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Jeremy & Abby

"We loved you before we even knew you, even when there was just a hope for you, we loved you." This quote applies to both you and your birth child. Please let us love you both and help us fill our open hearts and home. Thank you so much for reading our profile and considering us to be your child's adoptive parents. Know that our hopes, prayers, and love are with you both.

About Us

Jeremy
Abby
Job
Engineering Lead
Quality Assurance Manager
Education
Master's Degree in Engineering
Master's Degree in Engineering
Children
Annabelle
Relationship
Legally Married
State
Missouri

Adoption in Our Lives

Adoption Is Already a Big Part of Our Lives

We have always wanted to grow our family through adoption, even before fully knowing all of our infertility issues. We had no idea how blessed we would be when we were matched in our first adoption journey a few years ago.

In October of 2020, we received a call that a baby girl had been born two days prior and that we'd been selected by the birth mother as her adoptive parents. We adopted our only child Annabelle with the entire process being a dream come true. We frequently state that we "won the adoption lottery" as parenting her has been everything that we could have ever hoped for.

We hope that adopting another child will provide each of them with someone to share experiences and feelings with about their mutual adoptions. We maintain communication with her birth family and share photos and videos often.

We believe that having been through the adoption process previously is a great benefit for us as we enter with our eyes wide open and a full understanding of the nuances of the process.

Our Passions

Jeremy Working on a Project

Jeremy is the ultimate handyman but his true love is woodworking. If Abby can dream it up, Jeremy can make it a reality. He has built several projects around the house including a new outdoor sectional and a porch swing, but his greatest achievement is a pair of matching hidden door bookcases in the basement family room. He loves doing household projects with his little helper and looks forward to teaching our children skills as they grow. He also spends at least one night a week trying to stay in shape by playing men's league ice hockey with friends.

Abby Leading Worship at Our Church

Abby has been singing since she was a little girl and now leads music in worship at our church most weeks. She loves being able to connect people with God through her gift of music. She and Annabelle have frequent sing along parties to all types of music, but mostly Broadway musicals or Disney songs. Abby is passionate about STEM and volunteers her time teaching and mentoring girls from elementary through high school in STEM activities. She is also the lead advisor for a local chapter of her college sorority and gains great satisfaction by watching her collegiates grow into amazing young women.

Qualities We Love, Admire and Respect in Each Other

Attending a Broadway Musical

Jeremy About Abby: Abby is the most caring and giving woman that I've ever known. She lives by the motto that if you are able to help, you do. She was ready for motherhood for a long time and our inability to have biological children only increased her desire to be a mother. If she could accomplish it, we'd adopt every child in the world who needs a loving home. I have no doubt that any child is incredibly blessed to have her as a parent and that her actions will only increase my love and adoration for her.

Abby About Jeremy: Jeremy is always helping those around him to succeed in life, lending a helping hand on a project or providing insight on a problem that is troubling a friend. I love that he always supports me in anything I want to try in life and I respect his determination to make the most out of whatever he sets his mind to in life. I love his excitement in wanting to grow our family. His empathy and supportive nature will only increase with any child that becomes a part of our family. My love and respect grow every day watching him become the most talented, supportive, compassionate man that I have ever known.

Photos

Happy Together
Happy Together
Annabelle & Her Cousins
Annabelle & Her Cousins
Jeremy & Annabelle After a Hockey Game
Jeremy & Annabelle After a Hockey Game
Fun at the Pumpkin Patch
Fun at the Pumpkin Patch
Attending a Musical
Attending a Musical
Sitting on the Back Porch
Sitting on the Back Porch
All Smiles
All Smiles
Jeremy + Abby
Jeremy + Abby
Neighborhood Bike Ride
Neighborhood Bike Ride
Go Chiefs!
Go Chiefs!
Exploring Hawaii
Exploring Hawaii
Hiking in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas
Hiking in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas
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Happy Together
Happy Together
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Annabelle & Her Cousins
Annabelle & Her Cousins
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Jeremy & Annabelle After a Hockey Game
Jeremy & Annabelle After a Hockey Game
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Fun at the Pumpkin Patch
Fun at the Pumpkin Patch
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Attending a Musical
Attending a Musical
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Sitting on the Back Porch
Sitting on the Back Porch
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All Smiles
All Smiles
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Jeremy + Abby
Jeremy + Abby
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Neighborhood Bike Ride
Neighborhood Bike Ride
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Go Chiefs!
Go Chiefs!
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Exploring Hawaii
Exploring Hawaii
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Hiking in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas
Hiking in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas

