We are James and Elizabeth. James is from Michigan and Elizabeth is from Illinois, and we now live in the state of Indiana. We met in 2017 while volunteering for a summer camp for children diagnosed with or who have survived cancer. A few years later, in 2021, we were engaged and got married in Elizabeth’s best friend's backyard! James is a goofy and fun individual and loves football. Elizabeth is a very giving and caring person and is a wonderful cook. We both work from home and appreciate the flexibility that comes with it. Elizabeth is a child development professor, and James is a software engineer. We both love to travel and be outdoors and cannot wait to make new memories with our future children.

Elizabeth has a very loud and social family. Her family includes her mother, stepfather, father, twin brother, sister, stepbrother, and stepsister, who mostly reside within 30-40 minutes from her home. Most of her family gatherings and holidays revolve around food and playing games together. Elizabeth’s sister, brother-in-law, and one-year-old niece all live outside of Illinois, and we love to spend all the time we can with them when they are in town.

We both have very involved and supportive families, and living in Indiana means we are able to see both sides of our families as often as we like.

We love to travel to see James’s family in Michigan every few weeks to spend time together. His family includes his mother, father, and younger sister. Every year at Christmastime, we all look forward to having our holiday meal and opening gifts together. In the summer months, we like to spend time at James’s parents’ in-ground pool and at our family friends’ lake house, where we play games, watch fireworks, and ride around the lake in the pontoon.

We live in a ranch-style home that was newly renovated in 2021. Our home has four bedrooms and a finished basement, with a back porch that looks out to a beautiful forest. Our playful puppy, Bella, loves to run around and explore the fenced-in backyard. We live in a quiet neighborhood with great neighbors and an elementary school just a few doors down from our home. Our town loves to engage the community by hosting many family-friendly activities year-round within walking distance from our home.

We are so very excited to start this next chapter of our lives and knew adoption would be the way to make this dream of becoming parents possible. Elizabeth is a childhood cancer survivor, which led her to not being able to have children naturally. We have supported children and their families for countless years. We want nothing more than to have children of our own to love. We always knew we wanted to have a family together one day to provide a loving, safe, and happy home for a child.