Welcome! Meet:

Andy + David

Sr. Director, Health Economics & Policy / Medication Sourcing Administrator

Ohio

Caucasian

All About Andy & David
Why Adoption?
Gallery
Family and Home
How We Met
Advice to Future Child
Perspectives on Open Adoption
Favorites

All About Andy & David

Thanks for looking at us! We're Andy and David, two guys who live outside Columbus, OH, with our two golden retrievers, Geoffrey Montgomery and Georgina Marie (yes, they have people names). We look forward to being dads, and hope you like us too!

As dads, we promise to love, care for, and protect our child as much as we love, care for, and protect each other. We'd want our child to be able to explore, to play, to learn, and to enjoy everything that life has to offer. We look forward to meeting you, learning more about you, and learning more about what you're looking for with an adoptive family. Thanks for considering us, and hope to chat soon.

During the day, David works at an inner city hospital buying drugs for the pharmacy, while Andy works from home doing finance and healthcare policy for a hospital trade association. At night, David is an incredible cook, while Andy is a decent cleaner. Every night we eat a David-cooked dinner together, catch up on each other's days, and chase the dogs around the house. We don't need much to be happy. Just being together is all we need.

Why Adoption?

We are so excited to be fathers, and adoption is the best way to make that happen for us.

Family & Home

We live in a big house in the suburbs, surrounded by nature and wonderful neighbors. There’s a pond in our backyard, with a family of 7 ducks that often crosses under our fence to eat our birdseed. Our two golden retrievers, Geoff and George, love playing in the backyard and visiting our neighbor’s deck for ice cubes.

Our house is always filled with music and terrible dancing. David's favorite artist is Nicki Minaj, mixed with several pop divas (right now it's Lady Gaga and Doechii). Andy grew up on classic rock, so lots of Pink Floyd, early Genesis, and Peter Gabriel. We love sci-fi, with Star Wars and Star Trek as our favorites. David likes building Legos, while Andy has filled our house with cross-stitch pictures. We enjoy taking the dogs on walks, doing our monthly Costco trip, and visiting the local conservatory to look at plants (we have over 40 houseplants and are always looking for more).

Both of our families live in Ohio. Andy's parents are an hour away in Mount Vernon, while his brother and his family are in Cleveland. David's dad and step-mom, and mom and boyfriend, live in Medina. David's older sister and her family also live in Medina; while his younger sister and sister-in-law live in Cleveland. Our families are excited to welcome another family member here soon.

How others describe me

In describing what he loves about me (Andy), David said, "you're an amazing dancer". He's wrong, just lots of pointing and failed twerking. "Your red hair," (I think it's more strawberry blond) "your adorable face" (that's questionable, my allergies to our dog Geoff are killing my eyes), "your loving nature" (I do love nature), "and your big heart" (I didn't think heart issues ran in my family).

I love my David more than words can describe. From the first time I super-liked his beautiful smile and eyes, something just told me that he was special. I can't write all my feelings because I will cry, but meeting him made my life feel whole. We both knew very early that we were soulmates and would be married, and are so excited to build our family together.

How We Met

We met six years ago on Tinder when Andy super-liked David's profile. After chatting for two weeks, we set up a first date. That day, David was supposed to be away on vacation. But in a run-in with a flying kickball, he broke his pinky finger and needed surgery. Looking at David's mangled finger, Andy broke into a sweat and excused himself to the restroom. After what David said was ten minutes, Andy came back to the table as white as a ghost. "It's not you, but I feel horrible. Can we please, please reschedule?" David said yes, and Andy left completely forgetting to pay for his drink.

Our second first date was October 11—also David's birthday—where we met for tacos. Andy spilled an entire pitcher of water on his pants, and the rest of our love story is history!

We decided the first week of March 2020 that we'd move in together, and the timing was perfect. Riding out the pandemic together was wonderful. We quickly built our own little routine, and worked everyday to keep each other happy and healthy. Soon we added Geoff to our family and enjoyed the wonders of being dog dads. It was just a matter of time until one of us proposed and made Geoff an honest dog.

Finally on a snowy day in January, Andy proposed to David on top of a parking garage while Geoff ran circles in the snow. Andy said to David, "you know I'm marrying you, right?" And David asked, "are you?" Which made Andy remember that he was supposed to ask and not just tell! Since David's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving and Andy's is Christmas, we got married the week before Thanksgiving 2022. It was super festive, with all our family and closest friends celebrating with us.

Advice to Future Child

Life is beautiful. There’s so much to see and explore and learn and do, and we want you to do all of it!

Perspectives on Open Adoption

We will take our cue from you. If you’d like occasional photos, texts, or phone calls, that works great. If you’d like a visit once or twice a year, we’re good with that too. Or if you’d like limited communication, we completely understand that as well.

Favorites

Andy

Favorite Movie: Harry Potter - all eight of them
Favorite Holiday/Tradition: Christmas
Hobbies/Interests: cross-stitching, yard-work, landscaping
Dream Vacation: Scotland
If I Could Choose a Superpower: flight

David

Favorite Movie: Contact
Favorite Holiday/Tradition: Thanksgiving
Hobbies/Interests: cooking, gardening, video games
Dream Vacation: Paris
If I Could Choose a Superpower: time travel