Waiting Family Profiles

Home Location: Twin Cities Metro

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 Chomilos and live in Minneapolis, MN. We appreciate you looking at our profile and considering us. We know that this is a very challenging decision to make and will offer you respect and support throughout our shared journey. If chosen our family will work hard to build a relationship that works for all of us and one that will grow and change as the child grows up and as we get to know each other better. We look forward to meeting you.

Meet the Chomilos

Nathan:

Nate is a wonderful partner, a great father and a hard-working and humble man. He also has a super power, which is this amazing calming presence that can make anyone feel better.

Nate and Nchare have a great relationship. You can often find them playing together (sports, pillow fights, video games), reading books, talking about comics/super heroes, laughing and being silly.

Jenny:

 Jenny is an amazing partner, patient and incredibly caring mother and always puts her family first. She often is looking for ways to help others and inspires those around her to do the same.

Jenny and Nchare are best buds and can often be found reading together, making art, listening and dancing to the latest Disney movie soundtrack or just having some quiet cuddle time.

Nchare:

Nchare is a fun, caring and astute 6 year old. He is very excited to become a big brother and talks about all the things he will share with his baby brother or sister and what he wants to teach them.

Nchare enjoys spending time with his family and our dog W’Kabi, Kindergarten, exploring outside, being in or near the water, running around, playing soccer, and Saturday movie nights.

Our Relationship:

We met on Match.com in 2011 and had an instant connection based on our shared path (we both went to Miami University, had mutual friends from high school and college, and were working at the same place when we met). We got married in 2012 in a small ceremony to celebrate our love in front of our immediate family members.

We have been married for 10 years and have shared in the many ups and downs that life brings. We have made communication a priority in our relationship to ensure that our needs are being met and that we on the same page. We enjoy spending time with each other, going out to movies, being with Nchare, our families and friends. We also love traveling when we can and recently went to Disneyland to celebrate Nchare’s golden birthday!

Our Family:

We are close with both of our families and we are lucky to have them nearby. Nchare gets to spend time with both sets of grandparents weekly and we try to get together with our siblings whenever possible. Nchare’s two older cousins are also in town and they have been very involved and a big part of our lives.

We feel very lucky to have their love, support and a strong presence in our lives.

Our Neighborhood:

We live in Minneapolis, MN and love our neighborhood! We have lived in our almost 100 year old house for 8.5 years. We have a fenced in backyard that Nchare and W’Kabi love to run around and play in. We also have two raised planter gardens that Nchare helps with; including growing the plants from seed, watering, picking and eating the produce.

We have 5 parks that are within walking distance from our home and like to go to each of them for different reasons. There is also a recreation center and water park about a mile away that we like to visit.

Nchare loves to go on walks, ride his bike and run races with Dad to see who is faster. He also enjoys camping in the backyard, having bonfires with s’mores and watching movies outside on Saturday nights.

Our Community:

We are blessed to be a part of a multicultural, multiracial community. We are connected through blood, faith, and friendship and wouldn’t be where are today without them. As a family we celebrate the importance of culture and connection.

We look forward to welcoming another member to our family, sharing our community and culture with them as well as embracing theirs.

Our Journey to Adoption:

When we first started talking about the family we hoped for we planned on having 4 children with at least one child joining our family through adoption. We went through 4 years of fertility treatments before having Nchare via IVF. Jenny’s pregnancy with Nchare was complicated and at 25 weeks her water broke. She was on bedrest for 7 weeks before Nchare arrived and he spent 4 weeks in the hospital before he was able to come home. After some time to heal we prepared for the next part of our journey. We are excited to grow our family through adoption and look forward to building a relationship together with the child’s birth family.

Website: chomilosadopt.com

Facebook and Instagram: ChomilosAdopt

Email: [email protected]

Call or Text: 612.405.8814

Recent Disneyland trip for Nchare’s Golden Birthday!

Nchare and Nate having fun on the lily pad at the cabin

Nchare and W’Kabi are the best of buds

Annual pumpkin picking at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

At the MN United FC soccer game. Go Loons!