Waiting Family Profiles

Home Location: Twin Cities Metro

Family Status: Couple without children

Children in Home: None

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

Hi, we are Cady and Abby! As with many things in life, adoption can be a wonderful mix of difficult and beautiful all wrapped up into one. We feel honored to be able to be a part of this journey and look forward to the potential of building a relationship with you in whatever form that takes.

Visit our website to learn more about us: abbyandcadyadopt.com

As a Couple
We are a welcoming, adventurous, and playful couple. We like to get out and do things and love to have friends and family be a part of our world. From trying new foods, to playing games weekly together, to organizing group camping trips and Harry Potter parties, we enjoy experiencing life with others and bringing people together.

One of our strengths as a couple is our communication. We value sitting down and talking things out. Because of our communication skills, we are able to work through conflicts effectively or prevent them altogether.

In a lot of ways, we balance each other out. Where Cady is planful, Abby is easy going. Where Abby brings calm, Cady brings energy and brightness. This balance allows us to bring out those qualities in one another and strengthens our ability to face life’s challenges in a holistic way. We foresee this being a huge part of our parenting.

Meet our furballs Thor and Ginny!

 

Meet Cady
Written by Abby

Cady can be described many ways, but a few that come to mind are loyal, hardworking, compassionate, and playful. She is a child at heart and loves games, sports, and making people laugh. One of her friends describes her best when she says that Cady is generous – with her time, her talent, and her energy.

Cady grew up on a farm outside of a small town in South Dakota. Her upbringing helped to build her hard-working character. Cady always does things all out and she works harder than anyone I know; whether it be at work or setting up the perfect outdoor viewing of a college football game.

Cady and I have many nieces and nephews (14 in total and growing) and those relationships are the perfect example of her playful, compassionate, and goofy personality. She goes out of her way to make sure that they feel seen and heard. Her love for planning activities and games and spending time with them is apparent.

Cady is a superb cook, a passionate Vikings fan, and a wonderfully supportive wife. I am excited to see her grow into the nurturing and spirited mother that I know she will be.

 

Meet Abby
Written by Cady

Abby draws everyone in with her kind-heartedness, patience, and positive outlook on life. There isn’t much Abby wouldn’t do for the people she loves or even people she barely knows. Abby has brought her “Minnesota nice” around the world to New York City, Thailand, Tanzania and Guatemala over the course of her education and career in social work. Everywhere she goes, she inspires those she meets.

Abby grew up playing tennis and loves to play almost any card or board game. This has led to many high-spirited competitions between the two of us. She can also be found binge watching the newest TV series, rereading Harry Potter for the eighth time, or ax throwing in a local league.

Abby is so smart and would make an excellent teacher in her second life. Some of her best qualities are her go-with-the-flow attitude, thoughtfulness, and attentiveness. I cannot wait to watch Abby become a mother.

We are huge Minnesota sports fans and especially love cheering on the Vikings. SKOL!

 

Our Support Network
Cady’s immediate family is located in South Dakota, Iowa and Oklahoma, with one married sister, two married brothers, and twelve nieces and nephews (and counting). Her parents have been married for 45 years and still operate the family cattle farm.

Cady’s family is very hard-working and always on-the-go either doing at home projects or attending their kids’ activities. We try to spend as much time as possible with her nieces and nephews, so road trips are often made for their school events, holidays, camping, birthday parties or just hanging out.

We love camping and enjoy taking our nieces and nephews with us.

 

Abby’s family lives mainly in Minnesota. She has one brother who is married and has two boys. Abby’s parents were married for 38 years. After battling cancer, her mom passed away in 2019. Since retirement, Abby’s dad splits his time between Minnesota and South Carolina, which means semi-regular trips to the beach for us.

Abby’s family is complemented by many extended family members. It is a competitive family (in the best way) with annual family football games and euchre tournaments. We get to see the extended family on big occasions like birthdays and holidays in addition to family dinners and cabin trips.

We helped Abby’s nephew do a scavenger hunt for his birthday around our neighborhood lake.

 

Friends
We consider our friends to be part of our family, as they provide us with so much love and emotional support. We prioritize seeing them often for bonfires and game nights and love to plan camping and other group trips. We see our friends being strong role models for our future children and being active in their lives.

Community
One thing that we love about our community is its diversity. We believe there is not one correct way to do life and living in Minneapolis has allowed us to surround ourselves with many beautiful ways of life.

We are members at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. It is inclusive and accepting of the LGBT community, and we see it being a helpful support in our journey of building a family.

Our Core Values We Hope to Pass On

Courage is having a confidence in yourself and what you are doing. In many ways, it is standing up for what is right even when it is hard or unpopular. We strive to be courageous in our actions, in how we use our voices, and how we show up in the world. Our hope is for our future children to have the courage to be themselves in all the ways that make them unique and to feel confident in that.

Generosity is showing up in the most helpful way. When you are in a position to be generous, it is important to help those around you with life’s ups and downs. The only way to make progress is through effort and care for others and for our world. We hope that our future children are able to learn this by witnessing it firsthand from us and from the people in their lives.

Humility is approaching life with a mindset that you are no greater or less than anyone else. Humility allows us to meet others where they are without defensiveness or judgement. We will strive to foster humility within our family and within our children, so that they are able to be confident in themselves, while recognizing the strengths of others.

 

Final Note
Our hope is that through open adoption, you will always have a special place in our family and our hearts. Our child will always know of your love and that our working together is what made us a family.

We are so excited to be parents and we are confident that we will be able to provide a loving, fun, and educational household for a child to grow in.

– Cady & Abby

Visit our website to learn more about us: abbyandcadyadopt.com