Our House and Neighborhood

Our Home

We absolutely adore our neighborhood and community. We live in the suburbs of St. Louis and chose our house last year based largely upon it being in a great school district. All of our schools are within five miles of the house and the elementary school is just down the street. Our home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and two large living rooms which we hope provides us plenty of room to expand our family. We love spending time outdoors on our large front patio and driveway or planting new flowers and have recently started hosting neighborhood movie nights in our driveway with a projector shining on the garage doors.

Neighborhood Playground

Our neighborhood has lots of young families with children eager for more playmates. We have a large neighborhood pool where everyone gathers and the large city park down the street is always bustling with children. The neighborhood hosts several annual get-togethers and is considered a prime area to see beautiful Christmas lights and receive the best Halloween candy. We love decorating our home for every holiday and we're eagerly awaiting a child of our own to walk around the neighborhood on Halloween with us and join in on our family costumes.

Our Extended Families

Jeremy's Family

We each have small but tight knit families. Abby has one younger sister and a brother in law that we love to visit with whenever possible. Abby's mom is recently retired and lives nearby along with her maternal grandparents. Her dad lives in Texas which provides us a fun travel destination. Jeremy's family lives within an hour and we visit each other often and enjoy travelling with them on camping trips and have even taken a couple of cruises with them.

Abby's Family

Abby's family loves to gather at every possible occasion and play cards, especially hand and foot or pitch, while we enjoy each other's company. They also enjoy a yearly spring vacation to Gulf Shores, Alabama to get some time in on the beach and ocean. Our daughter is currently the only grandchild on either side of our immediate families and spends countless hours with her grandparents being spoiled as they have an abundance of love for her and her future siblings. Our families have never hesitated for a second in embracing our decision to adopt and will love this child with everything they have.

From Us to You

First and foremost, we want to thank you for taking the time to read this profile and get to know a little bit about us. We understand that this is a difficult and stressful time and we hope that what you've read has begun to set your mind at ease. There are good people in the world, and we're looking for you just as hard as you're looking for us.

We want to let you know that adoption isn't simply a last resort for us, it has been a calling in our hearts for many years. We have been incredibly blessed in our lives to this point and feel compelled to share those blessings with someone who needs us as much as we need them. We always thought that we'd adopt after having a biological child or 2 of our own, but as often occurs in life, God had other plans. After struggling with infertility for several years, we have accepted that God intends for us to continue to grow our family through adoption, please help us reach that goal.

We have a wonderful, stable, and loving relationship and household. We dated for almost four years through college and have been married for another 11 years now. While we're always planning our next fun family vacation, we'd gladly give that up to come and visit your town to meet you and your child.

We promise that your child will never doubt that they are loved, appreciated, and supported. We intend to be open with them about their adoption throughout their entire life so that it's merely a part of who they are and nothing to feel awkward or different about. We love reading in our house and have collected numerous children's stories that include adopted characters and greatly look forward to reading them with another child. We are both avid readers and have continuous battles over who gets to read bedtime stories each night, voices included.

We're ready to grow our family but we can't do it on our own, everyone needs to ask for help sometimes and right now we need your help to make this dream a reality. We want to experience the wonder of Christmas morning through a child's eyes. We want to go trick or treating in corny family costumes throughout our neighborhood. We want to have Easter egg hunts all over the house and yard. We're ready to go camping, floating, hiking, swimming, and any other activity that a child would love. This child will have every opportunity that the world affords.

You have played a significant role in the life of this child and nothing will change that. We look forward to keeping in contact with you in a form that makes you feel comfortable. We're open to sending letters, emails, and pictures to mark milestones in the child's life. We're also open to a meeting before the birth if you desire. We want you to feel secure in knowing that this child is safe, happy, and loved beyond all measure. We will forever owe you a debt for this act of selflessness and you will be honored in our home. Again, thank you for allowing us to share our hearts with you and we hope that we can work together to make our dreams a reality.

