Nice to meet you
We’re John and Will —
two Arkansas boys looking to grow our family by becoming dads!
About Us
We met in a community choir in New York City in 2008. Will is a bass, John is a tenor, and the rest is history!
We get along because we both have a goofy sense of humor and love southern BBQ. We got married in 2014 in New York, with nearly 200 of our family and friends supporting us!
We have success careers that give us quite a bit of flexibility, Will works in the theater industry and John works remotely in tech. We’re eager to share our life with a child!
An Active Life
We love to walk around our neighborhood with Bruce, workout, and attend community events. Being active, as a family and as part of the community, is a big part of our lives.
A Great Neighborhood
We bought a charming bungalow in a historic part of our city. We’re around the corner from Will’s sister and have a spare bedroom that is slowly morphing into a nursery!
Our Dog Bruce
We adopted a sweet little dog three years ago. He’s battled heartworms, and had some back problems, but he’s a tough guy and we’ve given him lots of love.
Fun at Home
We have a lot of fun at home, regardless of what we’re doing. Even mowing the lawn can be fun when we do it together. We love cooking for each other and watching movies.
Our Values
We moved to Arkansas in 2019 to be with family and to get a home ready so that we could adopt.
On a typical Sunday you’ll find us at church with Will’s mother and sister who live here in town, and then enjoying a family dinner at our favorite Mexican place. We’re lucky to be surrounded by supportive friends and neighbors here in town, many who have kids of their own.
We are part of the Episcopal Church and appreciate the loving foundation that has made for our values.
We believe that you can be both kind and strong. This means raising a child that will stick up for themselves and for others.
We believe that showing up with a good attitude is half the battle in life! We hope to teach this through example, and by always showing up for them.
We value maintaining connections to a child's birth family and heritage. This relationship will always be a part of what makes them special.
Most importantly, we want to discover who this child is. Finding out what they love, and what they’re good at, will allow us to support their dreams.
Adoption Journey
We’ve always wanted to become dads but it never seemed like it would happen.
We have eight nieces and nephews, and three godchildren, between the two of us. Getting to watch these children grow up, being there to give advice and console them when times are tough, has been incredibly rewarding. We’d love to give that love to an adopted child of our own.
We’re looking for our “match” so that we can add a child to our family!
We lived in NYC for over a decade, and we knew that having kids there would be prohibitively expensive. That’s why we decided in 2019 to move back to Will’s hometown so that we would have a chance to adopt a child.
This past year we conducted a home study with a social worker and received her recommendation that we are ready to adopt! Now we’re working with some agencies, and reaching out directly to birth mothers, as we try to adopt.
