About Us

Blake is 38 years old.  He is a full-time firefighter, works part time as a paramedic, and serves on the volunteer fire department.  I (Meagan) am 34 years old.  I am a medical social worker at a local hospital. 

Blake and I met on an online dating website in 2010.  Blake was the first to contact me and when I saw he was a man in uniform I was intrigued.  We lived four hours away from each other, so we talked over the phone for three months before we ever met in person.  The day we met in person I was working at my grandparent’s gift store in an outlet mall, and he came there to meet me.  We ended up going to a local pizza place with my mom and sister for dinner and the rest as they say is history.  After he arrived back home, he sent me 2 dozen beautiful roses.  He came back a couple weeks later and we made it “official” as “boyfriend and girlfriend”.  We dated for two and a half years living four hours apart.  Blake would come to visit me about once a month, and I would go see him for about a week on long school holidays like Spring break or Christmas Break.  Blake moved back home in 2012 so we were less than an hour apart.  We got engaged in May of 2013.  We got married on October 11, 2014, on the day of our four-year dating anniversary.  This coming October (2024) we will be married for 10 years and together for 14 years.  We are truly best friends.      

Blake is a very hard worker who loves his family and serving in his community.  I am a very kind, caring, and compassionate person who loves to help others.  We both enjoy spending time together whether that be at home watching our favorite tv shows, working out at the gym together, having our favorite meal (Mexican food) together, or doing some fun activities like bowling or axe throwing. 

Our Home / Community

We live in a single-story home, built in 2014, that has 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms.  Our favorite room is the living room where we have our double rocker recliners that we love.  We live on a little over three acres of land, so we have plenty of space outside to enjoy playing with little ones or for activities with family such as cookouts.  We live out in the country about 10-15 minutes from town where the restaurants, grocery stores, and school are located.  This allows us the opportunity to see many different wildlife animals such as deer, turkeys, and rabbits.

Family Activities / Traditions

We are a very laid back, family-oriented couple.  We love to spend time with each other, but also with family and friends.  The beach is our favorite place, so we try to take a vacation to FL once a year.  On some occasions we go on trips with or take our best friends (our child’s future god parents) with us to FL.  We always have fun together.  Other than sitting on the beach relaxing to the sound of the waves, riding go carts and playing putt putt golf are some of our favorite things to do on vacation.  Twice a year we host a cookout at our home for our families to come together for Mother’s Day and for our mother’s birthdays (which are a day a part).  For Father’s Day, we either cook whatever Blake’s dad requests or we take him to dinner.  Instead of giving each other gifts for our anniversary, Blake and I usually just enjoy a nice steak dinner together.  We also make birthdays special by going to dinner with our parents.  For Thanksgiving and Christmas, Blake and I spend time with my mom’s side of the family and then with Blake’s parents.  Sometimes Blake’s parents even come with us to my mom’s to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Due to Blake’s occupation as a firefighter, there are some holidays where he must work, but we find a way to still celebrate together either before he goes on shift or when he returns home. 

Our Adoption Journey

Adoption has always been a part of my life.  I have a great aunt who, when she was young, placed a child for adoption.  I was adopted at the age of twelve by my stepdad at the time, but he was the one who I called dad since the age of three.  We did not know it would be a part of our story until we struggled with infertility for seven years.  Blake and I decided to start growing our family in 2017.  I have since been diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis.  We have pursued multiple fertility treatments along with taking breaks to try to grow our family on our own.  We have had three failed IUI’s (intrauterine insemination) and in January 2022 a failed IVF cycle (in vitro fertilization) with our only two embryos.  In May of 2022 we suffered an ectopic pregnancy.  We didn’t know we were pregnant until I ended up in the ER and this was the only time that we’ve ever been pregnant.  Due to the ectopic pregnancy, I lost my right fallopian tube.  After this, we decided to try one more fertility treatment option and went through a cycle of IVF with an adopted embryo, but that also failed.  At this point, we decided to no longer pursue fertility treatments.  After talking as a couple and praying about it, we felt that our next step was to pursue adoption.    

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