Waiting Family Profiles

We are Corey, Marie, and Ian, and we are excited to share our lives with you through this profile, and for you to see how much we will love and cherish the baby placed in our family. We want you to know the trust you put in us at placement

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  The Swensons ~Alone we can do so little.  Together we can do so much. ~ Helen Keller Hello!  We are Jason and Amber Swenson – a Southwest Minnesota couple who love life and love children.  Our family consi

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Hello!   We are Mary and Karl.  We live in Minneapolis with our daughter, Norah, and our puppy, Leif.   All four of us are excited to welcome another child into our family.  We are grateful to be growing our family through open adoption, aga

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Hello! We are Jesse, Sarah, and Emma and we are excited for the opportunity to add to our family again through open adoption. We appreciate you taking the time to look at our profile and admire you greatly for considering an open adoption plan for

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Hi! If you’re reading this then you must be looking for us! We are Marc & Lisa DeBus and we have some open seats that we are looking to fill on our family bus and would love to make you and your child part of our family! We met in 2010 throu

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Hello! We are Michael & Tracy. We cannot wait to share our love with you and your child on this lifelong journey together. We are so excited that you have taken the time to read about our family!

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Hi! We’re Kristen and Jeremy. We are excited to start our family and believe in the value of open adoption. We look forward to getting to know you and share this journey together! Thank you for taking the time to learn a little about us!

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Thank you for visiting our page! We have been blessed by our love for each other, our warm extended family, wonderful friends, and jobs we love as college professors. We hope to become parents, so that we can share our love with a child, and help

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Hi, we are Mike and Julie from Duluth, MN! Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us. We have been together 18 wonderful years and are excited to grow our family through open adoption. We live on 25 acres just outside of city limits wit

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Hi! We are the Anfinson’s Jeremy, Stacy, Karson and our Black Lab Morgan. We are excited to once again add to our Family through adoption. Thank you for learning more about our family as you make difficult decisions for the love of your chil

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Welcome! Hello, We are Brandon and Maizie. Thank you for taking the time to view our page. We want to tell you a little bit about us. We live in a small town in southern Minnesota called, New Ulm. Born and raised there with majority of our

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David & Paula ~ Our Journey to Adoption ~ Thank you for taking the time to check out our profile.   We are beyond excited to start our

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We’re excited to meet you! We are Jason and Krista and live with our two lazy cats, Penguin and Samantha.  Thank you for taking the time to learn about us. We value education, family, hard work, new experiences and having as much fun as possibl

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About Us… Once upon a time at a small college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Bob’s hometown) we met and after a few bumps in the road, started dating and married in Mandan, North Dakota (Tammy’s hometown). Our wedd

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Hello! We are Dan and Janeen, mature adults looking to share our lives and world with another child.  We believe we have so much to share, including financial security and a rural Minnesota setting for a child to grow up in.  If our story appeal

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Hello, We are Matt and Amy.  Thank you for taking the time to read our profile.   We cannot imagine what you are going through right now, but we want you to know we will always honor you and your child’s adoption story.  Matt and othe

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Hi! We are Jill & Jeff Jill and Jeff are from Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Gypsy is from Helena, Montana and Carly is from Chicago, Illinois and we are all a happy family living in Minneapolis, MN. :::::::::::::::::::::::::

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The Valters Family Greetings, Expectant Parents! Thank you for taking the time to read about us. Though we cannot begin to understand how difficult a decision you are facin

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A Little bit about us and our journey: We have been married since January 2013. After trying for three years to have a biological child we decided that growing our family through adoption was the right journey for us! In July of 2

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Hello, We are Alanna and Luis and live in Edina, Minnesota.  Alanna was raised in St. Paul, whereas, Luis was brought up in Corpus Christi, Texas. When we first met, we instantly clicked with not being short of conv

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We are Christopher and Anne Jenkins. Thank you for taking the time to read our profile and learn a little about who we are. We believe a child can never have too many people who love and support them and we’re open to building a loving, healthy

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Why we want to adopt and our future aspirations From the very beginning of our relationship, we knew that we wanted to have a family of our own. We started taking steps along the way so we’d be in the best position in our

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Hello! We are the Blume family. Mark, Jodi and our dog, Maizie. We are a fun loving couple that is so excited to take this journey of growing our family through adoption. We admire you greatly for considering an open adoption plan for your child a

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Hello! Thank you for reading our story. We hope this glimpse into our lives will help you understand not only who we are but also the love we have for each other, for life, and to give. Our story is one of shared adventures and simple joys.

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Hello and Hola, we are Bill and Fernando From Saint Cloud Minnesota We feel very grateful that our letter has made it to you. We hope it gives you a little glimpse into our lives, our dedication to each other and our desire to become dads!

