Family & Home

Our house is located in Upper Arlington, Ohio close to many beautiful parks and excellent schools.  Our neighborhood is incredibly family friendly with lots of activities for kids and many young families around. Alex has been hard at work decorating and preparing a beautiful nursery in anticipation for their growing family. Our house is often the main hosting spot for both Alex and Andy’s families and their kids. We enjoy hosting outside family meals on our back deck and evenings around our firepit.

Evan is intelligent, curious, and loving.  He enjoys reading - his favorite book is Brown Bear Brown Bear- and he loves being outside and playing with Chloe, our dog. Ever inquisitive, he likes figuring out how things work.  He’s quickly picking up Andy’s love of cooking and spends hours playing chef in his play kitchen. An avid explorer as well, he loves animals and enjoys looking out the window for squirrels and “boops” (his word for birds). He is very social and loves watching for the mailman, greeting everyone in the neighborhood on walks, and waving to the school bus every morning. While he’s already an excellent caretaker for his toy doll, he is hoping to soon have a real younger sibling to love and protect. 

In the spring of 2021, we welcomed a new member to our family – Chloe, the golden doodle.  We had been wanting to have a dog for a long time and we were conscious of choosing a child-friendly breed when we finally made it a reality.  Not only does she love people, but she’s a social queen-bee at her doggy day care as well. She enjoys warm snuggles, any-and-all treats, and retrieving all the sticks.  Chloe is excited for another new walking and napping buddy to join her home. 

Our family is everything to us.  When deciding where to buy a home and start our own family, we were excited to settle in our childhood neighborhood close to both of our extended families.  Our families have become close, and we all spend a lot of holidays and vacations together, strengthening our support system.  We have spent several family trips together, whether it’s visiting Andy’s sister and family in Lake Tahoe or spending the weekend with Alex’s parents at their lake house on Lake Erie.  Our families cannot wait to welcome a new member and have been actively involved in the adoption process with us.  We hope that knowing your child will be loved and cared for by a grateful extended family will ease your mind through this challenging process.