Intro

About

Jordan

Age: 36

Ethnicity: White

Religion: None

Braden

Age: 33

Ethnicity: White

Religion: None

Preferences for a child

Age: Newborn to 1 year of age

Gender: Either

Race/Ethnicity: All

Special Needs: Open to discussion

Basic Info
Jordan

Age: 36

Ethnicity: White

Religion: None

Braden

Age: 33

Ethnicity: White

Religion: None

Work & Education
Jordan

Education: Masters

Profession: University Administrator

Braden

Education: Masters

Profession: Educator and Social Worker

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: Nebraska

Parent Relationship: Married

Parent Neighborhood: Suburban

Parent Years Together: 5 to 10 years

Parent Residency: House

Parent Pets: 1 dog

Children At Home: No children

Sexual Orientation: Same-sex parents

Preferences for a child

Age: Newborn to 1 year of age

Gender: Either

Multiple Children: Twins, Sibling groups

Race/Ethnicity: All

Special Needs: Open to discussion

Certification Adoption.Org Logo

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.

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Family
We love spending time with our family (both immediate and extended) in all kinds of weather!
We love spending time with our family (both immediate and extended) in...
We love that we have family who try new foods with us
We love that we have family who try new foods with us
Here we are celebrating our niece's first birthday
Here we are celebrating our niece's first birthday
Our nephew had a blast as part of our wedding (with awesome donut socks)!
Our nephew had a blast as part of our wedding (with awesome donut sock...
Charlie!
This is our dog, Charlie! We adopted her when she was just 5 months old and have had her for over 4 years.
This is our dog, Charlie! We adopted her when she was just 5 months ol...
Friends
We're lucky to have a wonderful group of friends in our lives! Here we are at Thanksgiving that we hosted at our house.
We're lucky to have a wonderful group of friends in our lives! Here we...

Letter

Our first Christmas with our rescue dog, Charlie
Dear Expectant Parent

Our greatest joy is when we are with family and friends.


Dear Expectant Parent,

We are deeply honored that you are taking the time to read through our adoption profile. We recognize the journey you are taking and honor your strength. We value human connection and know that a book of words can only give a glimpse into who we are. However, we want you to know that we value partnership and will work with you as much as we are able to support your child’s unique history.

We understand you may have traditions and experiences and want you to know they would be brought into our family. We are a family that loves to laugh and celebrate. Our greatest joy is when we are with family and friends.

Adoption is a natural choice for us. We will love your child and embrace them for who they are as they grow up. We know your child may join our family ha...

Dear Expectant Parent,

We are deeply honored that you are taking the time to read through our adoption profile. We recognize the journey you are taking and honor your strength. We value human connection and know that a book of words can only give a glimpse into who we are. However, we want you to know that we value partnership and will work with you as much as we are able to support your child’s unique history.

We understand you may have traditions and experiences and want you to know they would be brought into our family. We are a family that loves to laugh and celebrate. Our greatest joy is when we are with family and friends.

Adoption is a natural choice for us. We will love your child and embrace them for who they are as they grow up. We know your child may join our family having cultural connections, a history, and we want to assure you that we will support the unique identities of your child so they know their story and how much they are loved.

Thank you again for reading our profile and we honor the decision you are making for your child.

Love, Braden & Jordan

Our Why

we both have a natural instinct to care for and attend to the needs of children.


Here we are celebrating our niece's first birthday!
We are both educators and absolutely love spending time with our loved one’s children. Not to mention, we are really good at sharing our goldfish crackers (and other snacks)!

We play an active role in our niece and nephew’s lives, in addition to god sons and other family friends. Whether we are watching our nephew play sports on the weekend, or making animal noises for a friend’s toddler at a restaurant, we both have a natural instinct to care for and attend to the needs of children.

Early on when we started dating we realized we shared a common goal of having a family. As we grew together and eventually married, we realized that adoption was the only route for us, even going so far as asking guests at our wedding to share a note to our future child or children.

All of this brings us to now where we are excited and willing to bring a child into our home and show them all the love and support we have to offer.
Our Daily Life

The love from future aunts, uncles, and grandparents will be a central part of our child’s life and the support will always be there.


Even when we're cold, we have a blast together!
We enjoy the simple things in life. Walking our dog, Charlie, cooking dinner, and wearing sweatpants. But seriously, we are lucky to have a dog like Charlie who is calm, patient, and just a little bit silly to keep us on our toes. When we aren’t walking her, we like to be with friends, share great food, play board games, and find ways to make our old house more comfortable and relaxing for us and anyone who comes around.

That feeling of acceptance extends to our families as well. Both of our immediate and extended families are giddy to add another member that they can dote on, see grow, and support as they become whoever they want to be. The love from future aunts, uncles, and grandparents will be a central part of our child’s life and the support will always be there.
Our Promise

we can promise that we will put your child and their needs first.


We enjoy the outdoors and hiking whenever we can
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at our profile. We recognize how difficult this decision is and want you to know that we intend for this process to be an ongoing partnership. We won’t always be perfect and we will make mistakes, but every decision we make will be guided by love. While we cannot promise we will have all the answers, we can promise that we will put your child and their needs first.

