Basic Info
Emily
Age: 33
Ethnicity: White
Religion: None
Jack
Age: 33
Ethnicity: White
Religion: None
Emily & Jack
Virginia
Intro
About
Work & Education
Emily
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Profession: Fundraiser
Jack
Education: Master's Degree
Profession: Botanist
Post-Adoption Relationship
Open (Open to contact, phone calls, in person visits before adoption. Sharing photos and letters after placement. Visits at neutral location after adoption, etc.). If you want a more closed adoption, we would honor that request as well.
Semi Open (open to an in-person visit before adoption placement, phone, email, sharing pic/letters after placement
Environment
Country: USA
State: Virginia
Parent Relationship: Married
Parent Neighborhood: Urban
Parent Years Together: 5 to 10 years
Parent Residency: House
Parent Pets: Dog, Age 4
Children At Home: No children
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual parents
Preferences for a child
Age: All ages
Gender: Either
Multiple Children: All
Race/Ethnicity: All
Special Needs: Open to discussion
Certification 
Gladney Center for Adoption verified this family completed an adoption homestudy including: background checks, character references, official interviews, required training, home inspection, financial review, etc. and are approved for adoption.
Jack and Emily
Wedding day, 2018
We're Jack and Emily
We’d love to have you present in our child’s life.
We started dating in high school and have been together for over seventeen years. We moved in together after graduating from college in 2013. Since then, we’ve lived together in five houses in four cities and three different states. We moved once for work, once for grad school, once for a bigger yard, and once just for fun.
We currently live in a small city in the mountains with our dog, Cricket. Past homes ranged from a beautiful old farmhouse in the middle of the woods to a small downtown apartment in a vibrant city. We made lifelong friends everywhere we lived, and we found time to go on unforgettable trips - to Iceland, Belgium, India, and Belize. Through all that, we’ve been madly in love. We’ve supported each other in
difficult times, celebrated each other’s successes, and active...
We started dating in high school and have been together for over seventeen years. We moved in together after graduating from college in 2013. Since then, we’ve lived together in five houses in four cities and three different states. We moved once for work, once for grad school, once for a bigger yard, and once just for fun.
We currently live in a small city in the mountains with our dog, Cricket. Past homes ranged from a beautiful old farmhouse in the middle of the woods to a small downtown apartment in a vibrant city. We made lifelong friends everywhere we lived, and we found time to go on unforgettable trips - to Iceland, Belgium, India, and Belize. Through all that, we’ve been madly in love. We’ve supported each other in
difficult times, celebrated each other’s successes, and actively prioritized our love for each other.
Why Adoption?
We’d love to have you present in our child’s life.
New Orleans vacation, 2022
Now that we’ve started to settle down, we’re ready to expand our family and share the love we’ve grown with a child. Emily’s step-sister navigates an open adoption for our nephew, so we know open adoption can be both emotionally difficult for birth parents, but provides much-needed clarity for adoptees. We’d love to have you
present in our child’s life. We’ve seen firsthand that having more family members to love a child is only ever a good thing.
present in our child’s life. We’ve seen firsthand that having more family members to love a child is only ever a good thing.
Our Home
There’s always music (and dancing!) in our house.
Dining room with upright bass and piano
We love a lot of stuff about our home, but the big, fenced yard is our favorite part. It’s where we play frisbee, grow
wildflowers and vegetables, and watch
birds raise young in our plants each
spring.
Jack plays a ton of instruments and
there’s always music (and dancing!) in our house. We have an upright bass, electric bass, saxophone, piano, kalimba and sitar.
wildflowers and vegetables, and watch
birds raise young in our plants each
spring.
Jack plays a ton of instruments and
there’s always music (and dancing!) in our house. We have an upright bass, electric bass, saxophone, piano, kalimba and sitar.
Outdoors
We can't wait to meet you!
(above) Emily kayaking (below) Jack hicking
Nature is important to us and we spend as much time as possible outside!
Most weekends we’re hiking, kayaking,
gardening or camping.
We can’t wait to take our child with us on outdoor adventures!
Thanks for taking the time to look through our profile. We can’t wait to meet you!
