Jessica and her family grew up going to Phillies baseball games. Attending games continues to be a family event that we enjoy. We are hopeful to grow another baseball fan to round out the baseball crew. Jessica is a photographer and loves to go on adventures and take pictures to remember experiences. Jessica is looking forward to bringing a child on these adventures.

We both LOVE music. There is often music playing in the house along with the occasional dance party. We also go to concerts together and cannot wait until a child is old enough to go (with earplugs of course). Growing up, we both went to concerts with our parents and would love to pass this tradition along.

Jordan is a huge sports fan and is looking to sharing this tradition with a child and coaching sports teams in the future for our child.

Jessica's greatest strength is her sensitivity and deep care for others. Jessica strives to be a good person, and make others around her feel safe and loved. Jessica is creative and loves photography as a creative outlet. Jessica is talkative and bubbly and enjoys spending time with family and friends. Jessica talks things out when there is a conflict to learn from those conflicts. Jessica always thinks of others and does little things for others so they know they are thought about. Jessica has a strong work ethic that she learned from her father and is always prompt and punctual.

Jordan's superpower is his kindness. Jordan has a calm and safe nature, was raised with a strong moral compass, and always does the right thing. Jordan is an animal whisperer. Jordan is great with finances and healthcare situations. Jordan is his family's go-to if they need support for doctors or with finances. Jordan enjoys travel and trying new foods. Jordan is very dependable and responsible.

If the child that we welcome into our family is of a different background than us, it will be important for us to have children's books that show multicultural families, along with racially inclusive dolls and toys. Jessica has a lot of experience working with culturally diverse children and families in the outpatient therapy clinic where Jessica is the Director. The rooms in this therapy clinic are designed by Jessica to have books with all races of children and religion in order to promote self-esteem and inclusiveness. Other items in the rooms include inclusive dolls, dollhouses, and puppets. It's important that children can see themselves reflected in these books and toys.

We plan to connect with the child's cultural community to gain a deeper understanding of the child's needs with appropriate hair and skin products, etc. It is important to us that children have a connection to their culture and race as they grow by joining community organizations and events. If the child has any questions that we cannot answer, we want be able to connect them to those answers.

We live in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown. Fishtown is full of young families with plenty to do including swimming or climbing the jungle gym at the community park, attending community family events, and fun events at the library. The neighborhood groups in Fishtown hold pumpkin painting and trick or treating in the fall and other events throughout the year. We live a few blocks from the elementary school where we would send our child. We have a large network of friends nearby with young children that our child can play and grow up with.

We own an apartment in a quiet condo building. The apartment has two bedrooms and two bathrooms along with a very large living area and kitchen. The home is very open and a wonderful gathering place to host family dinners and get togethers. This area is our favorite place in the home because the whole family can be together.

Jordan's brother, Craig, and his wife live nearby with their two young daughters who we love spending time with. Jessica was friends with Craig's wife before they met and two months into their relationship Craig set Jessica up with Jordan. Now we are very close and have a lot of good times together.

Jessica's father lives five minutes away from us; he shows his love by frequently dropping off packages with food, books, magazines, candy, and random trinkets. Jessica's mother lives 30 minutes away; Jessica visits her mother every weekend to spend time together.

Jordan's mother lives in Florida for half the year and in Philadelphia the other half. Jordan's dad and step mom live near Jordan's mom in Florida which makes for great family trips. Jessica's brother and girlfriend also live in Florida adding to the list of family members to visit.

We both come from divorced parents. Both sets of parents get along and collaboratively support their children. What we love most about this is that we have four sets of supportive parents and more gifts for our future child!

Ours parents support our dream of becoming parents. They have supported us through our IVF journey and now with the adoption journey. They are excited to be grandparents and cannot wait to spoil their grandchild. Our family believes that DNA does not make a family, love makes a family.

We are very grateful to be considered for adopting your child. We cannot imagine how difficult this decision must be, and we want to share how brave and courageous you are for considering this decision. We cannot imagine the hardships you may have experienced or will experience throughout this process. We also want to thank you for reading this and considering us.

We have always wanted to parent together. We have dreamed about raising a child and passing on family traditions like going to the Jersey Shore in the summer, reading books together every night, and going to baseball games. We both look forward to having a loving and caring relationship with a child. We look forward to watching a child grow and develop their personalities.

We have been together for seven years and married for more than four, though it feels like we have known each other our whole lives. We started talking about having children together early in our relationship and looked forward to start having children of our own. Our wedding was scheduled for the summer of 2020 just two years after we started dating. When COVID hit, we cancelled our wedding. It was at this point we decided to start trying to have children. In the midst of cancelling then rescheduling our wedding, we also learned we were not able to have children of our own without fertility intervention.

In the next year, Jordan lost his stepfather who was a true father to him. In the midst of all of this grief, our love and commitment to each other and our desire to have children continued to grow. However, after 4 years of trying have a baby through IVF, we were told we wouldn't be able to get pregnant. What continued to grow was our desire to parent and not to give up. Giving up is not a phrase we believe in.

We took some time and thought, and decided adoption was our next step for us. We are so humbled at the strength that you have to place a child for adoption and entrusting us to love and watch this child grow. We believe strongly that the love you have for this child will be known. We also want to share how incredible our village is that has supported us through our journey to parent. We both have a very supportive family along with lifelong friends who have given us so much emotional strength. They will all love and adore this child! This child will be so loved and have so many aunts and uncles, they will lose count.

We are committed to our contact with you through emails, photos, phone calls, and visits if desired. We are so excited to grow with a child, and experience the love and attachment that comes with raising a child. We look forward to passing on traditions that have been so meaningful to our families. We look forward to experiencing small, everyday moments as well with a child, like enjoying music together, going to baseball games, and reading. As a couple, we have been through so much hardship, but we have grown stronger and are committed to share our love with a child. DNA is one way to form a family, but love is another, and we believe in our hearts that we are ready to pour our love into this child and help them flourish.

Sincerely,

Jordan & Jessica