We were introduced in 2017, were engaged a year later, and got married in 2019. Mariah has been a veterinary technician at a small animal practice since high school; she has a big heart for sick animals. Caleb is a fire safety technician for a corporate company. He works on all types of fire protection equipment, keeping people safe. We love to travel and have been to several places together; one dream of ours is to travel to every state. We enjoy being with each other as well as going out with family or friends. We are very involved with our church and serve most Sundays. We go to church events, some of our favorites being food truck night and family movie night. We also like to go to the farmers market. At home you can find us playing video games, watching TV, doing puzzles, or playing with our dogs. Caleb is the cook in our family and likes smoking meat on the side. Mariah likes to keep the house clean. We like to decorate our house for the holidays and get into the spirit.

Both of us have parents who live In town and whom we see weekly. Everyone in our family and community couldn't be more supportive about this journey that we are on.

Mariah has a younger sister who is married, with a niece and a new nephew. They live an hour away, and we see them for holidays and get-togethers. We also love to have our little niece stay over with us on weekends. There’s a very large family on Mariah's side, with countless aunts, uncles, and cousins. We have yearly family reunions and go out to support our family by going to see games and shows they are in.

Caleb has an older sister, with a niece and a nephew, whom we see a couple times a year due to her living several hours away. Caleb also has family in Georgia and Florida. We like to take a family trip to Georgia, where Caleb’s aunt has a lake house. We also have a very strong church family and longtime friends.

We like to host Thanksgiving dinner, where we go around the table and ask what everyone is thankful for. For Halloween, we hand out candy at Mariah’s grandparents’ house to over 300 trick-or-treaters. On Christmas Eve we go to church, look at Christmas lights, and host dinner at our home while watching Hallmark movies. On Christmas Day, we like to go to Mariah’s family for the day. We take all our gifts and play a game where everyone gets a turn to roll dice. You then get to open a gift and show everyone. We get to pick something we would like to donate money to, maybe a water well or chickens for a village. One year we were blessed with money to help start this journey.

We live in a quiet neighborhood in the middle of town. Our home is a four-bedroom, two-bath home with a fenced-in backyard. There are a lot of restaurants, parks, movie theaters, and local community theaters in the area. Schools are near our home as well as a local university. Our city hosts several annual fairs. We have two dogs: Bandit is an Australian shepherd, and Rocket is a Pembroke corgi. Both of them love kids and love to be around people. We have two bearded dragons, Missy and Chief.

Our journey to adoption began several years ago. Neither of us dated anyone seriously. We were waiting for God to bring each other just the right person. We were introduced to each other, started dating, and two years later were married. We both knew we wanted to be parents, but child-bearing didn’t work. With so many children needing a home with parents who love God, love each other, and will love them as their own, we believe this is God’s plan for us. We pray fervently for the child God will bless us with to complete our family. We also pray for you because we know the decision to place your child for adoption is not one you take lightly.