Photo Album - Heart of Adoptions

Ryan and Monica
Thank you, birth parents!
First of all, we would like to thank you for making the
decision to consider adoption. It is such an amazing
gift. About 11 years ago, Ryan’s family adopted a
wonderful little girl from China. She has brought such
joy into all of our lives! We will never be able to express
our gratitude to that mother so we hope to tell you
how grateful we are. Thank you for this blessing to our
family. We also would like to thank you for taking the
time to check out our family and see that we are a
great fit for your child. We have always wanted to be
parents. While we cannot biologically have children,
thanks to women like you, we can still be parents. We
plan to raise a child with love, compassion, kindness,
strength, and a lot of joy and laughter. Thank you for
considering us. We are so very grateful.
About Monica and Ryan
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We met in grade school
We have been married since 2011
We have more cousins then we can count
Ryan is an attorney and Monica works with Religious
Education
We have 2 awesome dogs- Wilson and Chica
Ryan is a big brother to a 12 year old
Monica is a little sister (youngest of 3)
We enjoy being outside... On the ocean, on a bike, on
a golf course (for Ryan)
We love spending time with our (very large) families
We are a faith-filled home
We cannot wait to be parents
Lots of House
Guests
We are very family
oriented. Our
parents, siblings,
cousins, nieces,
and nephews
come to visit
often. This is
Monica’s sister
and our 2 nieces
coming to visit.
Monica has
always dreamed
of being a
mother. So she
really enjoys being
an aunt!
More About
Monica
What does Monica like to do?
1. Cooking and baking
2. Riding bikes with Ryan
3. Reading and learning more about
God and going to Church
4. Spending time with family, especially
our nieces
5. Goofing around with Ryan
6. Hanging out on the boat with family
and friends
7. Watching good movies
8. Playing with our dogs- Wilson and
Chica
9. Finding new fun things to do
10. Traveling with family
Monica is a girly-girl
but still enjoys
camping with
friends…
…It is fun to
camp out with
our friends’ kids.
Our dog Wilson
is looking excited
about it, too!
More About
Ryan
What does Ryan like to do?
1. Being on the ocean- boating, surfing,
paddle-boarding or just swimming
2. Fishing especially with family and
friends
3. Playing golf, especially with his little
sister Hayley
4. Riding bikes with Monica
5. Competing in triathalons
6. Being silly with Monica and making her
laugh
7. Enjoying Monica’s cooking. Can’t wait
to start “family dinners”
8. All things sports
9. Playing with our dogs- Wilson and
Chica
10.Can’t wait to be a Dad!
We spend a lot of time with our
families. These are Ryan’s parents.
They cannot wait to be grandparents!
We love being
“Aunt Mo” and
“Unc” to our
nieces. They are
looking forward
to having a new
cousin to play
with.
We love to entertain
our nieces and
cousins. Theme parks,
out on the boat,
swimming in the pool.
We just love to play
with them and see
them having fun! We
are so excited to have
a child to join us.
These are just some of the
wonderful kids in our life
(cousins, nieces, Godchildren).
We have had A LOT of
practice and
we are so thrilled to become
adoptive parents!
Monica has been
learning how to cook…
and even cooked
Christmas morning
breakfast!
Ryan’s best friend is his dad. They spend a lot
of time together… fishing, golfing, doing yard
work. He has been a great example to Ryan of
what it means to be a father.
Ryan
cannot
wait to
be a
great
dad,
too!
Monica is
so excited
to follow
her
mother’s
example
and be a
great mom!
Monica’s best friend is her mother. She was a stay-at-home
Mom and very involved in the lives of her kids.
Monica wants to be a Mom like her…
very involved, always loving, super supportive. She is the
grandmother of two so far and is spectacular.
She is “ready for grandbaby #3”
Ryan is the big brother
to Haley. She was
adopted in 2003 from
China. We love
getting to spend time
with Haley and watch
her grow up. She is so
excited that we are
going to adopt a child.
She will be a
wonderful aunt and
she wants you to know
that she will always be
there for our child
and she will help him
or her to understand
adoption.
Monica is the youngest of 3.
Big sister Bebe and big brother
Nino are both very excited
about our adoption.
According to Bebe, “When I
think of Monica (Mo) and Ryan
(Unc) becoming parents, this is
what comes to mind above all
else. I am continually
impressed with their natural
ability to care and nurture my
children and to do so with the
same ease and care, as parents
do, without having become
parents yet themselves. When
you ask my daughters who they
want to see, who they pray for
at night, who they want to
share a story with, “Mo and
Unc” always top the list of
loved ones that are on the
forefront of their minds”
For us, family is the most important thing.
We celebrate together, travel together, and laugh
together! We both can be pretty silly
so there is a lot of laughter around our house
and with our extended families.
Monica’s parents
love being
grandparents to 2
fantastic little
girls. They have a
lot of love to
offer and look
forward to
meeting
grandbaby #3.
They are even
trying to pick out
names!
Days at the beach
or on the boat are
always a good
time with our
family!
In our family, faith is very important. We plan to raise our
child to love God and always know that God loves us.
We hope you
enjoyed taking a
peek into our lives.
We thank you for
considering us as
adoptive parents.
We will pray for you
as you make this
decision.
May God Bless you.
-Monica and Ryan