“Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.”  

This is us! It all started a long time ago, with the click of a button. We were both searching the website OK Cupid for someone of quality, someone worth meeting. After our share of “get me out of here” dates and “never call me again” kind of experiences, we were both ready to give up on the hope of online love. The best decision that both of us made was to stick with it! What we found in one another was something unique and very special. We had chemistry right from the start and immediately felt what we called “magic” between us.  

They say that traveling the world together with someone is one of the best tests for relationship compatibility. We have gone to so many places in our relationship and each trip that we’ve taken has brought us closer together. After our first trip to Taiwan, we decided to take the next step and move in together. Our dogs Baxter and Raven became best friends and living together was completely effortless and natural. Our next big trip was to Peru. That would be the mystical place where our proposal happened overlooking Macchu Picchu. We had a wonderful wedding with our friends and family there to attend. We continue to explore, find adventure, and still maintain that “magic” that we felt from our very first date.

We feel blessed to be on our adoption journey. The topic of adoption was brought up on our very first date and we made it known to each other that we were always open to this. Our first thought was to have one child through natural birth and adopt a second child.  We had initially stuck with our plan and visited a fertility doctor, only to find out that we would have a very high-risk pregnancy. After much discussion, we concluded that adoption, and only adoption, was the best route for us.

We have a loving marriage and believe that the love between us will provide an ideal environment for a child to grow and blossom into their full potential. We want to bring joy and immeasurable love into a child’s life to provide them with culture, knowledge, and life opportunities. Every journey with adoption is different but this journey felt right from the start. We are beyond excited to take part in something where we can truly make a difference. Our family on both sides have been very supportive and look forward to bringing on a new addition. 

My name is Justin. I was born in Chicago and then moved to Wisconsin at a young age where I was raised as an only child before eventually moving to Southeast Florida. I was blessed with  loving parents and had a childhood that was filled with good memories and experiences. 

Education has always been very important to me. After college, I received my Masters in Business Administration. I then worked with my father in a family business for 10 years, building a very successful insurance agency together. After learning so much from father over those years, I have started my own company and have enjoyed a challenging but thriving business of my own.

I enjoy playing games, watching basketball, football (Go Noles!), and baseball. I also enjoy going to the movies, traveling, and spending quality time with Brenda, as well as our friends. I’ve been lucky enough to have accomplished a lot in my life through lots of support from my wife, friends, and family. However, I haven’t yet had the chance to be a great dad. I am extremely excited to be the best possible father that I can be in the future and look forward to that opportunity.  I hope to add a lot of love and support to the life of a child.

Friends Describe Me As… 

• Hardworking
• Genuine
• Caring
• Intelligent

Hello! I’m Brenda! I was raised in half-Puerto Rican family in a small city in Maryland with my older sister. Our neighborhood was a place where all the children grew up together and played kickball in the court. I rode my Barbie jeep around and went to school less than a mile from where we lived. I had an awesome childhood. 

In high school, I took three years of early childhood education and then I decided to go to community college for the same thing while working as a nanny. After a couple of semesters, I decided to switch gears. I started working at a photography studio and fell in love with the art. One day a lady asked me, “you’re really good, why are you still in a place like this?” I thought it was a good question. So, I applied at Art School here in Florida and was accepted.

After graduation, I tried my hand at a variety of photography work, everything from photographing newborns in hospitals to girls in their dance costumes, while also continuing to be a nanny. Eventually, in 2012, I decided I wanted my own business. It’s been incredible being my own boss and I LOVE it! I also love traveling, playing poker, hanging out with friends, going to the movies, watching football, spending quality time with family, our animals and my date nights with my amazing husband. I am blessed!   

Friends Describe Me As… 

• Genuine
• Compassionate
• Outgoing
• Adventurous

They say home is where your heart is and we agree. As much as we love to travel, there is no better feeling than a nice comfortable home and your own bed to sleep in! We live in a great neighborhood near nice schools. We also have great neighbors who are always around to help out. 

Our house is always neat and tidy. We like to keep it orderly! We also purchased this house with an extra bedroom with intentions of making it a future baby room. We have a great fenced-in back yard without a pool, so there is plenty of room for a playset! We look forward to watching a child grow and flourish in this house with us. 

Travel has been an important part of our relationship from the very beginning. We have been blessed to have the opportunity to experience many different cultures and travel the world. So many of our best memories were created and continue to be created by the amazing sights, interesting foods, and even the unexpected challenges that we have come across. We have been to Thailand, Peru, Taiwan, Colombia, Europe, and many others. Our wedding was even travel-themed and we strive to make plans for several trips a year ranging from fun road trips to big international trips.  

One of the things that we are most excited about as a couple is getting a chance to provide a child with new and exciting opportunities. Disney World is a wonderful place for the child to experience and we look forward to that! However, we also believe that we can offer a child a lot by providing them the opportunity to travel internationally. Travel has helped us broaden our horizons and develop a sense of gratitude, humbleness, and overall kindness by seeing how the rest of the world lives. We believe a child can realize these same things. We can’t wait to be able to provide these type of life experiences for a little one and truly look forward to that being a part of our journey in parenthood.

We would like whoever is reading this to know that we have the best support system. Brenda’s parents have been married for over 37 years and Justin's parents have been re-married for over 20. All sets of parents are beyond excited to welcome a new baby. We also have two grandparents left, a grandma on Justin’s side and a Grandpa on Brenda’s side (who was also adopted). We have both full and step-siblings, some with children of their own. Our families are loving, supportive and amazing people.
We also have a great group of close friends, some of whom we’ve known for over 20 years. We believe it is those who you surround yourself with that make you stronger and lucky for us we get to choose our friends. All our friends share some things in common: integrity, honesty, loyalty, and support. We also have friends we can joke around with who love to see a smile on our face as much as we love to see one on theirs.  All our friends and family have shown through this whole process how compassionate and supportive they are towards us. We are so thankful and excited to share all these amazing people with our future birth mom and baby.

We can’t wait to be on our journey of adoption and hope that you will consider being a part of it. Our desire to adopt started from our very first date and continued through our marriage. Our family is just as excited as we are and are truly looking forward to being grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. 

We have so much to offer a future child and can’t wait to give them all the opportunities to grow and realize their full potential. In our family, they will get the chance to be part of a loving environment with the opportunities provided for education, cultural growth, and social development. 

We hope you will consider our story and believe in the fact that it will mean the world to us to have the experience of parenthood and make a difference in a child’s life. If chosen, we hope to provide you with updates throughout the year on the growth and development of the child, if you desire. However, no matter what, we will always honor your story and your place in the child’s heart.