We are Tyler and Ariana from Colorado

Dear Expectant Mother, 

Thank you so much for considering us to be the parents of your child. We would truly feel blessed and honored to have the opportunity to raise your child and we would be so grateful for such a wonderful gift. You are so tremendously courageous to be making this decision and we want to support you anyway we can. Together, we will be supporting your child for life and want to give them every opportunity possible including an excellent education. Ariana was adopted and has an adopted brother as well. Through adoption, we were able to start our family with our daughter, Nora, and hope that we can continue sharing amazing experiences with your child as a family. We hope to build a strong relationship being able to relate directly with your child’s needs as he/she continues to grow in a safe and loving home. We truly appreciate you taking the time to get to know us. 

We met at a pool at an apartment complex where Ariana lived. Tyler's sister also lived there and it was a place to meet your neighbors and hang out in the evenings. We both would go to the pool a few times a week and ended up talking one night with a few friends. After that we would see each other there, and always combine our groups of friends to get to know each other better. Eventually we became best friends. After about 6 months we started dating and the rest is history. We’ve now been married for eight years. 

Our family is quite extensive and we have many family members nearby, including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings. Everyone is so excited that we are growing our family and are very supportive of our decision to adopt again. Ariana’s parents have a cabin in the mountains that we visit a quite a few times a year where there is excellent fishing, hiking, sledding, ice skating, and many other outdoor activities perfect for children. Nora loves playing at lakes and taking our dogs for hikes. Ariana’s parents also live in Florida for the winter months, and we love visiting them. We spent our time at the beach or in the pool, and drive to Disney World to spend the day. 

Having kids has always been a dream for both of us. Ariana has known since she was a teenager that getting pregnant would require the help of fertility medication. When we decided we were ready to have children, we contacted a fertility doctor, but after three miscarriages, doctors decided that we would not be able to have biological children. Adoption has always been an option for us, and it is the perfect way for us to continue growing our family. 

We live in a 4-bedroom house in Colorado. We are close to many parks and playgrounds, and love to ride our scooters to explore new places nearby. We are also close to events including, football and basketball, and baseball games. We have a large back yard, where we spend a lot of our time. Whether it's swimming in our little pool, gardening, coloring with chalk, grilling, or playing yard games, we spent a lot of time outside!  

In our downtime we enjoy weekends in the mountains, fishing, mountain drives in our jeep, and spending time with our 2 dogs Henry (Yorkshire terrier) and Charlee (Black Lab). We also enjoy having friends and family over to watch football and hockey games and eat good food. Ariana enjoys cooking, photography, painting, and other arts and crafts. Tyler loves music and plays the piano and guitar frequently. He also has a great sense of humor and is always making everyone around him laugh. We love going to places like the aquarium, children’s museum, butterfly pavilion, and the zoo and trampoline park. 

Nora cannot wait to be a big sister and share her experience with a sibling. She is smart, funny, kind, adventurous, and loves to learn. She adores animals, and helps feed and care for our animals daily. Nora enjoys swimming lessons, her goal is to swim like mermaid one day. This last year she has also started taking dance class, and is enjoying learning new styles of dance. Nora talks often about being a big sister so she can teach her sibling everything she knows and have a lifelong best friend. 

Writing you this letter is not easy. There is so much we want to share about who we are and how excited we are to have the opportunity to grow our little family. There is so much we would love to learn about you! We value your time and emotions in making this decision for your baby. 

Thank you for reading our letter.
Ariana and Tyler