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State We Live in: Colorado
Our Religion: Christian
Stay At Home Parent: Yes
Our Age Preferences: Newborn-3 Months
Our Gender Preferences: Either Gender
Our Race Preferences: Any Race, African American, African American/Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian, Caucasian/African American, Caucasian/Asian, Caucasian/Hispanic, East Indian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American
Open to Twins: Yes
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Hello from Colorado. We are so glad you stopped by to learn a little bit about us. Brian is a Colorado native, and Amanda has lived here since she was 10 years old. We love that we live somewhere that has all four seasons (although Amanda wishes Fall lasted a little longer) and so much natural beauty. We hope to share our love for the outdoors and nature with our first child.
Our Story
We met while working at Blockbuster Video as Assistant Managers. We have been married for almost 15 years.
We thoroughly enjoy exploring the US. While we have traveled by all modes of transportation, road tripping is our absolute favorite. We have traveled coast to coast by car and have had some wonderful experiences. We’ve gone whale-watching in the Pacific Ocean, ziplined along the San Juan mountains, and driven the North Carolina coast from top to bottom exploring all the beaches along the way.
When we’re not traveling, we enjoy spending our time either at home or local places in the area. We enjoy going to hockey games, having breakfast with our families, or being at home watching football games or playing board games for some friendly competition. We look forward to celebrating the holidays with our families. We enjoy hosting Thanksgiving dinners and decorating the house for Christmas. Spending quality time together and having meaningful conversations (preferably outside by a fire) are what we value most, and we never take the time we have together for granted.
We know God is calling us to adoption and he hasn’t stopped giving us little “God winks” to confirm this. We are beyond thrilled for this upcoming chapter in our story.
Meet Brian
Amanda says: Brian is an extremely hard worker both at his job and at home. He has been a UPS driver for almost 18 years. He is a dedicated employee and has had his current delivery route for over 10 years. Most of his customers know him by name. They appreciate his sense of humor and that he goes the extra mile for them.
Brian enjoys learning how to fix things, whether it be cars or items around the house. He is quite the handyman. Throughout the years and with a little bit of Amanda’s help, he has painted every room in the house as well as the entire exterior, tore down and replaced our deck, changed out all of the light fixtures, and sanded and painted the kitchen cabinets with the goal to give everything a more welcoming and cozier feel. He is determined to finish what he has started and completes everything with high quality. He is an amazing problem solver.
When he has down time, he enjoys playing video games and watching videos about cars. Brian is looking forward to teaching our child about his interests, as well as fostering and exploring different hobbies that our child shows a fondness for. He enjoys learning new things and can’t wait to learn with his child.
Meet Amanda
Brian says: Amanda is a great and efficient organizer, keeping the household running smoothly. She considers herself an “old soul” due to her appreciation of personal, human connection over anything technology based. She has a kind and caring heart. When one of her loved ones is in need, she will drop everything to go help. She is a good listener that enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Her hobbies include putting together puzzles and playing all kinds of board games. She likes nothing better than discovering a new game to introduce to her family and friends. She’s the teacher of the rules and the competitive rule-keeper of any game–table talking is not an option. She also enjoys expressing her creative side through scrapbooking and is looking forward to chronicling our future child’s life through this hobby.
Amanda looks forward to teaching our child about the kindness of helping others and paying it forward, having mother/child adventures-swinging at the park, enjoying a cup of hot chocolate while driving around looking at Christmas lights, and teaching the basics of all subjects (especially math and spelling). She’s looking forward to watching our child discover his or her passions in life through all of these activities.
Our Home in Colorado
Our home is a two-story, three-bedroom home that we have recently remodeled. We have lived here for 10 years. Our neighborhood is in a quiet “off the beaten track” area by a private lake and loves to celebrate holidays year-round. We have a big front yard and a wonderful, fenced in backyard with lots of room for a child to run around and play. We both like the beauty of nature and enjoy trips to local nurseries to select flowers to plant in our yard.
Our Family
Our immediate family consists of two gentle giant Bernese Mountain dogs. Juno is 11 and Finnick is 9. They have been our joy and loyal companions over the last decade that we take for daily walks and spontaneous car rides to the mountains. We love having dogs in our life and we hope that our child will also love animals (especially dogs) as much as we do.
All of our parents live in Northern Colorado, so there will be plenty of love and hugs to be given from their future grandparents.
