We are Tyler and Sherilyn from North Carolina

Our vision for our life is simple – a big, happy family that loves to spend time together. We hope to have a large, full table for meals, very loud and fun holidays, and family vacations full of laughter and memories. But life isn’t always simple, and we know that. The decision you are making now is not easy, and we know that we will have tough decisions and conversations in the future when it comes to raising our kids. But we are ready for those moments. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for providing us with the opportunity to have those moments: the good ones, and the hard ones. We can’t wait to tell your baby how much we care about you for the gift that you have given us. We hope we raise your baby to be as strong as you are.

We have known since we started talking about our lives together that we wanted to adopt a child. We will provide a loving and caring home for a child and show them that family is built on love and kindness. We welcomed a baby boy into our family at the end of 2022, and we are so thrilled that our family has grown and will continue to grow in more ways than one. We want our children to have siblings to play with, love, and grow with, and we love that we can provide that for your child as well. Your baby will be so loved, unconditionally, by such a large group of family and friends. They can not wait to meet him or her.

In our family, we listen to a lot of music, cook, read, and spend time playing with our pups in our backyard. We want to foster your child’s own interests and learn things from them as well. We will go for walks around the neighborhood and occasionally walk to the local ice cream shop for an extra special treat. We will go to the library and read with other kids and pick up new books for the week. We will paint our own masterpieces to hang on the fridge and pick tomatoes and squash from our garden to cook for dinner. We will snuggle and watch movies with them, tell them silly jokes, and probably embarrass them from a very young age. We will take trips: whether it’s a day trip to a park to go hiking, a weekend trip to the beach or the mountains with family, a cross-country road trip to explore and see new things, or a month in the summer at Sherilyn’s mother’s cabin in Maine at the lake like she and her brother did as kids. We will show them as much of the world as we can.

Sherilyn intends to stay home with your child to take care of them and to teach them so many things to help them navigate life while staying true to themselves. Tyler works from home, which makes his involvement in your child’s life much greater than we could ever have imagined. He is so excited about getting to see your child on his lunch breaks, in between meetings, and helping Sherilyn throughout the day, which he was not able to do while working in an office. It has been so nice for him to be around our son and be able to spend more time with him. We will be fully present for your child and support them in every step of their lives.

You are making an impossible decision, not only for yourself, but also for your child, and we respect you more than you know for that. We know that we will also have tough decisions and conversations in the future when it comes to raising kids. But we are ready for those moments. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for providing us with the opportunity to have those moments: the good ones, and the hard ones. We can’t wait to tell your baby how much we care about you. We hope we raise your baby to be as strong as you are.