Brandon loves listening to and playing music. A guitar is never far from his side. He likes just about everything from Heavy Metal all the way to the nursery rhymes he sings to our nieces and nephews. Brandon loves movies, comic books, and any kind of storytelling. Growing up, some of his happiest memories are when his mom would read to him. He can't wait to tell stories of his own to a growing child, and for them to play with superhero toys together.

Lindsey is a talented artist, who works especially well with paint. She's talented at music in her own right and is always humming something whenever she's cooking up one of her signature recipes. Lindsey loves being a dog and cat mom to their various animals, and it's typical to find her covered with all of them on the couch after a long day. Lindsey also likes playing video games and especially looks forward to one day introducing a child to her favorites like Pokémon Go and World of Warcraft.

We've long dreamed about passing our family traditions down to a little one. When we imagine being parents we think of a child surrounded by family at birthdays and cheering a child on as they blow out their candles.

We imagine taking them downtown to trick or treat when our small town is decorated for Halloween. We dream about going through the park to see the beautiful Christmas lights with gifts waiting back at home. We think of all the recipes and food our family has passed down to us, that we can't wait to make and pass down to our child. We think of family movie nights where we throw blankets on the floor and watch movies with popcorn and chocolate shakes just like how we grew up. We think of watching our parents telling stories that we grew up listening to and learning from.

What we can't wait for, most of all, is to create new memories and traditions that are specific to our family.

Adoption has been a part of Brandon's story since he was seven years old and gained his cousin "Nooks" through adoption. He can remember his parents explaining how he'd have a new family member who wouldn't be physically related to him, but would be his new cousin to look after and help take care and love.

Out of all his cousins, "Nooks" was and remains Brandon's closest cousin. Adoption gave our family Nooks, without her, Brandon's Uncle and Aunt wouldn't have had the chance to be parents and Brandon would have been missing such a close family member who is like a little sister to him. Additionally, Brandon has another male cousin through the blessing of adoption that he also has many great memories with as well.

Both sets of these families illustrated how adoption could benefit more than just their household. It also benefits from the grandparents all the way to the cousins as well. The love brought to our family by adoption meant this path was always one of our options for growing our own personal family.

Our extended families are so excited and ready to support us through our adoption journey!

On Brandon's side his Mom "Joy" and Dad "Brian". Lovingly called Momo by her grandkids, Joy is the leader of this crew, and is one of the main reasons family dinners and holidays turn into beloved memories. Joy always listens, always strengthens others, and makes anyone around her a better person. Brian is the ultimate dependable parent specializing in wisdom, humor, and DIY projects. Together they have three children; Brandon, Braden, and Arianna. Braden doubles as Brandon's brother and best friend, while Arianna is the sweetest person anyone could meet. With everyone married and settled in the same town, our nephews and nieces bring us so much happiness and fun every week. The sounds of cooking, children playing, and music echo through this family's household whenever we come together.

On Lindsey's side is her parents Fred and Janet. Lindsey's hero is her Dad who always makes her laugh and comforted through all of life's peaks and valleys. Janet is a hard worker and an experienced cook and holds the title of Grandma to many grown and growing children. With a large blended family between her parents, Lindsey's sister Jesse shines as her closest friend out of her 6 siblings. Jesse will help anyone and can bring anyone out of their shell for some fun. She's an amazing mother to her son "Kaden" who keeps any room laughing at his various antics.

We live in a friendly little Indiana town where there is plenty going on throughout the year for families.

In the summer, we have a large park where our nieces and nephews often spend time at the pool. In the fall there is many music events, fall festivals and trick or treating downtown. In the winter, our park fills with bright colored Christmas lights that you can walk or drive through with your family.

Our home is a cozy cabin just outside of town. It is in the middle of 14 acres of woods where there is plenty of exploring and playing to be done. We share our home with our loving dogs and cats who are always looking to play and be cuddled.

We have a deck that surrounds our house where you can watch the leaves come down during fall and have family dinners outside in the summer. Our favorite room in our house is our family room with picture windows and our big wood burning fireplace.

We love ending our days cuddled up in our family room watching movies or listening to music. Christmas time is our favorite part of the year in our home. We get our bubble lights on the Christmas tree, with our family gathered around the fireplace and Christmas cookies baking in the oven.

We don't know who you are yet, but we hope you know how much we already care about you and the little one you are carrying. For us, we've dreamed of the chance to become parents since before we were even married in 2017. We were high school sweethearts, and we've built a life together in the woods outside of a small Indiana town where our love for one another has grown through both triumph and tragedy. Our son was born stillborn in 2019, and from that time on we've realized our path to parenthood wouldn't be as straightforward as we thought. The straightforward path though, isn't always the way our lives are intended to be lived, and now we get to grow our family with a beautiful commitment to you as well.

One of the great blessings in Brandon's life was gaining two cousins through adoption, one of whom is forever like a little sister to him. Adoption isn't just a couple taking over the care of a child, but an entire family. Brandon watched the love and blessings that these two children, not only gave their respective homes, but also the grandparents and cousins surrounding them. Between the both of us we have a large family ready to receive our own child in just the same way. For this reason, our hearts have always been open to adoption as a path to completing our family, and now this path has led us to you!

While we don't yet know your circumstances of what led you to meeting us, what we do know is the strength of your heart by making the choice of adoption. The love and sacrifice you are making in your choice is one we want to reassure you will be echoed and discussed while this beautiful child grows in our care. Raising a child to know the blessings and love surrounding their adoption story is something that is important to us. It's just as important for us to make sure you know you will always have a place with them too. Whether that be through phone calls, emails, photos, letters, or visits our hope is that whatever you feel comfortable with we can work out so that you always feel your choice in us was well made. We want you to see this beautiful child grow up and prosper to whatever your comfort level is.

Our promise to you is to raise this child with unconditional love and patience. To always help them grow stronger and wiser, yet never losing focus of the fun of being a kid. To always have compassion in helping raise up others but never giving up on their own dreams. We promise to envelope them with family who also love them, and to raise them on the traditions and faith that have made us who we are today. We promise to play with toys next to the fireplace, to watch movies with lazy animals and popcorn, and to have Christmas mornings with warm food and presents under the tree. We promise to be the mommy and daddy that you envision this child to grow up with.

Like we said in the beginning, we hope you know that even though we haven't met before, you are already cared about by both of us, and that the child you carry is already so dearly loved by all of us together.

Brandon & Lindsey