Darryl & Katt

Hi! We are Katt and Darryl, a joyful and creative couple in southern Ohio. We’re excited to be first-time parents and have been married for over 8 years. We’re honored to be on this adoption journey with you.

Katt was adopted as a baby. She’s lived firsthand how adoption can provide a child with love, safety, and opportunity. Her experience is why we’ve always wanted to adopt and share that same love and support with our child.

Our Story

We met on a sunny afternoon in our office parking lot during a lunchtime walk. Katt asked Darryl to grab lunch (yes, Katt made the first move!), and we’ve been a team ever since.

We’re both engineers who balance technical minds with playful hearts, cozy evenings, and a desire for adventure. We enjoy celebrating the small moments in life, like laundry-day dance parties, listening to rain on our porch, and winding down with a good book and a cat in our lap.

Here’s a glimpse into our life together:

• Travel lovers: We’ve wandered castles of Scotland, climbed glaciers in New Zealand, and visited Hogwarts in England. We’re saving the U.S. to discover each state with our child.
• Creative at heart: Katt sews costumes and plans themed parties for friends and family. Darryl builds furniture from scratch, fixes anything in the house, and photographs our adventures.
• Big on family fun: We go whitewater rafting with Katt’s brothers every year, and color eggs with our goddaughters for Easter.
• Homebodies at heart: We spend most evenings with our cats, homemade meals, and a walk around the neighborhood or good board game. We write in positivity journals each night to remember life’s simple joys and blessings.
• Celebration experts: Halloween is a full-on production here! Costumes, spider war yard decorations, and even a mystery dinner with our neighbors and friends!

Meet Katt

Katt is positive, empathetic, curious, and always creating something new. She’s a structural engineer who matured into a people leader at her company, which is her natural calling. Her greatest passion is helping others discover their talents and grow into their best selves with confidence.

Katt was adopted into a family built on love, acceptance, and deep connection. Her parents raised three very different kids (only one biological), and celebrated each adoption day like a birthday, reminding them that being chosen was something to be proud of. That kind of love made adoption feel like the natural way to grow our family and pay forward the joy and belonging Katt experienced.

What Katt loves:

• Reading fantasy books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings with a mug of homemade hot chocolate
• Turning broken mugs into plant holders and secondhand fabric into themed outfits
• Hosting themed events from wildflower birthday parties to 1920s mystery dinners
• Playing sports like softball, basketball, and volleyball
• Growing her gardens with pollinator plants and herbs that overflow their pots

Katt can’t wait to discover what lights up her child’s heart – whether that’s books, bugs, or baking – and help them grow into exactly who they are meant to be. She’ll be the mom who celebrates every quirky interest and gives the biggest hugs at bedtime.

Meet Darryl ("D")

Darryl is humble, steady, thoughtful, and very kind. He’s a perfect complement to Katt’s silliness. He designs jet engines for a living and builds handmade furniture for fun. Raised in rural North Carolina, he was the first in his family to graduate from a four-year college, and he’s never stopped learning since.

What he loves:

• Woodworking in the garage with his nephews, teaching them how to use a drill safely and proudly
• Cooking delicious meals with fresh, natural ingredients
• Stargazing, space documentaries, and designing aircrafts
• Playing basketball, soccer, and board games
• Restoring old things: houses, tools, and ideas that just need a little love and attention

Darryl looks forward to being the calm, loving presence who shows up for every scraped knee, science project, and championship game. He’ll be the dad who teaches his child how to build, explore, and believe in themselves.

Our Family

We both come from big, loving families who are excited to welcome our child with open arms.

Katt’s family lives nearby, and we see them often for birthdays, dinners, and holidays. Her childhood memories include playing kickball in her front yard with her cousins, riding bikes in the neighborhood parade, and playing board games with her two brothers until bedtime.

Darryl’s family lives in North Carolina, and we visit them often. Every visit includes s’mores around a campfire, stargazing, and an Escape Room or two. His parents and sister can’t wait to become an aunt and grandparents again!

Family traditions we’re excited to share:

• Annual camping trips with both Katt and Darryl’s families
• Independence Day cookouts with the town parade passing by our front yard
• Dressing up for the Renaissance Festival in the fall
• Christmas gatherings full of cousins, cookie decorating, and basketball in the driveway
• Sunday dinners, picnics, and board game nights with family and friends

Our Home in Ohio

We live in a beautiful, 3-story house filled with history, character, and warmth. It has plenty of room to grow, including a nursery, a playroom, and themed bedrooms for family and friends. There’s a greenhouse upstairs and a 90s video game sanctuary in our family room.

Our home features:

• A big backyard perfect for playing catch, climbing trees, and building snowcats
• An indoor greenhouse, craft room, and plenty of space for exploring and creating
• A safe street full of kids, with sidewalks for hopscotch and scooters

Our neighborhood offers:

• 3 parks within walking distance, including a handicap-accessible playground
• Top-rated schools, a library, and an ice cream shop just one block away
• Neighborhood parades, festivals, art shows, science competitions, and outdoor concerts
• A caring community where neighbors shovel each other’s driveways and swap plants and secondhand clothes

Our Promise

We want to express our sincere love and support for you and your decision to place your child for adoption. We’ve been touched by adoption through Katt’s personal experience, and we’re honored to share that gift with you and your child.

We promise to provide your child:

• A life rooted in unconditional love, support, compassion, and stability
• Opportunities to explore their passions – whether that’s science, art, or anything in between
• A safe, nurturing home where adoption is spoken about with pride
• A faith-filled household guided by kindness, gratitude, and service
• Support in discovering who they are and where they come from

We promise to honor your role in their story and celebrate the beautiful life you’re bringing into this world. We have been praying for you with this decision, and we are open to meetings and sharing updates about your child, at your comfort level. We can’t wait to start this journey with you. We’d love to talk or answer any of your questions. Please call or text Lifetime at 1.800.923.6784.

In Closing

Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about us. We’re so blessed to be on this journey, and there’s so much more to share! We’d be honored to talk with you and learn more about you, your story, and your dreams for your child. We know you’re making a hard decision, and we want you to know we’re here with you. We have a place in our hearts prepared just for you and your child.

We want you to know we’ll raise your child in a home filled with love, patience, community, and stability. They’ll be surrounded by a village of support and nurturing. We’ll provide every opportunity we can to help them thrive, discover their passions, and become the best people they were meant to be. They will grow up knowing where they came from, how deeply they are loved, and how beautifully their story began with you.