About Us

AJ and I met through a mutual friend in college.  We were just friends for a while, but then both began to see each other as more than just a friend.  We dated for 3 years prior to getting married. We have now been married for 12 wonderful years. After 4 years of marriage, we welcomed our first child, a precious baby boy. He was the first grand boy on both sides of our family. Then almost 2 years later, we were blessed with another sweet baby boy.  We have great support and involvement from both sides of our family.

AJ owns his own lawn care business and is a big sports fan. He is intentional in putting his family and God first and tries to set a great example for our boys to look up to. We attend church together as a family on Sunday and Wednesday evenings, where he participates in leadership roles. I love how even after a hard days work, he comes home and spends quality time with me and the boys. He gets down on the floor to play games with the kids, helps them with their homework, and takes them outside to play. He is always so good to help get them ready for school in the mornings and helps tag team drop off and pick up, which I am so thankful for. He also provides domestic support around the home and always puts others first. He loves being a dad to them and it shows in his actions every day. He is the kind of dad any child would be lucky to have. I am so very proud of the loving husband he is to me and the best dad to our boys.

Lydia works from home as a case manager. She is a wonderful wife and shines such a bright light on our family as a whole. She is a very nurturing and caring mother and will do anything for our children. She loves reading to our kids at bed time and helping them do fun crafts in Bible class and at home. Lydia is always encouraging our boys to do their best in everything they do. She is their biggest cheerleader. She is a great cook and loves her kids very much and will do anything for them. She is the planner of the family and is always organizing fun trips throughout the year and activities for the kids to do during the summer months. Her strongest desire is to be a mother to another child. She is happiest when she is taking care of her family and raising her children.

Our Home / Community

We live in a two-story home, with five bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms. We live on a private drive and our home is built on 10 acres of land which allows us to spend time playing outside with our kids without any immediate danger or traffic. Our favorite room is the kitchen/living room area where we spend lots of quality family time, doing puzzles, playing games, and spending time cooking and eating meals as a family. We prioritize sitting down as a family for mealtime and talking about each others day without any distractions. We also have a front porch with rocking chairs and a porch swing where we love to enjoy our morning coffee while the kids play. We have a large backyard with a trampoline and playset that includes a slide, swings, and a climbing wall on which the kids love to play.  We live in a great school district that allows our children to obtain a quality education, and also ensures a very safe environment. We love our little town and plan to raise all of our children in this home.

Family Activities / Traditions

We have a lot of family traditions and activities that we enjoy together as a family. Our family loves to put together puzzles. We work on simple ones that the kids can help with as well as more difficult ones for all of us. We also enjoy watching our kids play all the different sports they are involved with and are always present and supportive of them. They know we are most definitely their #1 fans. During the summer we enjoy lots of swimming and spending time at the lake. The boys are learning lots of water sports and it’s so fun to see them excel in something new each summer. Lastly, we love to enjoy a cup of coffee on the front porch in the mornings and spend quality time together. We love being outdoors as much as we can. We also love to visit different coffee shops when we go on vacation.

We love the traditions we have made together as a family and our kids look forward to these special times all year. We spend every 4th of July at AJ’s parents’ lakehouse with our family and their cousins. We go boating, the kids play water sports, and we shoot fireworks at night. During football season we take our family to one or two college football games where we take the RV down and spend the night. The kids look forward to this all year long. They love to ride their scooters, walk around the stadium, and participate in fun game day activities. During the summer we try to take either a beach trip or go to an Atlanta Braves baseball game, where we make it a 2-3 day trip and do other fun activities with our kids. Every year once the boys are out of school for the Christmas holidays, we help them make gingerbread houses and decorate Christmas cookies. They love getting to decorate them with colorful icing and sprinkles. We also love going to different neighborhoods to look at the beautiful Christmas lights. We spend one weekend in the month of December decorating our Christmas tree and curling up on the couch under blankets to watch the Polar Express and eat popcorn. We also spend every holiday together with both of our families.

AJ and I are beyond grateful to be the ones that God chose to raise our children and guide them as they grow, change, and learn new things every day. It melts our hearts and makes us so happy seeing their faces light up with each new experience and accomplishment. Life is so much more fun with our kids by our side. It is our desire as parents to give each of our children a childhood full of memories they will cherish forever. Being a parent can be exhausting at times, but in the end, it is so fulfilling and rewarding.

Our Adoption Journey

It’s so hard to put in to words the devastating losses we have faced throughout our marriage. We have lost a total of 7 babies with 4 of those having to go through a delivery. My heart aches for each one of our losses, but we have not lost hope. We cannot have any more kids of our own, yet we desperately long to continue growing our family. Our boys have also felt the disappointment when things did not go as planned. I am fully convinced that they are going to be the best big brothers and be so loving and protective of our adoptive child. We have so much love to give and our arms are wide open ready to welcome another child in to our family. We are hopeful that your child will be the new addition we have prayerfully and patiently been waiting for. We cannot wait to see where our adoption journey leads us.

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