We love to take vacations as a family. It is always a special time for us to bond closer together and get away from the business of our daily lives. We like to plan two summer trips and enjoy going to the beach in the early summer when it's not too hot and to the mountains in late summer to get away from the heat of the city.

Last summer we went to Florida and went on a kayaking trip and had dolphins and a pod of manatees glide right past us. We also got to enjoy a day at Disney World during this trip which is always a magical time.

When we go to the mountains we like to go camping or rent a small cabin. We love being able to see a sky full of stars and catching fireflies. Getting outside and finding new and unique things to do together is always special. We are very much looking forward to adding another child to share in our adventures.

We are parents to two children who are Greg's biological children and Molly's step-children and we love to watch them grow, learn and succeed. It brings us such joy to watch them set goals for themselves and achieve those goals. It is amazing to watch them grow and mature into increasingly independent people. Being parents is the greatest responsibility and honor. It means being selfless and patient, and putting the child's needs before our own. It means being able to instill all the good we see in ourselves and each other in another person and raising that person to carry those traits to the world. Being a parent is loving a child unconditionally at all times while also setting boundaries and rules to protect them and keep them safe. Being a parent is being a protector, a provider, a teacher, and a nurturer.

We want to make sure our child knows his/her birth story from a very young age. We believe in the benefits of a child knowing their birth story from the very beginning and helping them understand their unique story through every stage of their life. We want our child to know that their place in our family is secure and forever but also know the love you have for them. We want to weave their adoption story naturally into their life and will create a life book to help document and communicate their story. It is our goal for adoption to be a normal part of their life and know that it is a story filled with love for them. We honor your decision and will always respect you and your important place in our child's life.

Our home is the center of our life. We live in a great family home in a large city in North Carolina. We love to be in our kitchen gathered around the island. It is the heart of our home and where we start each day together. We live in a beautiful neighborhood filled with young families.

Our neighborhood offers the best of both worlds, a quiet setting that is only a 20-minute drive to our downtown. Our neighborhood has great sidewalks and big trees. We love to go on nightly walks with our dog, Penny and catch up with our neighbors and their kids. We are walking distance from the elementary school, a park with a playground, and a greenway trail. Our neighborhood park hosts trunk-or-treat at Halloween and several annual food truck rallies. Living in a larger city gives us the ability to enjoy sporting events, concerts, and cultural events throughout the year.

During the summer months we spend a lot of time at our pool club. Our kids love to spend the day jumping off the diving board with their friends and getting a treat from the snack bar. Our pool club hosts annual parties for Memorial day, 4th of July, and Labor Day that have become a family-must for the summer.

We both come from close-knit families and believe few things are more important. Our extended families are over the moon for our family to grow through adoption.

Greg's parents, his sister, and her family live a short driving distance away and we get to spend a lot of time with them. His parents, Maemae and Pop, live at the beach and host us for several get-a-ways. They come up to our house to support our children at sporting events, school musicals, and band concerts. When together we enjoy finding a new board game and grilling out. Maemae and Pop love to spoil their grandchildren and can't wait for another grandchild in their life.

Although Molly's family lives farther away, distance doesn't keep us from making family time a priority. One of our favorite places to come together is a small beach town in Florida that Molly's dad has been going to since he was a small boy. Grandpa loves taking the grand-kids to all his favorite ice cream shops and grandma loves to help everyone find the perfect souvenir. Molly's brother and his wife just welcomed a new baby. We are excited for our families to grow together and continue on our family traditions.

Hi, we are Molly and Greg and we can't thank you enough for taking the time to get to know us. We are excited for you to learn about us and our family as you choose what is best for your child.

We met 6 years ago through a mutual friend who played match maker for us and she could not have done a better job. When we first met, we were living in two different cities but quickly realized the world made more sense when we were together. We found the perfect home to build our family and have been married for 2 years. Among the many things that make our relationship so strong are love and respect for one another, our maturity, and mutual goal to build a strong happy family together. We love having a full house, cooking big family dinners, and going on family road trips.

While our family is blessed with Greg's biological children, Emma and Charlie, we are not able to have biological children together. At first this was difficult to deal with but it did not change our desire to have more children. Greg's uncle is adopted and we have a very close friend who is adopted as well. Having adoption as a part of our family and friends helped us see all the positives of choosing adoption and has given us a better understanding of how it shapes your life. We believe families come together in all sorts of ways. Beginning the adoption process was the natural next step for us and a beautiful way for us to complete our family.

As parents, we promise to unconditionally love, encourage, teach, motivate, inspire, support, and stand behind your child. We promise to allow them to be their own person, follow their dreams, and do everything in our power to help them succeed. We promise to teach them how to laugh, how to be a good friend, how to live every day to the fullest, and how to enjoy their life.

We value the importance of an open adoption and we hope to build a relationship with you throughout this process. However, we will respect any level of communication that you are comfortable with. We promise to share with you pictures and letters that celebrate birthdays, milestones, and special moments throughout the years. We want you to always know that your child is happy and loved in our family. We promise they will always know your love for them. We want your child to know who you are and to hold you dearly in their heart.

We go in to adoption with great hope and a very strong support system. We both have close, loving families and friends that are so excited to welcome a new baby into all of our lives. We look forward to getting to know more about you and to be able to support you and your choice. Thank you again for your willingness to get to know us and help us in our dream to complete our family.

With Love,

Greg & Molly