Our goal is to expose your child to their culture, traditions, and identities, and will ask for support from others in our community who share similar identities. Your child will come to us with questions about who they are and who you are. We promise to embrace those conversations and to never lie about how they came to be a part of our family. We promise to communicate with you based on what is agreed upon, and will provide you honesty and truth.

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for considering us.

Love, Braden & Jordan
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 Adoption.Org Logo

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.

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About Braden

I grew up in a small, rural town in Nebraska where I was fortunate to be in a home that supported my activities in school including swimming, choir, band, musicals, and whatever else I could fit into my schedule. My mother was a special education teacher and my father worked in agriculture. My sister and I were often outdoors with our neighbors or spending time with friends. I was a choir nerd in high school and ended up majoring in vocal performance in college. I went on to get a master’s degree in education and am now getting another master’s degree in social work to become a therapist. I love to exercise (especially yoga), read a good book, and enjoy time with Charlie (our dog) and Jordan, enjoying life’s simple moments. I love hanging out with our friends and family, hosting get-togethers, traveling, and singing random songs that pop into my head. Also, I have a library card. I absolutely adore the public library!

About Jordan

I grew up in a small town in the Midwest and spent a lot of time outside, playing, running, and building forts in the trees. Both of my parents were teachers, starting my love of education. I was a typical kid in many ways, a rule follower, excited to learn, and had more bad hair cuts (that I chose) than I want to remember. I was an active kid throughout school being involved in music, sports, plays, and student government. I’ve always loved education and have continued since high school, with my degree in Elementary Education, a Masters in Educational Administration, and am currently working on my PhD in Educational Psychology. I currently work with college students. Now you’ll find me running on a trail, reading a book, playing a board game, working on a house project, or cooking to host all of our friends and family. My husband calls me a social butterfly, but I also love nothing more than a night on the couch watching a movie with him and our dog, Charlie.

Charlie!

We adopted our rescue, snow-loving dog, Charlie, four-year ago at an animal rescue fundraiser. Charlie walked in, beelined to the table where we were sitting, curled up under our legs, looked up at us with her big brown eyes, and the rest is HERstory. It’s Charlie’s world, and we are just happy she lets us live in her house. Charlie is the most gentle dog we have ever met with kids. Jordan’s godson and his sisters are not super comfortable with dogs. However, they all adore Charlie! Unlike other dogs, Charlie has a natural instinct where she recognizes kids and knows to be gentle with them. She approaches kids slowly, sniffs them a little, and lets them take control of the situation without ever getting aggressive or territorial. Charlie told us that she is so excited to be a big sister so she can take her family on walks around the neighborhood, play in the backyard, take naps together, and have a travel partner in the backseat of the car. We are also positive Charlie is excited for the food crumbs that will drop in her direction.

Our Families

Braden’s parents are both recently retired and can’t wait for the next adventure. They love getting to spoil their current grandchild and spending time with their kids. While they don’t live in the same town as us, they always make the trip for anything important. Braden’s sister lives nearby and we often spend time with her, her husband, and our elementary-school aged nephew. Jordan’s parents retired several years ago. They live in a neighboring state and spend time traveling to see their kids and spending time with their siblings. Jordan’s sister and her daughter are a blast and our toddler niece never hesitates to make her opinions known or perform a concert for us via facetime. Jordan’s older brother and his wife live on a farm where Jordan and Braden got married. Jordan’s younger brother is studying to be an accountant and enjoys making music and hiking. All of our family are excited to add another member to our families and cannot wait to spend time seeing a child grow.

Hobbies/Travel

Our main hobby is our dog, Charlie. She keeps us busy and we take her on multiple walks a day. One of our favorite things is to be outside on a hike or hosting friends on our patio. We love to be around people. Our calendars are filled with events from going to our nephew’s sports, traveling to see our niece, spending time with Jordan’s godson and his sisters, or going to fun events with our friends. We love spending time together going to breweries, bookstores, cooking new recipes, and doing home projects. Traveling is important to us as a couple. Both of our parents live several hours away from us, but both us and our parents travel back and forth often to see one another. We love traveling together beyond family, too. We have gone to new cities and countries, tried new food, and learned about other cultures. We have a long list of places we hope to travel with our family.

Our Home

We live in an old, brick house on a street filled with trees. We overheard our neighborhood kids call our house the gingerbread house which hopefully means our house is cute enough for a story book. Our house is a place full of love and amazing memories for us. Our days start in our cozy living room, drinking coffee and watching Charlie take her morning nap next to us on the couch. We have a ton of windows that let in natural light and allow us to either relax with coffee or hang out with friends around the dining room table. We also love spending time in the kitchen finding new foods to try. The bedroom we have for a future child is quiet and cozy. The windows let in tons of light and face a big tree. We hope it will become a place where any child feels comfortable, while also being right next to a bathroom when potty training and growing up. Outside we have grass to play in, a patio to hang out on, and a fenced-in yard where we garden and play fetch with Charlie. We’re lucky to be in a neighborhood where we know our neighbors and we all look out for one another. There are always people walking dogs, kids playing, or people doing yard work. We have already lined up a day care for the child. Our schools in the area are also consistently highly rated. We believe strongly in a good education and will ensure any child in our home has the best education possible.

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