Andy & Mollie

Dear Expectant Parent (s):

Thank you for taking the time to read our letter. We cannot begin to imagine what you are going through right now and the decisions you have to make. We do know that it takes strength, courage, and a great deal of love to even be looking at our profile. We hope our words capture who we are, our life together, and what we have to offer a child.

We are Andy and Mollie. Mutual friends introduced us, and we have been inseparable since. We dated for about 4 years and have now been married 11 years. We are truly life partners and best friends.  We bring out the best in each other. Mollie is always amazed by Andy. He is a truly good person--thoughtful, loyal, and compassionate. Andy loves that Mollie is extremely caring, intelligent, and funny. It is just easy to be together, whether we are exploring new restaurants, seeing a movie, going for a run, traveling, or just hanging out at home on the couch. We love and support each other and share plenty of laughter too!

We have always wanted to be parents, and we cannot imagine our life without children. After being unable to conceive, the decision to adopt came naturally to us. Our lives have been made better by the adoption of our niece Lily. She brings so much joy and spunk to our family, and life would not be the same without her. Our family and friends are so excited and supportive of our adoption journey.

We have both dedicated our lives to caring for children. Andy is a high school teacher and has been a baseball coach to all ages.  Mollie works with seriously ill children and their families as a pediatric nurse practitioner. We are comfortable with children because they are such a part of our every day lives. We both love how rewarding our jobs are and that they are flexible enough for a family.

Our family is very important in our lives. Andy grew up in small town in Illinois. He is the youngest of 4 children. Mollie also grew up in Illinois. She has 2 sisters, including a twin sister. We have 4 nieces and 5 nephews. They range in age from 6 months to 19 years old. We are lucky to be involved in their lives. We love when we they visit us, so we can take them to the local water parks, museums, the Milwaukee County Zoo, Brewer games, and festivals.  We always look forward to attending their birthday parties, school programs, baseball, basketball, and soccer games, and graduations.

We really enjoy spending time together and with family and friends. We love to travel and explore. One of our favorite places to be is relaxing on a porch by the ocean in Maine. Andy is an avid University of Illinois football and basketball fan; we attend many games. We are both active and enjoy running together, especially downtown by the lake. In her free time, Mollie also practices yoga, enjoys reading, and has really started to enjoy cooking healthy meals.

Giving back to our community is an important value we share. We volunteer together as high school youth group leaders at our church and participate in its local missions. Andy tutors GED students at the Literacy Services Center. Mollie serves as a mentor at Pearls for Teen Girls.

We live just west of Milwaukee and absolutely love our home and neighborhood. We are within walking distance of the local elementary school and playground, our church, the library, swimming pool, and several shops and restaurants. We have caring neighbors who treat us as family. We live in a well-maintained older home. Our home is cozy with a comfortable amount of living space and good-sized bedrooms. While not huge, our backyard had plenty of room for a garden, swing set, basketball hoop, and wiffle ball games.

We believe it will truly be a privilege to be parents. We promise to provide a loving, safe, and stable environment with opportunities for education. We hope to teach a child to care for others and our world. We will discuss adoption honestly and hope to have a relationship with the birth parents.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know about us. We wish you peace and comfort in the days and months to come.

Take care,

Andy and Mollie

Married

Preferences for Child

Age:                     Birth to 12 months, twins acceptable

Ethnicity:           African American, Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic, &

                            Native American

Openness:          Willing to send and receive letters. emails, and photos

                             Willing to exchange gifts

                             Willing to have physical visits after finalization