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Fur Babies and Can’T Wait for a Little One to Be Able to Run and Play in the Grass out Back Bill& Archie THANK YOU for taking the time to get to know us! To discover the path that lead us to the words found on these pages and hear what our hopes and dreams are for the child that you are bringing into this world. As Archie is adopted himself, we know the loving decision that you are making and we have such admiration and re- spect for you. We are excited to start a family and adding a new set of feet to go pitter patter around the house, so we do hope that you consider us in your child’s future. We hope you see among these pages a true partnership and a couple who very much wants to be Dads. I hope we get the chance to meet, as we would love to learn more about you and hear your hopes and dreams for your little one. Whatever decision you make, trust in your heart it will be the right one for you and your child. That might sound cliche, but it’s a truth that Archie knows very well to be true - and one he hopes to explain to a little one of our own someday soon. This IsUS We met on Facebook! True story. A “like” of a post in a group we were both ran- domly members of led to our life together today. Funny story: Bill is really bad at flirting, or so Archie thought, so Archie sent him a “Do you like me? Choose A,B,C or D mes- sage” to see if he was interested. Needless to say, Bill chose “C - I like you, too”. When we first met, Archie lived in Virgin- ia and Bill lived in Mississippi. We made a long distance relationship work for more than two years, believing that our love was greater than the distance between us. The greatest part about the long distance was that we learned to communicate very well as communication was all we had. Bill moved to Virginia in 2015 when he was hired in the athletic department at a local university. We rented a house for a year and then moved into a brand new home we built in October of 2016. For both of us, having children has never been a “maybe” but always a “it will hap- pen, we just don’t know when.” We are ready to open our home and our lives and share the love that we have both been so freely given. MeetArchie I was adopted by my parents, Wayne and Sandra, when I was 22 months old. Five years after they brought me home, my mother gave birth to my only brother, Micah. As a teenager, I was very involved in cho- rus, was a member of the High School band, and volunteered as a peer mentor. When I was a senior in high school my entire town helped raise money for the high school band to march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. After graduation, I attended a University in Birmingham, Alabama where I majored in music education/vocal performance. During college, I was very active in A Cappella Choir, Student Activities Council, Student Govern- ment Association, Sigma Phi Epsilon Frater- nity and was a varsity cheerleader. Upon graduation, I taught high school for one year, and then moved to New York City to pursue my dream of being a performer. Over the next seven years, I sang and danced my way around the world performing in Broadway, regional and national tours of “Rent”, “Oklahoma”, “42nd Street” and was the lead male vocalist on three Norwegian Cruise Lines. As an adult, I went back to graduate school and obtained a degree in Higher Education Administration, and also served that school in their Dean of Student’s Ofce as the As- sistant Director of Student Activities. I have worked in the field of higher education since 2013. Life has not always been easy for me, with as many valleys as there were mountains. But in the tough times, I’ve always had a faith that there was something bigger than me that was there to support me. I believe that as an adopted child myself I will be able to support my child along their journey on this thing called life. MeetBill I am the oldest of two children, born to Bill and Janis and raised in a small, rural town in north Florida. Since it was the same town my father and paternal grandparents were born and raised in, I grew up around several members of my extended family. My mother, who is from Mississippi, also had family nearby when her sister and children moved within an hour of us before I was born. Both parents taught school and encouraged learning, reading and exploration from an early age. I would read encyclopedias to pass time when not with friends exploring the woods surrounding our home. Living in a neighborhood with lots of children who attended the same school and church, it was common to have friends flowing in and out of the house at all times and actively encour- aged by my parents. Growing up, I competed in sports ranging from football to baseball and tennis. We grew up near a lake and often went swim- ming and skiing, while also spending many days at the beach with friends and family. I also played the piano and was active in the marching band, playing the saxophone for several years before switching to the tuba. I also competed in the school’s quiz bowl competition and was active in numerous student organizations. I went to college on scholarship and was a member of the Honors College while ma- joring in History and Journalism. I was also sports editor for the school newspaper, a member and ofcer in our fraternity - Sigma Phi Epsilon, marched in the band and volun- teered in the athletics department. I also was active in student government. Upon graduation, I completed one year of graduate studies before returning to work in public relations and media relations for the athletics department at the collegiate level. Bill OurHome We just built a brand new home in October of 2016! Designing the home was fun and the one thing we both agreed on from the very beginning was a red door to welcome all of our neighbors to our home. We live about 15-minutes outside of Charlot- tesville, Virginia. The best thing about not living in the city is that when you go outside at night, we can see stars and fireflies. We have a large fenced in backyard for our fur babies and can’t wait for a little one to be able to run and play in the grass out back. OurFur Babies Together we have four fur-babies. Our oldest Jackson, is a greyhound mix and is never far from Bill’s side; Peggy is a black lab who follows Archie around all over the house; Ella, short for Elegant, is a chihuahua and is our independant pup; and, the new- est addition, Adora, short for Adorable, is a seven-month old chihuahua. All our dogs are around children of all sizes often and are favorites of the neighborhood children. They can’t wait to have a little one of their own to watch over. Jackson Peggy Ella Adora Fur Babies WhatWe Do Today, Archie serves as the director of a large non-profit in the higher education sector creating and deploying curriculum to volunteers of the organization. He also is often hired as a professional speaker for colleges and universities, traveling around the country empowering young people everywhere to strive to become the best versions of themselves. Bill works in Media and Public Relations for the athletics department at a local university - specifically serving as the press agent and historian for the women’s soccer, men’s wrestling and women’s tennis teams. Through that job, he gets to travel the country with stu- dent-athletes to competitions, publicizing and chroni- cling their achievements, being a supportive voice and shoulder through their losses and working with them to learn how to handle the spotlight and joys or heart- break that come with both success and failure on a very public stage. OurCommunity We live in a small community in Virginia located outside of Charlottesville. While we like the more rural setting of our actual neighborhood because it allows the neighborhood children to ride their bikes and run freely from home to home in the afternoons and weekends, we’re part of a metropolitan area of 250,000 people that is home to the top public university in America - the University of Virginia. On our drive into town, we pass the homes of two of America’s first five Presidents. A third is less than 20 minutes north of our home. It’s a town that provides and values education, a strong sense of community and opportunity for entertainment ranging from perfor- mance art to athletics. We think it is a wonderful place to raise a child. OurFamilies Bill’s parents have been married for 47 years and both still live in his hometown in Florida. They are both retired and have plenty of time and love to invest in a grandchild joining the family. Bill’s sister, Jane Carole, also lives in Florida and is still single but excited about the chance to become an aunt. Bill and his sister are close and share a love of music, sports, reading and film. Archie’s parents, Wayne and Sandra (also known as G and Gram to the grandchildren) both still live in Alabama and have been married for 46 years.
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