Lindsay first felt called to adoption long before we were married. She has a heart for children that has taken many forms over the years. She grew up babysitting, spending time at a camp for children with special needs, and ultimately became a pediatric intensive care nurse.

In 2010, Lindsay went to Haiti to provide nursing care to victims of an earthquake. Her time spent with orphaned children and struggling families solidified for her that adoption would be part of our family’s story.

Spencer was excited to become a father and the idea of creating a secure, strong home for our children, whether biological or adopted, became a purpose for him. We hope that you will see in us devoted parents eager to love, parent, provide for, and protect your child. We have been blessed with two wonderful children, Nellie and Josie, but knew, even before Josie was born that our third child would come to us through adoption. We decided to pursue a domestic adoption because we want our child and his or her birth mother to know one another.

Spencer (age 31) grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and Lindsay (age 32) in southern Indiana. We met while attending a leadership conference during college, but it was not love at first sight. It was not until a few years later, after both of us had graduated, that we started dating. Lindsay was a pediatric nurse at the time in Orange County and Spencer was an engineer in San Diego. We had mutual friends who we would regularly spend time with and our romance grew out of that friendship. It did not take long for Spencer to propose, and we were married in in 2009.

Although San Diego is beautiful, we are Midwest people at heart and moved to Wisconsin for a few years while Spencer attended law school. After law school, we moved to Chicago and settled in Oak Park, Illinois. Spencer currently works at a law firm downtown and Lindsay stays home with our children, while working an occasional shift at a hospital near our home.