Hoping to Adopt
About Us
Hello!
We are Hannah and Evan, and we thank you for taking the time to learn more about our family. Thank you for considering us to potentially raise your child. We are so excited to be adopting and bringing a child into our family!
We hope our story will help you in making your choice.
Please know that no matter what decision you make, we wish you and your child all the best. We hope this site gives you a glimpse into our lives and look forward to meeting you.
How We Met
Evan and I met in the fall of 2013. After chatting online for a few weeks, we went bowling and saw a movie for our first date. Soon, we were spending most of our free time together.
At the end of summer 2014, we decided to take a big step and move in together. That November, Evan and I welcomed a puppy named Pekoe. Thankfully, the dog and cat got along well. In March 2015, we went to Florida for a quick vacation and Evan proposed! Of course, I said yes.
We started planning our wedding for June 2016. We got married at my parent’s cottage. The day was perfect, as we were surrounded by friends and family.
Before we got married, we knew we wanted a family and began our journey toward that goal. After 4 years of unsuccessful fertility treatments and multiple losses, we are at a point in our life where we have opened our hearts and are ready to share our unconditional through the miracle of adoption.
Our Experience with Adoption
Hannah was born to a young mother who made a very thoughtful and heartfelt decision to make an adoption plan for her baby. She was placed 2 weeks later with her forever family.
Two years later, Hannah's parents adopted again - a little brother.
In Hannah's family, 4 out of 9 cousins are adopted! Her family would all welcome the next generation of adoption with open arms.
During her time at university, Hannah decided to begin the search for her birth family. She met her birth mom and found out she had a baby half sister! They continue to visit each other and Tessa, her sister, was even a flower girl in their wedding. They now enjoy regular contact.
Hannah understands adoption on many levels and will be able to support a child when questions come up.
About Hannah
Childhood
Childhood
Childhood
Hannah had a great childhood with loving adoptive parents. Her mom is a nurse and her dad started tea business giving the family many opportunities to travel in the world.
From a young age, Hannah took ballet lessons and continued all the way through high school. Ballet and the friends she made through dance got her through some difficult teen years.
Education
Childhood
Childhood
In high school, she discovered her love of visual arts so she decided to continue that and got her Bachelor of Arts with a focus in Studio Art and Art History. Her favourite courses were photography and printmaking.
Hannah went on to attend Teacher's College, focusing on the Primary and Junior grades.
Career
Childhood
Career
After graduation there were very few teaching jobs and Hannah decided to work the summer at her father's tea company. By the end of the summer she realized she quite enjoyed that business and decided to make it her career.
Hannah is now a flavourist and tea blender at the company. She spends her days making custom tea blends for clients,
After graduation there were very few teaching jobs and Hannah decided to work the summer at her father's tea company. By the end of the summer she realized she quite enjoyed that business and decided to make it her career.
Hannah is now a flavourist and tea blender at the company. She spends her days making custom tea blends for clients, tasting tea and scheduling production. She also travels 1-2 times a year to different tea manufacturers or for trade shows (Sometimes Evan joins her).
About Evan
Childhood
Childhood
Childhood
Evan was born in Ontario. His father was a TV Sports Personality and his mom a corporate trainer.
Evan is the eldest of 3 children- he has a sister and brother. He spent the majority of his childhood in Ontario, but moved to Alberta just in time for Grade 9.
Growing up Evan enjoyed drawing maps and learning everything he could about sports and bands like the Beatles.
School
Childhood
Childhood
After graduating high school Evan completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in history.
Not long after convocation, he moved back to Ontario, where he found his dream job at a major sports network.
Career
Childhood
Career
Evan once worked behind the scenes in a newsroom for a sports channel. He was there to choose video clips, write scripts and put together highlight/news packages to be edited for the anchors on TV to read along to.
A few years ago, his work place realized Evan had a vast knowledge of everything sports and asked him to run their Twitter acc
Evan once worked behind the scenes in a newsroom for a sports channel. He was there to choose video clips, write scripts and put together highlight/news packages to be edited for the anchors on TV to read along to.
A few years ago, his work place realized Evan had a vast knowledge of everything sports and asked him to run their Twitter account about sports statistics and info while helping the show in a researching role. Evan now loves his job more than ever and his colleagues know they can contact him for any of their questions. Evan is up any any sports score at any time!
Evan is currently using his huge knowledge of everything sports to write his first book too. It will be about the most influential NHL drafts of all time.
Our Promise to You
We have always dreamed about being parents and raising a family together. For a long time, we
have been envisioning a day when we will be able to bring a child home.
As an adoptee and hopeful adoptive parents, we know how important it is for a child to know
where they came from and who is part of their birth family.
We look forward to an open adoption - to sharing photos, art projects and milestones with you through a private website. And, we welcome visits with you to the extent you feel most comfortable. We will honour our commitment to stay in touch.
We understand you have some important decisions to make right now, and that you will make the best plan for your child. We hope this book gives you a look at our lives and the how a child would be cherished in our family.
Our most important promise is.......we will love your child unconditionally and raise them to be a
strong and proud individual.
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