We are both lifelong Minnesotans. Our journey together started in July 2018, when we met on Match. We moved in together in April 2019 and married in September 2021 in a wonderful ceremony, surrounded by our family and friends. We have one 13-year-old daughter from Jess’s first marriage who we have every other weekend. She loves arts and crafts, movies, and giving us plenty of eyerolls. We are avid sports enthusiasts. We love to spend time with family as much as we can. Summertime in Minnesota is our favorite, and we love to plant in our garden boxes, go camping, and spend time on our deck grilling. Julie enjoys playing recreational softball and hockey, and Jess enjoys fishing. Jessica is an accounts payable manager for a healthcare company, and Julie is a lead grants specialist in the public sector. We both work from home and enjoy the work–life balance and flexibility that comes with it.

Jessica’s extended family consists of one sister, both parents, and her last surviving grandmother. Jessica has three aunts, two uncles, six cousins and their spouses, and many second cousins. Many of their traditions include yearly camping trips and vacations to Florida during Spring Break.

Julie’s extended family consists of her parents, sister, brother-in-law, and three nephews, who are 7, 10, and 13. We like to get together for family dinners and cookouts, holidays, and family trips up north in the summer. We enjoy having our nephews over to hang out or for sleepovers. They love Jess’s video games expertise. Julie also has two uncles, three aunts, eight cousins, and many second cousins and currently competes in fantasy baseball with some of them in honor of her late grandfather and uncle, who were huge baseball fans.

We were very fortunate to find our forever home in August 2021. We have a five-bedroom, three-bath home in a Minnesota suburban area in a quiet cul-de-sac. We are within walking distance of an elementary, middle, and high school, and there are several parks near us. We also have some cool attractions near us, including the zoo, Mall of America, and State Fair, just to name a few. We have two cats who are one-year-old brothers named Mario and Luigi. We adopted them in May 2022. They love to cuddle, wrestle, and go outside to hunt the flies and bees.

We decided to adopt as our relationship has evolved and progressed to the life we have now. We are two successful women and feel there is more. We know adoption will not be easy, especially for you, but we would be honored to share our loving home and family with another child. We strongly feel a child can bring more purpose and meaning, complete our family, and, at the same time, provide the positive, loving upbringing we received from our families growing up. We have extremely supportive families who are just as excited as we are.