Ready to Adopt
Brooke & Andrew
Hello! We are Brooke and Andrew, welcome to our page! We would like to first and foremost express our gratitude and honor to have you here. We admire your strength and unwavering love for your child in making this consideration. Our hopes are to create a bond with our child’s birth family and grow an open relationship seeing our child’s birth family also as family of ours. We understand that things may evolve, and we’re happy to work through flexibility and support as we all navigate this journey.
As a couple, we enjoy and value many things in life. In our free time we enjoy weekends up north, time at the beach along the Great Lakes, game nights, golfing, camping and spending time with friends and family. Along with that, we both have strong values in our family, faith and commitment to one another.
We hope that as you explore our page, you feel comfort and welcomed as you get a glimpse of who we are.
Things We Can’t Wait to Do as a Family
Play yard games in the evening after grilling out for dinner. | Eat international foods when we travel | Travel to National Parks | Visit our local beach after an ice cream run in the summer | Teach him or her through homeschooling and focusing on real world application | Cheer on the Wisconsin sports teams – Badgers, Bucks, Brewers and Packers | Sing 90’s country music when camping | Watch our child’s imagination grow wild | Bake sourdough bread | Explore the culture and traditions of ourselves and our children
Our Pets
Mollie is our 7-year-old blue heeler that Brooke has had since Mollie was 5 weeks old. Her favorite pastime is playing fetch, or really anything outdoors. She is going to make the best big sister and can’t wait for a playmate.
Lilly is our 16-year-old cat that Brooke has had since Lilly was 6 months old. Lilly was a humane society rescue, but if you ask Brooke, Lilly is the one who rescued her. She is such a cuddler in her golden years and already has her favorite spot picked out in the nursery for afternoon naps in the sun.
Our Home
We live in a ranch 3-bedroom home with a beautiful backyard in the Midwest. Our home is centrally located, within walking distance to schools and parks and a quick 5-minute drive to stunning beaches along the Great Lakes. We also live within minutes of many friends and family.
Brooke enjoys decorating the house with each season and Andrew excitedly waits year round to put up Christmas decorations. We both look forward to including our future children in the decorating and all the fun outdoor toys to be enjoyed in the cozy backyard. We truly dream of the day our house has the clutter of toys and endless school crafts that will overcome the décor.
Our Hobbies
Andrew loves all things sports. He played football, baseball, basketball and golf growing up. As an adult he coached basketball for 7 years and remains active as a sports official for football and basketball. Brooke’s hobbies are crafting and baking. She grew up doing both with her mom and looks forward to doing the same with her children. She has a knack for sourdough bread baking and a passion for graphic design to create anything and everything from personalized projects to business needs. As a couple we enjoy anything that involves spending time outside. We enjoy golfing, camping, relaxing in the backyard with a fire, going to the beach and miscellaneous sporting events.
Our Extended Family
Both sides of our family are full of fun loving and support. We live within 15 minutes of all of Andrew’s immediate family and make efforts regularly to see Brooke’s immediate family that all live within a few hours of us. Andrew’s parents (Grandma Kristen and Grandpa Kevin) have a family cabin a few hours north where we spend lots of family time together full of games, cooking over a fire and days at the lake. Andrew’s brother and his girlfriend are currently due with their first child this summer so we look forward to the closeness in age for our kids and the lifelong bond they will have. Andrew’s other brother and wife have two girls who are excited for cousins and look forward to babysitting. Brooke’s brother is a flight attendant and can’t wait to be the fun uncle with all the exciting adventure stories and spoiling his nieces/nephews. Brooke’s mom has dreamed of being a grandma her entire life and is enthusiastic to see us become parents.
Above all, we want our child to know they are deeply loved, that we will always be their biggest supporters, and that our home will be a place where they can learn, grow, and thrive.
What Adoption Means to Us
Adoption means everything to us. It’s not just a way to grow our family, but a beautiful opportunity to open our hearts and home to a child and their biological family who will bring so much joy and love into our lives. We believe that family is built on love, not just biology, and we’re ready to embrace the adventure of building our family through adoption.
4 Things About
Brooke
Learned to golf at 5 years old. My grandpa felt it was an important life skill and taught all 15 of his grandkids.
My favorite FRIENDS character is Joey because of his inner child outlook on life.
Comes from an Asian heritage and makes a mean fried rice (my family’s secret ingredient is a dash of ketchup).
My biggest dream for my family is to be able to homeschool and travel the world.
4 Things About
Andrew
Loves a good dad joke and is actively training for his own opportunities.
Aspires to have a pet named Rafiki after his favorite movie character from The Lion King (Brooke’s not sold on that as of yet.)
Has a passionate hate towards Apple products, but got his first iPhone this past summer.
Played college football and loves all things sports.