Most weekends we’re hiking, kayaking,
gardening or camping.
We can’t wait to take our child with us on outdoor adventures!
Thanks for taking the time to look through our profile. We can’t wait to meet you!
Post-Adoption Relationship
Open (Open to contact, phone calls, in person visits before adoption. Sharing photos and letters after placement. Visits at neutral location after adoption, etc.). If you want a more closed adoption, we would honor that request as well.
Semi Open (open to an in-person visit before adoption placement, phone, email, sharing pic/letters after placement
Certification
Gladney Center for Adoption verified this family completed an adoption home study including: background checks, character references, official interviews, required training, home inspection, financial review, etc. and are approved for adoption.
Posts
Visiting Friends
Our favorite part about falling in love as teenagers is that we’ve shared so many friends and new experiences! Though our fifth move in ten years (!) did push us to finally settle in and purchase a home, we don’t regret our whirlwind years! We made close friends during each chapter and we make a point to keep in touch with them through trips and visits that take us all over the country. We hope you’ll become a friend that our family travels to visit!
Visiting Friends
Our favorite part about falling in love as teenagers is that we’ve shared so many friends and new experiences! Though our fifth move in ten years (!) did push us to finally settle in and purchase a home, we don’t regret our whirlwind years! We made close friends during each chapter and we make a point to keep in touch with them through trips and visits that take us all over the country. We hope you’ll become a friend that our family travels to visit!
We really love dogs!
You’ve already met our dog, Cricket, but it’s worth stating again that we LOVE dogs, and so do our family and friends! We’ll always go out of our way to pet a dog walking down the street. As a child, Emily was so dog-crazy that her parents enrolled her in a Dog Safety class. That’s where she learned what might just be her most-uttered phrase: “Excuse me, may I pet your dog?”
Holidays
We always make sure to decorate the house and give out candy for trick-or-treat while listening to “Monster Mash.” We’d love to continue the tradition of great handmade costumes! Emily really loves cooking Thanksgiving dinner! We’ve hosted family and friends for the past three years. Christmas means one big thing for our family: cutting down a fresh tree. Emily likes a big, round tree, while Jack prefers a slimmer profile. We’ve lived together for over ten years, so we’re well-practiced at compromise!
Emily’s Family
Emily’s father and stepmother are both newly retired and enjoying full-time grandparent life! We visit their home every few months, where we love to watch our dogs play together. They visit us, in turn, to assist with home DIY projects. Emily’s step-sister has two young sons, one of whom is adopted. We love seeing our nephews when we visit. Emily’s mother generously stays at our home with Cricket any time we can’t travel with him. We’re grateful to have so much support from our families and we can’t wait to share all that love with our child!
Jack’s Family
Jack’s parents live in our hometown, about two hours away. We do a ton of fun outdoor activities with them and we look forward to seeing them even more frequently as they transition to retirement. They recently purchased a rustic cabin nearby and we’ve had a blast camping and riding dirt bikes at the new family outpost. We’re also close with Jack’s sister and her family, including our nephew, age 4. They recently moved nearby from many states away, so we’re excited to transition from video calls to backyard barbeques!
Our Community
We’ve lived in our small city for 5 years. Nestled in the mountains 1.5 hours from the nearest major city, we were attracted to the area by the car-free downtown district that hosts frequent festivals. We walk to all our favorite restaurants and we’re only a block from a diverse elementary school. Jack is on the board of a local environmental non-profit and helps to install native wildflower meadows in our local parks and other public lands. Emily volunteers a few times a year at our election polling place. It’s been a great way to meet our neighbors!
Cricket
★ 4 years old ★ Loves to run and make new friends on bar patios ★ Very gentle ★ Great Dane + Labrador Retriever mix ★ Adopted in 2022 ★ Loves babies and children
Emily
★ Fundraiser for a wildlife and conservation nonprofit ★ Loves to cook, work on home DIY projects and kayak ★ Very short ★ Favorite game is Yahtzee, despite playing wrong for years
Jack
★ Botanist at a beautiful public garden ★ Loves to hike, rock climb, ride motorcycles, and drink tea ★ Very tall ★ Favorite music genres are jazz, funk, soul, and hip hop