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Dear Birthparent, Hello! Thank you for allowing us to introduce ourselves and for considering adoption. We hope that through this letter, you will see our heart for adoption and our desire to raise a child in a loving home. Our story—Our story begins in 2007, where we met at church in the D.C. area. We were married in 2009 on the one-year anniversary of our first date! A few years into our marriage we tried to grow our family. We have always wanted to have children and raise them in a Christian home. After several miscarriages and a stillbirth, we decided that it was God’s plan for us to grow our family through adoption. In March 2018, we got the call (with no advance notice!) that we were selected to parent a newborn boy. We formally adopted James in August of that year. We are now looking to adopt another baby. Andrew & Tessa

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Page 1: Andrew & Tessa · Meet Tessa Tessa has a fun per Meet Andrew (By Tessa)—Andrew was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He grew up loving baseball, amusement parks, church camp, and

Dear Birthparent,

Hello! Thank you for allowing us to introduce ourselves and for

considering adoption. We hope that through this letter, you will see

our heart for adoption and our desire to raise a child in a loving home.

Our story—Our story begins in 2007, where we met at church in the

D.C. area. We were married in 2009 on the one-year anniversary of

our first date! A few years into our marriage we tried to grow our

family. We have always wanted to have children and raise them in a

Christian home. After several miscarriages and a stillbirth, we decided

that it was God’s plan for us to grow our family through adoption. In

March 2018, we got the call (with no advance notice!) that we were

selected to parent a newborn boy. We formally adopted James in

August of that year. We are now looking to adopt another baby.

Andrew & Tessa

Page 2: Andrew & Tessa · Meet Tessa Tessa has a fun per Meet Andrew (By Tessa)—Andrew was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He grew up loving baseball, amusement parks, church camp, and

Meet Andrew (By Tessa)—Andrew was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He grew up

loving baseball, amusement parks, church camp, and visiting extended family in Mexico. He

served four years in the Marine Corps before attending college and law school. He is a local

attorney in Tucson.

Andrew has a great sense of humor. He loves to get outside and do things, like go hiking, jet

skiing, or biking. He also loves to fix things (and he is really good at it)! James loves to help

him fix things too. He is a great dad—patient, caring, and able to even do overnights alone!

Meet Tessa (By Andrew)—Tessa was born and raised in Southern Oregon. As

a kid, she came to Arizona several times to visit her Grandma in Phoenix. Tessa

grew up loving to read, play outside, attend church, and watch football. She

attended college in Oregon and then moved out east to attend law school. Tessa

teaches at the University of Arizona and loves working with students.

Tessa has a fun personality and is very caring. She is smart, dedicated, and loyal.

She enjoys joining me in outdoor adventures and even helps me with fixing things.

She is such an amazing mom to James, and I know she will be as caring and loving

to all of his future siblings!

Meet James—We brought James home from

the hospital. He brings so much joy to our

lives. He is a happy, smiley boy—always eager

to laugh. He loves balls, bubbles, cars, and

animals. But probably his favorite thing in

the world is helping Andrew with all of his

projects.

He gets excited when he sees babies, so we

think that he will love having a sibling.

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Our life in Tucson—God brought us to Tucson for Tessa’s job in 2017. We love it

here! We have a beautiful home in the foothills with lots of room and a lovely backyard

(the background picture is our yard and view). Our two cats—Jag and Mocha—love

desert living too!

In our free time we enjoy going to the desert museum, attending sporting events, and

exploring all that Tucson has to offer—especially the cultural diversity. We attend a

local church and are making friends through our small group.

Our promises for adoption—We promise to always speak well of you and honor the sacrifice you made in choosing adoption. We

promise to keep you informed and involved, should you wish to be, in the life of your child. We regularly email James’s birth mom,

and we have visited her too. We promise to love and cherish your child always—we have waited so long to be parents. We promise to

encourage your child to reach his or her potential through love, education, a faith-centered life, and an enriching environment. Tessa’s

job as a professor provides a flexible schedule, and we live in the best school district in the state! We were blessed to grow up with

encouraging, supportive families, and we want to provide the same to our children.

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Our families—We love our families, and they have loved us

adding to the family! We can’t count the number of times over the

past almost two years that our guest bedroom has been filled with

grandparents and aunts and uncles. Andrew’s immediate family

lives primarily in Virginia. His brother and his wife have three

small kids. They visited last year for Christmas. Andrew’s parents

love visiting Tucson—it reminds them of visiting family in Mexico!

Tessa’s immediate family lives in Oregon, although her parents are

buying a home in Tucson to spend the winter here. Her siblings

both have kids, and her family is so happy we moved closer. When

we visit them we love to go boating, play games, visit the snow, and

go bowling. Tessa’s family, on her Mom’s side, are part of the

Muscogee Creek Nation.