Sincerely,

Jeremy & Abby

Favorites

Jeremy
Abby
Actor
Tom Hanks
Jeremy Jordan
Actress
Sandra Bullock
Julie Andrews
Animal
Cat
Cat
Author
Lee Child
Roald Dahl
Book
Ready Player One
The Boxcar Children
Candy Bar
Frozen Milky Way
Crunch
Cartoon
Ninja Turtles
Zits
Childhood Memory
Float trips with my family
The day I became a big sister -- I was 6 years old and so excited to have a little sister!
Childhood Toy
Ninja Turtles
Barbie
Children's Book
My Side of the Mountain
The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
City
Breckenridge, CO
Asheville, North Carolina
Classic Movie
Cool Hand Luke
White Christmas
Color
Red
Purple
Day of Week
Friday
Friday
Dessert
Brownies
Ooey Gooey Buttercake
Disney Movie
Up!
The Princess & The Frog
Dream Car
2020 Ford GT
1967 Ford Shelby GT 500
Dream Job
NHL Player
Middle School Math Teacher
Dream Vacation
Seeing the Northern Lights
Tour Across Europe
Family Activity
Broadway shows at Starlight outdoor theater
Going to a Broadway musical show
Flower / Plant
Lily
Carnation
Food
Ribs
Mac & Cheese
Form of Exercise
Ice Hockey
Yoga
Fruit
Blackberries
Strawberries
Game
Settlers of Catan
Clue
Hobby
Woodworking
Singing
Holiday
Christmas
Pi Day (March 14th)
Holiday Song
Christmas Shoes
Joy to the World
Holiday Tradition
Christmas Spectacular at the symphony
Singing "Silent Night" at the candlelight Christmas Eve church service
Ice Cream
Moose Tracks
Vanilla
Junk Food
Chips
Honey BBQ Flavored Twists Fritos
Leisure Activity
Reading
Reading a book
Magazine
Handyman
Better Homes & Gardens
Memory with a Child
Storytime with my daughter
Singing & Dancing around the house with my daughter
Memory with Spouse
Our wedding
Climbing the Great Wall of China
Movie
Miracle
A League of Their Own
Movie Munchie
Sour patch kids
Twizzlers
Movie Quote
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." Dead Poets Society
Movie Type
Action or Drama
Drama or Romantic Comedy
Musical
Come From Away
Newsies
Musical Group
Chris Tomlin
CAIN
Nursery Rhyme
Teddy bear, Teddy bear
This Little Light of Mine
Olympic Event
Ice Hockey
Ice Skating
Personal Hero
My Dad
Eleanor Roosevelt
Play
Twelve Angry Men
A Streetcar Named Desire
Poet
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Quality about my Spouse
Her kindness and giving heart
His empathy and compassion for others
Quote
"What man is a man who does not make his world a better place"
"A woman is like a tea bag -- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt
Restaurant
Mama's fish house - Maui
Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant
Sandwich
Cuban
Frisco Melt from Steak & Shake
Scripture
"For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understandings. In all your ways, acknowledge him and he shall make your paths straight." Proverbs 3: 5-6
Shopping Store
Menards
Target
Song
Amazing Grace
"Watch What Happens" from Newsies
Sport to Play
Ice Hockey
Cheerleading -- I still am a part of an alumni squad that cheers for the Missouri S&T Homecoming game every year!
Sport to Watch
Ice Hockey
Ice Hockey
Sports Star
Connor McDavid
Bethany Hamilton
Sports Team
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
Subject in School
History
Math
Superhero
Captain America
Wonder Woman
Thing to Cook
Tacos
Baking Pies
Time of Day
Sunset
Morning
Tradition
Yearly Vacations
Annual vacation to somewhere new in the world
TV Show
Home Town
Big Bang Theory
TV Show Character
Sheldon Cooper
Amy Farrah Fowler
Type of Music
Country
All types, but if I had to pick one... probably Broadway Showtunes
Vacation Spot
Hawaii
Hawaii
Video Game
Super Smash Brothers

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