Closing
Thank you for taking time out of your day to get to know a little about us. We cannot wait to welcome your child into our family movie nights, bike rides, nature walks, and Farmer's Market adventures! We look forward to building an open and lasting relationship with you on whatever level you feel comfortable with. We cannot wait to get to know you and what your dreams and aspirations are for your child and their future. Please know that we keep you and your child in our prayers and pray that God provides you with strength and love daily.