Home Location: Southeast MN

Family Status: Couple with Children

Children in Home: One

Child Ethnicity: African American, Asian, Caucasian, East Indian, Hispanic/Latino, Native American

Hello, we are the Sheas!

Thanks for taking the time to learn a bit more about our family! We are both are college professors who live in Rochester, MN, close to our families and many of our friends. We’ve been happily married for 15 years, and together as a couple for twenty years. In February of 2018, we adopted our first child, Harry. We’re excited to expand our family with a second child.

Why Adoption?

Adopting Harry has brought so much happiness to our lives. As a couple, we’ve always considered adopting even before learning we could not conceive a child on our own. We’re lucky to have close friends and family members who have been adoptive parents and birthparents, as well as many who were adopted as children.

We know this choice may be difficult for you, and we promise we will not only love and care for your child but support him or her in maintaining a relationship with you. We’re happy to work with you to find the right level of openness.

Our Values

As parents, above all we want to raise children that are happy, secure, and loving towards others. We believe that it is important to treat all people equally with respect and kindness, and we do our best to model these values for our child.

As long-time teachers, both of us deeply value education. We support our child’s learning by reading to our child, providing opportunities for our child to be involved in activities or sports, traveling, and encouraging our child to find his or her own strengths and interests.

Get to Know the Sheas

Meet Harry

Harry loves his family. Harry is fun-loving and social, and above all loves being around his friends and family (especially spending time with his grandparents and cousins).

Harry enjoys being on the move. Harry enjoys hiking, going for walks, playing at the park, and also visiting the Children’s Museum and public library.

Harry loves reading and music. Harry will spend hours a day reading books. He also enjoys dancing, playing guitar, and singing songs including some that he makes up himself.

Meet Anne

Anne loves celebrating holidays. She loves making and eating Christmas cookies, getting together with friends and family, singing carols, picking out gifts and decorating our house, and taking Harry trick or treating.

Anne is passionate about writing and music.  She likes writing poetry, essays, and songs. She also does excellent karaoke renditions of many 1980s pop songs.

Anne is a child at heart. She enjoys participating in many activities with children including playing board games, doing crafts, reading books, going roller-skating, and playing Just Dance.

Meet Brendan

Brendan loves to cook for family and friends. Some of his famous dishes include pasta, curries, homemade bread, chili, and vegetarian and regular corn beef and cabbage (for St. Patrick’s Day).

Brendan loves the outdoors. Brendan especially loves walking around nearby Silver Lake with Anne and Harry and going for hikes on nearby trails. He also enjoys running and biking (both of them slowly!), and he once even ran a marathon.

Brendan is an avid reader. Brendan enjoys all sorts of books, from the Harry Potter series to Jane Austen novels to non-fiction books about history, philosophy, and science.

Meet our Family and Friends

Our family and friends are a big part of our lives. Both sets of parents (Harry’s grandparents) live close by, as does Anne’s brother and his family.  Harry spends a lot of time with his grandparents, his two cousins, and both sides of his extended family.  Our friends also have been extremely supportive of our decision to adopt and have been involved in Harry’s life from the very beginning.

Our Promise to You

If you decide to choose us as an adoptive family, please know your child will be loved unconditionally. We will put your child’s needs before our own and do what we can to make sure your child lives a happy, fun-filled, and purposeful life. We will support your child in maintaining a relationship with you if you desire. Thanks so much for taking the time to learn about our family.

Learn More About Anne, Brendan, and Harry at https://www.facebook.com/anneandbrendanadopt