Hello! We are Dave and Kris. Thank you for choosing to read our story and learn about our decision to pursue adoption.

Our story began in a friend's living room. In 2010, a close mutual friend from college announced that she would be deploying overseas. She held a party to enjoy some quality time with her closest friends before her year-long deployment. Though we had multiple mutual friends, several of whom were at the party, we'd never met or even known about each other. For most of the evening, the two of us sat on the couch, talking and learning about each other. It was clear we were both interested, though one of us was in a relationship.

Nearly two years later, we reconnected through a conversation online and decided to get together. We planned a birthday outing with the same friend whose home we'd met at years earlier, as our birthdays were all within days of each other. The day we'd planned to go to dinner, she informed us she wouldn't be able to make it but encouraged us to have a good time together. That was our first date.

It didn't take long for the two of us to fall in love, and a little over a year later, we were engaged. We married in the fall of 2014.

Before our marriage, we were aware that our chances of conceiving a child were not likely. Neither of us could imagine a life without children, and we decided adoption was the right path for us. We are so very excited to welcome a child or children into our hearts and our home through adoption.