Waiting Family Profiles

Home Location: Twin Cities Metro

Family Status: Couple without children

Children in Home: None

Child Ethnicity: Asian, Caucasian, East Indian, Hispanic/Latino

Thank you for taking the time to consider us to be your child’s adoptive parents. Through your selfless act of love and support, you will help us complete our dream of a family. We will be incredibly thankful and filled with joy for what you will bring to our lives.

Brandon and Melissa are high school sweethearts! We both attended private grade school. We officially started dating in the fall of 2004 and attended every high school prom together! After high school we both lived at home and attended College, Melissa for Nursing and Brandon for Criminal Justice.

 

About Us

Melissa is a very kind hearted, fun loving, driven person. She strives to take are of everyone around her. Melissa enjoys her career as a nurse, spending time with family and friends, and all the other shared hobbies and interests.

Brandon is caring, easy-going, and humble. He is often referred to as the calming person in the room. Brandon enjoys his career working with people as a probation officer. He is an avid outdoorsman who loves to fish and farm.

We renovated and sold our first home in 2016, and then moved to Waconia, MN. Our first home gave us foundation in our marriage and we are so thankful for those memories.

Waconia, MN is a great “small town” family-oriented community located 30 minutes west of Minneapolis, MN. We have activities for all ages including a community center, parks, theaters, and fantastic schools.

 

Hobbies & Interests

We have many of the same hobbies and interests: anything outdoors – camping, four-wheeling, fishing, ice fishing, snowshoeing, and gardening. Traveling, home projects, spending time at the family cabin, spending time with family, friends, and the two fur babies!

 

Meet the Dogs!

Miles (8) Lab & Rex (4) Mini Golden Doodle. Both boys are very good with children, love to play, and are very excited to be potential big brothers!

 

Family

We are a very close- knit family. Growing up in the same small town, we share many mutual friends and our families are both very close. Melissa grew up on a farm in Norwood, MN as an only child. Her grandparents lived near the farm until she was 7 when they moved off the farm. Melissa shared many wonderful memories with her grandparents who helped raise her as well. Her parents continue to live on the farm. Growing up on a farm taught her many valuable lessons and really enforced the importance of a family. Melissa and Brandon help her parents on the farm during the spring and fall seasons. We both love to be at the farm and hope to move to the country someday!

Brandon grew up in the country near Belle Plaine, MN. He has two older sisters. His parents just celebrated their 40^th wedding anniversary and have showed us many good values growing up. His family is very supportive of adoption. Brandon talks to his family on a weekly basis and has a close relationship with his whole family. Extended family on both sides are aware and supportive of us, and we are so thankful for this.

We have 4 nephews whom we adore! We are known to them as Uncle B and Auntie Mel. We see them frequently as two of them live less than a mile away from us and the other two live 20 minutes from us. Each of our extended families all live within 30 minutes from us so we see each other quite often.

Annual traditions: holidays, birthday parties, annual Christmas cookie day with Melissa’s mom, family weekend at the cabin, and hosting friendsgiving.

 

Journey to Adoption

Soon after we got married, we were ready to start our family. Due to infertility, however, we are unable to have children of our own. After a couple years of grief and self growth we started to look at growing our family through adoption. The intense desire to become parents has led us to adoption. We have so much love to share.

 

Our Faith

Our faith in God is very important to us and has played an integral role in both of our lives. We were both raised Lutheran. We believe that having a strong foundation helps to guide us in all that we do. Our faith has helped us in the times of hardship, provided us with comfort, and has help us become who we are.

 

Our Promise

Your life will be filled with faith, knowledge, understanding, love, laughter, and adventure.

We will surround you with a loving and supportive extended family with 4 grandparents, 2 aunts, 2 uncles, and 4 nephews who will all adore you.

You will be supported, nurtured, encouraged, and loved in all you do.

 

Thank you for taking the time to learn a little about our lives. There is so much more about our lives than what fits on these pages. We would love to meet you in person to get to know you, discuss an adoption plan, and learn about the hopes and dreams you have for your baby.

With love,

Brandon & Melissa