Brian’s sister & brother-in-law live in California. Amanda’s sister, two nieces (one that she is a Godmother to) and two great nephews all live in Northern Colorado. Everyone is excited for the future addition to join our family.
Brian has a small extended family that lives between Wyoming and Texas. Amanda has a large extended family that lives in Ohio and North Carolina. We enjoy road trips of all kinds and especially look forward to our annual family reunions in Ohio; making and maintaining strong family connections are very important to us.
Our Promise
We are committed to providing a loving, safe, and stable home and being fully involved in your child’s development both physically and mentally. We promise to provide a healthy lifestyle through nutrition, exercise and wellness checks at every stage of life. We promise to provide a strong learning environment by reading books, exploring nature, and allowing creativity in whatever direction it takes us.
We are committed to being loving parents, providing a strong family foundation by instilling Christian faith and values into your child’s life.
We are excited to expand our love, hugs, and laughter to a family of three. We promise to be there through the good times and bad. We look forward to sharing our current family traditions and starting new ones with you and your little one.
We’d love to talk or answer any of your questions. Please call or text Lifetime at 1.800.923.6784.
More About Brian
Education: College
Profession: UPS driver
Stay-At-Home: No
Racial Background: White/Caucasian
His Favorites:
Season: Spring
Movie: Top Gun
Team: Denver Broncos
Type of Music: Metallica
TV Show: The Office
Food: Hamburgers
Hobby: Smoking meats
More About Amanda
Education: College
Profession: Administrative Assistant
Stay-At-Home: Yes
Racial Background: White/Caucasian
Her Favorites:
Season: Fall
Movie: The Sound of Music
Team: Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Type of Music: Christian music
TV Show: The Office
Food: Brisket in any form
Hobby: Puzzles
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More About Our Family
We Are Hoping To Adopt Because...
God has put the calling on our hearts to become parents. In our early years of dating, we always said if we couldn't have kids naturally that we would adopt. We've had struggles with infertility and over the last couple of years we have felt the strong calling from God to adopt. We want to welcome a little one into our hearts, arms, and home to raise him/her with love and warmth. With each passing year we have realized that family, friends, and the memories that we have created with those near and dear to our hearts are the most valuable things in life. We want to become parents and create even more of those precious family memories.
Our Faith That We Hope to Share...
Our faith is rooted in our core Christian values that were established for both of us at young ages. We believe in giving back, the power of prayer, and that God is in control of everything. We attend church weekly and enjoy participating in random church activities and fundraisers throughout the year. One of our favorite annual events to participate in is the "Backpack of My Own" fundraiser where we get to buy backpacks and fill them with school supplies for children of all ages in our community. As parents, we would ensure that our child grows up knowing the love of God and what it means to be a part of a connected and giving church community.
The Things We Look Forward To Sharing With Our Child Are...
We look forward to sharing family dinners at the table, playing outside in the leaves or snow, going on adventures like drives and hikes in the mountains or road trips to visit extended family, and early morning walks as one big family with our dogs. We're excited to teach our child how to read, spell, and all of the learning that happens throughout the stages of growth and development. We hope to make many memories of playing board games and watching or playing sports together as a family. Our arms can't wait for snuggles, middle of the night feedings, rocking, and reading books together, and most of all showing him or her how loved they are.
Life In Colorado
Brian's love for the outdoors started at an early age. As a family, he would go camping every summer in remote, out of the way places where his family "roughed" it. It was during these trips that his love for camping and hiking began. To this day it is still a favorite past time of his which he has shared with Amanda, and it has become a favorite of hers as well.
We think Colorado is a great place to live. The state has a wide array of scenery from never ending plains to snowy mountain peaks, a (daily) variety in weather and lots of things to do indoors and outdoors. We are close to the conveniences of big city life where we enjoy going to concerts and comedy shows. We are just minutes away from the mountains and small-town communities that we enjoy exploring when we're looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of life. We look forward to sharing the beauty of Colorado and all that it has to offer with our future little one.
In Closing
Thanks for wanting to get to know a little more about us. We are very excited to grow our family and share our lives with our new son or daughter. We have so much love, snuggles, and laughs to share with your little one. We'd love to meet you and get to know more about you and what you are looking for in parents to raise your child. We can't wait to start this process with you.