Lukas & Calen
Race of child interested in adopting:
Any
Dear Birthmother
First off, we want to recognize what you are going through as a woman and as an expectant mother. This is not an easy process for you. We both grew up with and have continued our adult lives surrounded by powerful, loving, strong, intelligent, and caring women—and you are no exception.
Although we cannot say we fully understand what you are going through, as an Ob/Gyn, Calen has helped many women through difficult situations and has a unique appreciation and respect for women going through this journey. As co-parents to a middle school girl (June - Calen’s daughter from his previous marriage), we understand the challenges of raising children and what it means to provide a loving and supportive home.
Finally, thank you. Thank you for getting this far in our profile and for seeing something in us that is worthy of providing a loving home for a baby. We promise parenting is something we do not take lightly nor without recognition of your sacrifice. We promise to provide the utmost care, attention, and stability from our home and family. We promise they will not have a better, sweeter, and more encouraging big sister than June. Above all, we promise to love them the best way we know how and to provide them with an environment at home where they can thrive in the truest form of themselves. Thank you for considering us!
About Us
We fell in love quickly, but as the cliche goes, it felt right. From the very beginning, we bonded over our love for spending time with friends and family, the outdoors, dogs, food, and, most of all, adventure. This made the process simple when we were met with a major decision within our first seven months of dating. Calen, a physician in the Air Force, was notified that he would be moving from Texas to Alaska for work. Lukas decided to join Calen! We have been on the adventure of life together ever since.
In our downtime, we enjoy cooking, watching reality competition shows, and playing games. Calen can be found relaxing in a comfy chair with a book or starting the firepit in the backyard. Lukas can be found outside tending to his yard, flowers, and cactus garden. June can be found practicing a dance routine, riding her bike, or calling her friends. But our home is always filled with love. We can’t wait to share that love with a new baby someday!
What Led Us To Adoption
Calen leads his life with a gentleness rooted in empathy and a strong sense of self. The teammate that Calen is to me daily provides me with space to feel my raw emotions, dream big, and sing my guilty pleasure songs as loud as I want. He provides stability for me and June both. Watching Calen be a father is one of my favorite things.
Lukas is more empathic and caring than anyone else I know. He grounds and balances my cerebral instincts and makes me a better person. Seeing his relationship with June brings me so much joy. I cannot wait to experience the joys of raising a baby together because that child will be lucky to have Lukas as a father.
Our Home
Being a blended, military family (living in Alaska, DC, and now back in Texas) has trained our household to embrace adventure and to treat “home” as a feeling, not a location. We have always agreed our home should be somewhere anyone can take a deep breath and feel comfortable. Our two dogs, Barry and Maggie, help make that feeling possible with frequent couch cuddles. We love entertaining and welcoming friends and family through our door while a warm pot of chili simmers on the stove, some homemade bread is in the oven, and good music is playing in the background. Our home is always accessible and welcome to family and friends. We cannot wait to grow our family and continue exploring with our future baby!
Our Family
We both grew up in small Texas towns where being close to your family was ingrained in everyday life. Lukas has one older brother and carries forward family values of kindness, reliability, and love through quality time. Calen has two older brothers and carries forward family values of hard work, caregiving, and love through acts of service.
We both were raised knowing grandparents, great-aunts and great-uncles, aunts and uncles, and cousins on both sides of our families. We want that same experience for June and our future baby. The older we have both become, the more we realize how unique the love we have with our families is. We can spend days with our parents and not feel the stress that others might feel. We both speak with June’s mother almost daily and consider her a part of our family. Keeping love, respect, and friendship at the center of our relationship not only for us, but for June, has always been most important.
We love spending time with our families and are active in our parents, siblings, and nieces/nephews lives. Get-togethers with family and friends are more frequent now that we all live back in Texas.
