Betty & Adam In Kansas

We have been married for ten years, and have ben together for almost twelve. We both attended the same high school, and shortly after Betty graduated, we began dating. We have been best friends our entire relationship and have been there for each other through all our ups and downs.

Shortly after getting married, we wanted to try to start our own family, but we struggled with infertility. We tried to stay positive for many years but have accepted the fact that it was not going to happen for us. We have tried to adopt a child through foster care, but that was unsuccessful. The child was adopted by their current foster parents. It was heartbreaking but we knew it was best for them.

We love exploring and experiencing new and exciting things, either by ourselves or with family and friends. The city market, the local zoo, amusement park, nature hikes, dog parks, just to name a few. Traveling is one of our favorite things to do. We have traveled to six different countries, and love to take road trips to different states. We also enjoy going swimming and hanging out on our deck listening to music.

Whenever we are at home, we enjoy spending time in our back yard playing fetch with our three dogs Gunner (8), Saydie (5), and Lola (2). Each of them have their own personalities. Gunner is a 10in tall peekapoo and is such a mama’s boy. We were given Gunner when we realized we were going to struggle with infertility, and he has been spoiled ever since. Saydie is a red heeler mix, we rescued her when she was abandoned by her previous owners when she was only 6 months old. She is such a daddy’s girl. Lola is a German Shepard/Great Pyrenees mix, we rescued from one of our neighbors (not currently) when she was only a year old. All our fur babies love children and get so excited whenever there are kids around.

We live in a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom single family home located in Kansas City, MO just north of downtown Kansas City. We love that we are in the perfect area between being close enough to the city to enjoy its many restaurants, art centers/museums, and sporting venues, but also being able to come home to our quiet neighborhood.

Our house is within walking distance to our neighborhood park, dog park, and walking trails. We are also a short drive to the elementary school, and we are close to two major hospitals.

We have our nursery set up in our second bedroom. We have filled the nursery with all of the baby essentials as well as children's books on adoption, so we can always share their story with them.

Our house has been a labor of love and we have put a lot of hard work into making our house a home.

We are very fortunate to have the families that we have. They are all so supportive and loving. And just like us they are ready for us to have a child. Adam comes from a small immediate family, and Betty comes from a large immediate family. Every year we always try to get all our family together in the summer for some kind of BBQ, or pool party. Either celebrating a summer holiday or just because. We love spending time with our families, and cannot wait until we can bring a child into our home to experience our family traditions with us.

We have been honored with the title of Godparents to our good friends three children between the ages of three and ten. We love to go over most weekends and do crafts, nature hikes or just hang out spending time with them.

During the holiday season, we have started to do our own holiday traditions. In the fall, before Halloween, we love to go to the pumpkin patch and spending time with our God kids carving pumpkins and doing fall crafts. Every year, we host Thanksgiving at our home. All our immediate family come over and we have such an amazing time.

During the Christmas season, we love to get hot chocolate and see the Christmas light display. It's always so much fun. On Christmas Eve, we wake up early in the morning and spend the morning with each other and our dogs. We love to set the holiday spirit by turning on Christmas music and either turning on the fireplace or putting a fireplace video on the T.V. Towards late morning, we head over to Betty’s mom’s house where we open gifts and enjoy each other’s company. Our final stop is Adam's brother's house where we open gifts, play holiday themed games, and have Christmas dinner.

After trying to conceive on our own for a year, we started fertility treatments. We did treatments for over 8 years before we accepted the fact that having a child on our own was not going to happen for us. Adoption was always something that we considered because we want to be parents regardless of DNA.