Matt & Anne

Hello and thanks for taking the time to get to know us a bit better.

We could never honestly say that we understand all the emotions that you've gone through in your pregnancy. You have an incredibly difficult decision to make, and we deeply admire your courage and concern for the well-being of your child.

In choosing adoption as the next step in our life as a family, we do share at least one of your emotions -- hope for the life of this child. We are honored that you are considering us as an adoptive family for your baby.

About Us:
We are a caring, committed, and hardworking pair of kids at heart. Introduced by a mutual friend 18 years ago, we have been best friends ever since. We were married 12 years ago in Anne's hometown – our dear friend officiated, and her adopted daughter was our flower girl. We're active, curious, family-focused people who constantly seek to learn more about the world and about ourselves.

We both have been blessed with healthy, happy lives and wonderful families and have dreamed of having a child of our own, but we are unable to conceive a child. Inspired by watching a dear friend's adopted daughter grow up and the stories of many adoptive families we have met, we know that there are many ways to create a family. We look forward to raising a child in a supportive, nurturing, playful family that honors the birthparents' gift of love.

We hope you'll enjoy finding out more about us and our life together, our interests, our family and friends, our home, and our promise to you.

Our life together:
At home: Mornings often find us watering, weeding, and picking fresh vegetables in our backyard garden before we go to work. On most nights, we make dinner together and take walks in our neighborhood. Matt takes good care of our house—we joke that he's great at "Matt-gyvering" solutions with spare materials. Matt recently designed a new garden of California native plants, and he loves to ride his bikes (he has 4 of them)! Anne loves to spend time with friends, really loves dancing shows on TV, and cooks some of the best pasta dishes around!

Travel: We like to find new adventures and to hike, snorkel, picnic, visit museums, and make s'mores by the campfire. We watched springtime bloom in and around Seoul, S. Korea last year, and spent (a very cold) Christmas in London, England a few years ago. Closer to home, we've toured historical sites in Boston and Cape Cod, snorkeled with friends in Hawaii, hiked and backpacked in the Montana, Wyoming, and Washington mountains, visited with family in San Francisco, San Diego, the Canadian Rockies, Oklahoma, and Texas, and even began a weekend backpacking trip in our local mountains right out of our front door, too!

Learning: We value learning and education and each have many interests. Both of us have Master's degrees in our fields, but we also recognize that learning doesn't just happen in school. We both love to read and keep running out of room in our bookshelves. Anne has more children's books than anyone we know.

Family and Friends: We make special efforts, despite schedules and distances, to bring our family together for holidays and celebrations and to explore, play, and read with our extended family's new generation (eight kids so far) – especially our twin nieces. We can't wait for the next chance to sing together, chase after them on their "mo'cycles" (scooters), play dress-up, and show the nieces Matt's "jingle-bell teeth" (braces). We love our mellow times together and are fascinated by details they find in the natural world (we have learned that giraffes at the zoo "eat tacos!"). When we rode Disneyland's "It's a Small World" last Christmas, it was hard to tell who had more fun--the two of us or the girls!

Music: We both love music of all kinds and rarely are without rock, jazz, reggae or hip-hop playing on our stereo, in our cars, or on our ipods. Our CD changer regularly includes Mozart, Miles Davis, Metallica...and Anne's "Glee" soundtrack.

Anne About Matt
What I Love About Matt: My husband is smart, funny, hard-working, responsible, organized, compassionate and ethical. We have been best friends and partners for 18 years! I know I can count on Matt to follow through on what he says he will do. People really trust Matt: he is a senior business officer at a local university, and his family, friends, and colleagues often seek his advice. It is great to be with someone who is so responsible, yet has not forgotten how to play. We share tons of silly jokes and sayings that we have developed over the years. Others joke around with him constantly because he has a good sense of humor and doesn't take himself too seriously. Matt and His Family: Matt is close to his family -- you don't have to look too far to see where Matt gets his strong work ethic, as well as his sense of playfulness and humor. When he gets together with his Dad and brother, they still roughhouse and joke as they always have. Recently, I have enjoyed watching Matt's joy in being an uncle to his brother's twin girls. I remember his amazement at how tiny the twins were as newborns, and now he loves getting on the floor to play and quoting their many memorable phrases. Matt's Interests: Matt has never lost the love for the natural world that he developed in the Boy Scouts. He loves sharing experiences such as bike riding, camping, hiking and playing outside with friends and family. He looks forward to discovery of the natural world through a child's eyes. I know he will be an involved, interested, and supportive dad.

Matt about Anne
What I love about Anne: My bride is the kindest person I've ever met. She has been my best friend for 18 years. I (and many others) admire her for her caring, nurturing, empathy, creativity, patience, and determination. She finds the good in people in situations, feels people's happiness and their hurts, and wants to make life better for everyone. Anne is one of those people that anyone can talk to. A Kid Person: Anne just "gets" kids; she is perfectly in the moment with them, and kids bring out the child inside -- the silly faces, Cookie Monster voice, and three-year-old humor. Kids are Anne's life's work – she's been a storyteller, a preschool teacher, and has two master's degrees in related fields. As a Speech Pathologist working with special-needs children and their families, Anne patiently helps children learn to talk, one word, or even one sound, at a time – never giving up and celebrating even the smallest accomplishment. A Family Person: Anne is a loyal and loving daughter and sister in a really terrific, generous family. Our families adore her and treasure her role as family photographer, scrapbook-maker, and thoughtful sender of creative handmade cards and gifts. Anne is a wonderful cook (no one can resist her chocolate chip cookies) and careful tender of our garden. Born to be a Mother: Anne is ready to take this step toward her dream of having a child to love as her own and nurturing that child's magical process of discovery. Our life together has made me a kinder, more aware, and more empathetic person, and one who wants very much to be her partner in parenting.

Our Family and Friends:
We're both blessed to come from strong, loving, and supportive families that adore children. Our families both taught each of us the importance of caring for each other every day, forgiving, and growing together.

Our family and friends come from diverse backgrounds and have all sorts of jobs and interests: from auto mechanics to TV anchors, professors, pediatricians, scientists, musicians, and teachers—lots of teachers! Our family and friends share a deep concern about the welfare of others and our world.

Home/ Neighborhood
We live in a quiet, diverse Southern California foothill community that fits our lifestyle. A national forest and hiking trails to waterfalls and the mountains are just a short walk away. A county park with ballfields and a new playground is just a few blocks from our home, and Los Angeles' museums, beaches, and amusement parks are a short drive from us.

We own our home of ten years, which we completely remodeled last year in order to make more comfortable, safe and child-friendly. We have a large garden and grow our own flowers and vegetables. Our neighbors are family people who look out for each other. We both work within five miles of home at family-friendly organizations.

Our Promise to You:
We understand that parenthood is the biggest commitment anyone can make in life. We promise to love your child unconditionally, and will provide a safe, interesting, and supportive environment for your child to explore, learn, and grow. We'll be there to celebrate successes and in the hard times, too.

We promise to listen, watch, and guide your child's growth into a whole person with his or her own identity and unique interests and gifts. We hope to help your child to embrace those gifts and to understand and to respect the value of all people and the world around us.

We promise to be open and honest about the special way in which our family was created. Your immensely generous gift of love and hope will be treasured and honored by our family, always.

If you have any questions for us, or would like to talk to us about adopting your child, please contact an AdoptHelp advisor by Calling 1-800-637-7999 or clicking the "Contact Us" button below.

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