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Hello, we are Daniel and Erin LeClair!  We live in Robbinsdale, MN with our two dogs, Harper and Cobie.  We are very excited to become parents through adoption.  Adoption has always been part of our family plan! Thank you for taking the

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Hello there!  We are the Haars (rhymes with cars), Jonathan and Mary. We live in a spacious townhouse in the suburbs between Baltimore and Washington D.C. Family is very important to both of us, and we are excited to expand our family through ope

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We spend long car trips singing to the radio; Katie’s off-tune but enthusiastic and Christian’s in tune but making up the words. At parties, we dance like nobody’s watching and pray they aren’t. We try to live our lives by a simple motto:

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Meet Tom, Suzanne, & Lorena We are Tom, Suzanne, and Lorena, a multicultural family with a ton of energy and several pairs of open arms that need filling. The more we learn, the more we feel open adoption is the

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Hi!  We’re Christin and Eric. We have been married 12 years and are ready to provide a loving and safe home for a child to learn and grow. We are both teachers and love our home in the country.  We enjoy outdoor activities and spending time wi

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We have always dreamed of raising a child together bringing that dream to life through adoption. We look forward to providing a loving, supportive, and engaging home for our child that is inclusive of his or her adoption story and birth family.

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Hello! We are Alex & Melissa from Richfield, MN and we are super excited to meet you! We both feel very passionate about being supportive, loving, and responsible parents and have always felt compelled to share our love with a child of our own

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We’re Todd and Dirk. We’re a couple of (future) dads in Minnesota hoping to start our family through an open adoption. Love. Laughter. Empathy. Compassion. Kindness. Integrity. Respect. Those we

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Hello! First of all, we want to tell you how much we appreciate you taking the time to read about us. We cannot imagine how difficult this decision must be, but we deeply respect your ability to undertake such a loving act. We hope that as you lea

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We are Brandon and Kim Anderson. The sweet girl you see with us is our daughter Kinsley who joined our family through adoption in 2016. We live in central MN with our boxers, Boscoe & Dozer. We want Kinsley to have a sibling that was also adop

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Hi! We’re Paul & Keegan. We are looking to adopt a child into our family. We love spending time with friends and family, as well as our toy schnauzer, Olive! We look forward to building an open adoption plan that will make all parties in

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Hello! Thank you for taking the time to look a little closer at our family. We truly admire your strength and courage as you continue exploring the path of adoption for your child. There is so much we would like to tell you about ourselves to help

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With both of us named Chris, it can get a little confusing.  Our friends call us by our last names to eliminate the confusion.  When we got married we each kept our own last names, otherwise it would have been even worse.  We have used our last

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We are Devon and Julie Bradford.  We are a fun-loving couple who can have as much fun spending a night around the kitchen table playing board games with friends as we have out on the town, enjoying a concert, comedy show, or sporting event.  We

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Hi there! We are Matt and Jake, proud parents of two cats and one dog, and we’re excited to expand our family through adoption! Thank you for taking the time to read more about us and our adoption journey. We are excited for the opportuni

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Hello there! We are Mark and Kelly, a Christian couple from the Twin Cities. Thanks for taking the time to get to know us a bit more. We hope our story and photos will give you a glimpse into our lives. We have been praying for a baby for m

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“A mother’s love for her child is like no other love. To be able to put that feeling aside because you want the best for your child is the most unselfish thing I know.” ~Mary, American Adoptions Birth Mother Hello, we are Chr

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Hello there! We’re Aaron and April from Champlin, MN which is just outside of Minneapolis. First and foremost, we would like to thank you for taking the time to learn more about us. We hope this snapshot into our lives will help you learn more a

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  Hello! We are Eric & Meg Teale, and we are from Minneapolis, MN. We are excited to share our story, which all started nearly 15 years ago our freshman year in college. We started dating sophomore year after we were gathere

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Hello! We are Josh and Bryan! Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us and our family. We hope that this will give you some more insight about us and our adoption journey and appreciate who we will be as parents. Why Ope

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  Hello, we are the Sheas! Thank you for taking the time to learn a bit more about our family! We are both college professors who live in Rochester, MN, close to our families and many of our friends. We’ve had over 15 happy years tog

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Hi there! We’re Phil and Lizzie Schut and we’re so happy you’ve stopped by to get to know us a little bit. While we don’t know your exact circumstances or your specific situation we do hope you’re finding peace and comfort on your journe

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We’re David and Dennis, and we are excited to start this new chapter in our lives! We have chosen adoption as a way to build our family after thoughtfully considering our options.  Dennis’ own adoption story has led us to believe we wo

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I’m excited (and insanely nervous) that you’re reading my profile. I’m thrilled at the possibility of expanding my family. I appreciate the decision you are trying to make and I am humbled that you are considering me to be your child’s ado

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Hi!  Thank you for taking the time to look at our profile.  We are Katie and Aaron Katzner from Chaska, Minnesota.  We met over 12 years ago and quickly realized our paths have crossed many times before then. Katie growing up

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Hello! We are the Winters – a multiracial family of two dads, one amazing little girl, and two adorable pups.  Our family was formed through adoption when our daughter, Cyndel, came into our lives as a newborn.  All of us are eager

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We are a family of three hoping to grow. Our lives have been filled with love, energy and laughter, and now we are eager to add another child to our family. As a couple, we’ve shared many experiences – we both love to travel, tr

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Brian and Kimberly Wood & {Nikka (lab)} have been married for 18 years and live in a great neighborhood in Eagan, MN, a suburb of St. Paul.  They are 2 quiet, patient, calm, family orientated people who are so excited to add,

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