Our Journey to Adoption
How it all Started
We are Kim and Frank. Several years ago we were introduced by a mutual friend. We quickly became best friends and knew we wanted to spend our lives together raising a family. Unfortunately we found out that was not going to be as easy as we had hoped. After a few years of disappointment, heartbreak, and prayers we decided adoption was our path to parenthood. We are blessed to be the parents of a wonderful little guy, and hope to continue to grow our family by way of adoption.
We made a promise to each other to love and respect one another through good times and bad and sickness and health. We promised to lift each other up and support each other with whatever life brings us. We made that promise to our son and will promise the same to any child we are blessed to call our own.
Kim Talks About Frank
From the moment I met Frank there was an ease that came with him. He was the easiest person to get know and to talk to. I never question who I am with Frank. He makes me feel loved and accepted exactly as I am. I love that about him. He is a problem solver and Mr. Fix It, from working on minor projects around the house to just making me smile. Frank is kind, generous, and good. He makes me smile and laugh every day. I am so blessed to have Frank as my partner.
Frank Talks About Kim
Kim is someone who makes you smile when she enters a room. From the moment I met her on our first date I knew she was different and had a special way about her. Kim is the oldest out of seven siblings and she has a kindness and patience that shows in her personality. It's safe to say that I fell in love with her right from the start. She is small in stature but big on life. She has a strong will about her to get through anything. Kim is my best friend, my soulmate and I am lucky to be sharing the experience of life with her.
This Is Us
Our Home
We live in a great neighborhood in New York. We picked a nice size house that works great for kids and entertaining lots of family and friends. We live in a strong school district where Kim's mom has taught for over 30 years. We have become friends with several of our neighbors and love spending time with them and they can not wait for us to expand our family. We are within a 30 minute drive to all of our immediate family. We are also close to some of the most beautiful beaches and a short train ride away from one of the most exciting cities in the world. We picked our home carefully and we love where we live
Brendan Francis
The most significant event in both of our lives has been the birth and adoption of our son Brendan. Thanks to the selfless act of a wonderful woman we have the honor of being this precious boy's parents. Being parents has been a life changing and most rewarding experience. The only thing better would be to do it again.
Brendan is a sweet, happy, thoughtful toddler. He loves all things dinosaurs and trucks. He loves to play any type of ball but his favorite seems to be soccer (right now). He enjoys school and his teachers say he is the most polite child in the class. When asked he says he would like to be a big brother to a brother or a sister. We think he will be a great big brother.
Family is Everything
We are both very fortunate to have very close families. Kim is the oldest of seven children and Frank has one older sister. Between the two families there are four grandparents, 13 aunts and uncles, and there are 13 cousins. We also have an extensive extended family which are too many to count. Some of our best memories are with our families, whether it be holidays, days spent at the beach, bar- b-ques, family vacations, or our annual family reunions (We look forward to these the most). Family is so important to both of us and we believe it is part of the foundation of who we are as individuals and as a married couple
A Little Help From Our Friends
We are both so blessed to have some very good close friends. Frank has been especially fortunate in that he has been part of the same group of friends since they were in grade school. Now we are all having children at the same time and they are becoming friends. Everyone has been so supportive of our adoption journey. They love Brendan so much and they can not wait for our family to grow.
More About Us
Our Birthdays: Kim July 18th
Frank August 29th
Our Faith: Catholic
Pets: Toby the Cat
Favorite Activities: Outside of exploring the world with Brendan, which is our most favorite thing to do...
We enjoy spending time with our family and friends especially at the beach and holidays. We enjoy riding our bikes, hiking, going for walks in our neighborhood and at the beach. We also enjoy going to concerts and comedy shows, zip lining, traveling, and just relaxing watching movies or one of our shows. We like to cook together and just have family time.
Favorite Places: The Beach, Hawaii, Disney World, Manhattan, St. Lucia, Newport RI
Places on our wish list: The Grand Canyon, Italy, Napa, Costa Rica, Tahiti
