Meet our
Waiting Families

What is the best word to describe our family?

"Loving. Caroline and I are very affectionate with one another and our pets who are currently our "babies". We always want to show the people in our home that they are loved by cooking each other's favorite meals, playing one anothers favorite music, or doing their favorite activities together." - Jacquelyn

Dogs or cats?

"I love both, and we have 2 cats at home!" - Steven

My best friend would describe me as...

"funny and loyal." - Mike

What is the best word to describe our family?

"Supportive. "Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something." -Walt Disney" - Audrey

Favorite season and why?

"I love winter. Things slow down and we can make awesome memories as a family in the snow. Also all the snow birds leave town and go south for the winter." - Duncan

Favorite season and why?

"I love spring. There's the mystery and suspense of wondering which flowers and bushes I've planted in previous years will return for another go around the sun. Then there's the joy of watching them burst into bloom at different times and in different colors, filling our yard with cheerful pinks, purples, and yellow, and wonderful scents. There's the hope and ancitipation involved in watching blossoms transform into the beginnings of peaches I can't wait to enjoy in late summer." - Monique

My philosophy on parenting is...

"Positive discipline, I've been studying it since 2013 and sharing it with families and I really love how guides children with love and empathy and at the same time it allow emotional conection with parents. I've seen and guide families to enjoy their parenthood and I would love that to my own family" - Lorena Jiménez

In five years our relationship with our child’s birth mother will…

"be loving and open to the expectations that we set from the beginning." - Sean Scott

If I could have dinner with anyone—dead or alive—I would pick...

"alive - I think it would be strange to have dinner with a dead person… All jokes aside - Ben Franklin - I'm a history teacher and would be fascinated to hear the stories he would tell!" - Bob