Thank you for taking the time to learn about our family. We want to acknowledge how difficult this decision may be for you and want you to know that we respect and admire your decision to consider open adoption for your child.
We are Zach and Erica and we are happy to share with you a bit about us and our hopes to expand our family through open adoption. We have friends who have adopted and we have witnessed what a gift adoption has been to their families. We are drawn specifically to open adoption because we believe it is so important for children to know where they come from as they grow and find their own sense of identity.
We are committed to providing a loving home for our children and would welcome as much or as little contact you would wish to have with our family.
We met 15 years ago at a wedding between mutual friends. It was an instant match once we found out that we had very similar music libraries, were both vegetarian and that we had both traveled and lived abroad. After learning that we shared very similar values and goals, we realized just how fortunate and lucky we were to find each other and began planning a future together.
We enjoy the outdoors and spent many of our early dating years hiking, camping and backpacking throughout National Parks. After many life adventures, we married and started our family.
Today, we absolutely love parenting our daughter, Melina, and can’t wait to become a family of four!
We have a large extended family that we spend a lot of time with. Fortunately, all of our family lives in California and are just short car trips away. We join Erica’s family for their annual trip to Shaver Lake; a tradition for the past 25 years. Once there we spend hours riding on a ski boat, playing in the water, making s’mores while playing music around a campfire. We are Catholic and spend most religious holidays with both of our familes, where Melina enjoys playing with her eleven cousins. Our families are very supportive and excited about our decision to adopt and cannot wait to welcome another child into the family!
Thank you for taking the time to learn about us. We look forward to achieving our dream of adopting a child and becoming a family of four. Please know that we will love this child just as much as we love our daughter. To whatever extent you may or may not wish to stay connected with us, please know that we believe in being fully open and honest about how they came into our lives. You will forever hold a special place in our hearts and we will always share our gratitude for you with our children.