Glenna & Andrew

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Glenna & Andrew

Hello Expectant Parents!

Thank you for taking time to read about us. We know that choosing the people to raise your baby is a hard decision for you. We will raise your child with love and acceptance for who they are in a safe home. We look forward to parenting and the opportunities to help a child learn and explore. We promise to do all that we can to care for your child so that they can grow up with a happy life ahead of them.

Here's a bit about us! We are Andrew and Glenna, and have been married for ten happy years and have a cottage together with a large garden full of vegetables, berry bushes, fruit trees, and flowers. We are seeking to adopt due to infertility and because we wish to expand our family and share the love. Many of our family and friends are neurodivergent or have physical or mental disabilities, so we are very used to helping them and being accommodating to their various needs.

Andrew has a Bachelors in Computer Science, and works from home as a Senior Software Developer. He is the youngest of eight children and has many nieces and nephews, including one that is adopted. Glenna has a Bachelors of Business Administration, and she runs a small online business with a friend making doll clothing and accessories. She is the oldest of three children and has several fur nieces.

We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and do a lot of volunteering at our church. We have a pet western hognose snake named Chocolate Chip, and he loves chin rubs and digging around in his enclosure. He’s a very sweet boy who likes watching Youtube and video games we are playing.

Hobbies and Fun Things We Enjoy:

We play Dungeons and Dragons with our friends once or twice per week and have a lot of fun telling stories together.
We are part of the SCA (a non-profit educational medieval reenactment group) and enjoy learning about history, especially when there is new information on the subjects. We attend events in period garb, participate in crafts, and do service with the goal of educating people about our shared past.
Andrew loves to garden and grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers in our yard.
Glenna likes to do fiber arts, such as knitting, spinning yarn, sewing, and weaving.
We both like to play video and board games with friends and family.
We like to travel and see historic and natural wonders when we visit family or friends.
We love museums, zoos, aquariums, festivals, etc. of all kinds.
Glenna loves music and is a classically trained singer who sings in our church choir.
We both love to cook, bake, and grill on our back patio.

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Who We Are

Andrew and I (Glenna) met at church the day after I moved to Utah to start fresh and started dating a month later. We love being able to talk about anything: history, our thoughts and feelings, hobbies, and hopes together. We value each other's intellect and good heart and strive to keep that going in each other and those around us.

Adoption Diary

Nursery Preparation, pt. 3

Hello expectant mama!

We are still working on our nursery bit by bit. My main project at the moment is knitting a super soft blanket for our future child. The yarn is really thick and squishy, so I just know the child will be so happy and warm in it! And it will be big (but not too big), so the child can grow with it and enjoy it for a very long time.

This week my (Glenna) mom and grandma are visiting from California and they are super hopeful and excited for us and our adoption journey that we hope to make with you! We’ve been sitting in the living room while I knit on the blanket and just talking about all our dreams and plans to be the best family we can be. We’re also baking banana bread and making our family spaghetti sauce and all the fun cooking things together. we really cannot wait to share the love and the food!

Nursery Preparation, pt. 2

Hello expectant mama! We did more work on the nursery this week. Andrew fixed the broken blinds and then after washing them, we tested the new blackout curtains. They worked well enough that a baby shouldn’t wake up from being blinded first thing in the morning, so we were happy! I do still need to hem the curtains, since they are way too long.

We washed the sheet set for the crib and for the bassinet and put them in the furniture. It is sooo cute, especially with all the little forest animals. Andrew and I practically tear up at how adorable it is. we now need a pillow and little duvet to go in the duvet cover for the crib. The sheets even go with the floor play mat we were gifted, which was unintentional but full of serendipity.

All the baby clothes we have are under the big bed and crib waiting to be worn in bins. We are so excited now that the nursery is at least somewhat ready for us. I put more pictures in the album for you to look at and really see the cuteness.

A friend of mine, one of the baby’s future adopted aunties, has volunteered to help me paint some Studio Ghibli characters on the walls, like Totoro and the soot sprites (my favorites). We might do more. We’ll have to take some time to choose the safest paints and character ideas. I get more and more excited as we go on.

Thank You for Visiting Our Adoption Profile

We want to thank you for considering us as adoptive parents for your child.

We truly appreciate your kindness and strength and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Glenna & Andrew

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