We want to start off by saying thank you for taking the time to learn more about us. Our names are Eric and Sara, and we are overjoyed with the opportunity to grow our family through adoption. We imagine that this process can be very difficult as an expectant parent, but know that we are praying for God to be with you and your baby every step of the way.
We are high school sweethearts. We have been together since our junior year. We met in band class and spent a lot of time together during band activities. Outside of band activities we liked to hang out with family, see movies or go to dinner on our dates. We dated for a couple of years before getting married in June of 2005.
We have three children: Mae (17), Logan (16) and Autumn (3). We honestly thought that we were done having children after we had Logan, as Sara went through a medical crisis and it was highly recommended for her to not get pregnant again. However, as the years went on, we realized that we still wanted to grow our family and that God had adoption plans for us. We adopted Autumn in 2018 and are now excited to begin this journey again! We all cannot wait to welcome another precious child into our hearts and home.
Sara is an amazing mother and wife! She figured out early in her career that her passion for children is so strong that she wanted to open her very own in-home daycare. That was over ten years ago, and I’ll admit, at the time I thought she was crazy for doing it, but she really has been great at it! She’s a natural with kids.
When it comes to parenting, Sara is a leader. She consistently puts others before herself, and has instilled strong values into our children and so many other families. Sara has high but realistic expectations with our kids’ school work and it shows with their grades.
During her free time, Sara loves to read, host family over the weekend, play board games, and enjoy the weather with family outside. Family is everything to her, and that is most evident. Sara makes me so happy and I look forward to being able to come home every day to her smiles and love. I can’t wait to begin this new chapter of our lives with her!
My husband, Eric, is one of a kind. He is loving, loyal and understanding. One of the many reasons I love Eric so much is that he is always willing to lend a helping hand, whether that be our neighbor, a family member or a stranger on the street. He is also a very hardworking man whether that be at home or at work.
Eric loves to be outside working on the lawn, flower gardens or making things just look nice and clean. If you can’t find him around the house it is because he is outside throwing a ball around with either our son or the dog. He is also a great cook and loves to grill.
Most important of all, Eric always makes sure that we are happy and loved every day. That is why he will always be my best friend in life. I couldn’t be more happy to have him in my life and be the father of our children. I’m so excited to watch him grow in this next chapter of our lives!
We have a very nice two-story home located in west Michigan. Most of the bedrooms are on the top floor and our basement is set up for children to play all day as Sara runs a daycare in our home. The main floor is an open floor plan with a wonderful kitchen and living room, where we entertain family and friends almost every weekend.
Our neighborhood is filled with people ready and willing to help with whatever anyone needs. We have an elementary school just one block over and in the summers we like to walk to the school to play on the playground or shoot some hoops. Our church is also one block over. We are pretty active in our congregation, whether that be Wednesday night youth groups, summer activities or just community get-togethers.
Our community is a very charming and diverse small town with lots of fun events going on all the time. From Dutch festivals to Cinco de mayo to the Christmas marketplace and weekly farmers markets, there’s always something to do. Downtown is pretty hip, and it’s not uncommon to see some street performers or other fun things like mannequin shows!
Family is everything to us. We are very close with both sides. For the most part, everyone lives within five miles of us. We get together on a weekly basis, and everyone is there to support one another. As they say, it takes a village!
We have many family traditions from big Thanksgiving feasts to fun, Summer picnics, Sunday dinners with grandparents and so much more. However, our favorite tradition is Christmas. Our season is filled with picking out a tree to decorate, baking and decorating sugar cookies, watching the kids’ faces light up when they see Santa has come. We spend the day filled with family and opening gifts and eating till we can’t eat anymore.
Our daughter, Mae, is a happy-go-lucky 17-year-old! She loves school and is super smart. She is in advanced classes and is pulling all A’s and B’s. Up until when Covid hit, she was in the band and played the clarinet. Mae plans to head to college next year to become an English teacher. In fact, she is already attending the local tech center to get a head start on her teaching career! She is also very big into writing and you can always find her with a book in her hands.
Our son, Logan, is 16-years-old. Like his sister, he is very smart and doing just as amazing in school with A’s and B’s in his advanced classes. He was also in the band and played the saxophone. We are a family of band geeks! Logan loves Pokemon cards and playing board games with the family. He also loves going outside and throwing around a football. When he grows up, Logan wants to be Veterinarian.
Our daughter, Autumn, is 3-years-old. She is newly potty trained and loves spending the day with all her best friends in mommy’s daycare. Autumn’s favorite characters right now are Minnie Mouse, Elsa, Moana and Luca. She loves being outside and can’t get enough swimming time in!
Our lives are filled with so much love and tradition. Here are just a few of our favorite things that we can’t wait to share with another child.
In Spring, we like to get away for a few days with siblings and their kids. We always pick a fun hotel in a city we haven’t been to and explore new things. We also enjoy celebrating the Dutch heritage in our community with parades and festivals!
During the Summer, we take a week off of work and head north to camp with siblings, our niece and nephew, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. We celebrate Independence Day with a weekend full of cookouts, lawn games and fireworks.
In the Fall, we switch gears to football season. We are all big University of Michigan fans and sometimes enjoy some tailgate fun and a game, or we just stay home and yell at the T.V. while babysitting our nieces and nephew because her parents are off at a game!
Winter has so many amazing traditions that we look forward to every year. We have a day of cookie decorating with grandparents and siblings, we go pick out Christmas trees and all decorate them together. New year’s celebrations are a time for board games all night!
Thank you for taking this time to get to know us. We imagine that you’ve been through a long journey to make it to this decision. No matter what family you choose to parent your child, may God bless you and give you peace and comfort with your decision. We would be so honored to be a part of your life and your story.
If we are so lucky as to raise this child, we promise to love them with everything we have. We will make sure that they have so many memories to carry with them through life, traditions they continue with their families, a healthy lifestyle, a great education and so much more.
We hope that we can all stay in touch and that you can become part of our family one day. However, we will respect whatever kind of openness you decide to have and promise that your child will always know his/her adoption story and the amazing strength it took for you to come to this decision, so they can have the life you envisioned for them.
Wishing you the best,
Sara and Eric
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