Hello there! Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about us and for considering us as you make the difficult decision of who will parent your child. We hope that through this book, you will be able to see the love we have for each other, our families and friends, and our future child. We have dreamed of starting our family for many years and are so excited to share our story with you.

We want you to know how much respect and love we feel for you already. We cannot imagine the emotions you must be feeling, and we are praying for you while you come to your decision. Regardless of the path you choose, we wish you the very best and hope you are able to find peace and comfort in your decision.

We are so grateful that you might consider us to adopt your child.

Kyle and Laura

We have been trying to grow our family for over four years, including going through fertility treatments. We have dreamed of being parents our entire lives – to share love and support unconditionally. We now know that there is a greater plan in store for us.

Adoption has always been a consideration for us. Both sides of our family story include adoption – Kyle’s mother and Laura’s nephews. We have always known, and celebrated families being created in non-traditional ways – we just think this makes them more special. We are in awe of the love and strength each mother and family possess when choosing to place their child for adoption.

More than anything, we want you to know that we will love your child unconditionally and will devote our lives to providing him or her with all the love, security, and joy we can offer.

We want your child to always know where he or she came from. You will always be an integral part of his or her life, and we plan to raise our child with an understanding and appreciation for you and the sacrifice you are making for him or her. Your child will be loved beyond words by us, by our families, by our friends, and he or she will always know the great love you have for him or her as well.

We want him or her to be in a neighborhood with tons of other kids and be around people who cherish life. Your child will be raised in an environment filled with love and laughter. We want to raise them to always feel safe, protected, loved, and cherished. We want to embrace the interests they develop, encouraging them to be who they want to be. We value friendships, love, and kindness and will teach them to appreciate those things and to be kind and gentle to others – to appreciate differences in culture and backgrounds, and to be curious about life.

We want to give them all of the things we had and all of the things we didn’t have. We want to give them every opportunity for a full and happy life.

We first met in 2002 in college, but life took us in different directions before fate brought us back together in 2014.

In 2014, Kyle reached out to me on Facebook after some encouragement from my best friend and we had dinner. I remember not being ready to date someone seriously at that time, but I knew Kyle was someone to be serious about. We became great friends, and often was the other’s ‘plus one’ to work events and parties. He became one of my best friends, and while he always let me know he was interested in more than friendship, he respected that I wasn’t ready. He helped me move into a new apartment in 2016, where he met my entire family. I was already seeing Kyle in a new light by then but seeing him with my family cemented it for me. Our friendship grew into love. I am always grateful that our foundation was built on being best friends first.

On New Years Eve 2018, Kyle secretly planned a proposal with my best friend. Our friend group made BIG New Years Eve plans. I went shopping with my best friend, selected those perfectly fun shoes for the night, got our nails done, oblivious to the bigger plan. After dinner, as we walked to a concert to bring in the New Year, Kyle pulled me aside and walked us toward the Arkansas River, where he got on one knee and asked me to marry him. He gave me that quiet moment that he knew I would love, and then we celebrated with our friends at the concert until the wee hours.

In November of 2019, we got married overlooking the Arkansas River at sunset, surrounded by our friends and family.

Through four years of infertility, we have certainly been tested. We are now thankful for those hard times because it’s made us stronger both individually and as a couple. We’ve had the hard conversations and learned how to communicate with each other and support each other through hard times.

As our love for each other continues to grow, we are eager to grow that joy by including children in our plans as well.

We promise your child will be loved each and every day by us, our friends and our family.
We promise to share their adoption story with them from the beginning.
We promise to only speak of you and their adoption story with love and respect.
We promise to embrace their interests.
We promise to encourage them to chase their dreams no matter how big they are.
We promise they will get to travel the world and enjoy vacations.
We promise to celebrate each milestone.
We promise to provide a safe and loving environment for your child to grow up in.
We promise your child will always know how much you love them.

Four things we want to teach our children:
Be kind. You never know what is going on in someone else’s life. Kindness goes a long way.
Believe in yourself. And always know we believe in you.
Be uniquely you. You were created perfect just the way you are.
You are so loved. We love you unconditionally and you have a large extended family that loves and supports you.