Kathryn traveled to a church conference in 2016 in Atlanta. Wally was also at the conference and the two were paired together to be small group leaders. When they met, there was an instant connection and comfortability with each other.

We worked well together and were able to communicate openly, be ourselves, and learn each other’s strengths. Kathryn immediately knew that Wally would be her future husband! Wally took much longer to come to the same realization :) But it all worked out in the end and as it was meant to!

After spending a couple days together there and going on our first date, Kathryn returned home to North Carolina and Wally stayed in Atlanta. We got to know each other more over the next year and became close friends. When we saw each other a year later, the chemistry was vibin' and the rest is history. We started to date long distance and visit each other on a monthly basis, before Wally moved to North Carolina a year later. We then got engaged and married within the next year and love to call North Carolina home together.

Our relationships are a top priority for us. We love to spend time with our people - whether that’s hosting people in our home, meeting up for a meal or coffee, visiting friends in different states or hanging out at the beach or mountains. We are blessed to have an amazing group of friends and they'll make wonderful aunties and uncles to our kids. We cherish watching their kids grow up and we look forward to our kids having fun adventures, new friends, and making memories with them.

Wally & Kathryn prioritize their health, faith, growth, and fun. Together, they value being hospitable, intentional, and generous. Wally & Kathryn are easygoing and go with the flow of life and relationships with others. We also cultivate stability and like to maintain routines and a comfortable home environment, and we think this will provide great structure for our children.

Wally & Kathryn regularly attend their local church and volunteer as small group leaders there as well as a beloved online “house church” group. They also love to do a couple of getaways every year to the beach or the Caribbean to relax and retreat from the stresses of their jobs & life.

Kathryn loves that Wally is fun, genuine, and kind. He is a dependable husband, loyal friend and will be an awesome dad. He shows up with a contagious laugh, steady energy, Dad jokes, readiness to serve, optimism, and a posture of humility. He is also a man of integrity, motivation, and perseverance. Wally is a natural leader and he is great at consistently encouraging, believing in, and coaching others. Kathryn knows that Wally will be excited to pour the same into his child and will set a great example of a man who can be trusted and respected.

Wally thinks the world of Kathryn. He appreciates that she is authentic, calm, and compassionate. She cares deeply for others, whether personally or professionally, and it shows. She is thoughtful, like remembering everyone’s birthdays, and goes out of her way to support people where they’re at. Kathryn is grounded, she’s a good listener, and she makes people feel welcome. Wally knows she’ll make an incredible mom since she invests herself into others feeling seen and cared for and knows that her child will receive even more love from her.

We live in Durham, North Carolina. It is a diverse area that is part of a triangle of major universities, excellent medical systems, research, and culture. We love calling it home and know it’ll be a great place for a bi/multiracial child! We look forward to making memories with our children at the fun children's museums and parks. Our child will be able to attend schools that are minutes away, where other kids will look like them and receive a great education.

Our neighborhood is what we like to call “suburbia.” It’s a beautiful neighborhood that we were so happy to move into a year ago. We live in a 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom townhome. The neighborhood consists of a mix of homes and townhomes, a pool + kiddie pool, multiple playgrounds, parks and safe places for walks. It brings in a wide range of people, such as young families through empty-nesters. The community also hosts events like a fall festival, summer pool party, and movies on the lawn. We’re fortunate to have a few friends with babies in the neighborhood and look forward to making memories with them as parents!

Wally's parents are originally from the Dominican Republic and he and his brother were born and raised in Puerto Rico. We enjoy visiting his family in Puerto Rico every year and getting lots of time to explore PR together. We host them in NC every year as well as occasionally attend family reunions at resorts and family homes in the DR. His family loves to play dominoes, laugh together, and share many homemade Dominican meals from his mom. Cooking is her love language and it shows! Wally & Kathryn also invite friends and family to go to Puerto Rico with them and introduce them to where Wally calls home!

Most of Kathryn's family lives in North Carolina and we are very close with her family! Kathryn's parents are consistently involved in our lives and they love spending time with us and our friends. With her extended family, we typically spend holidays and go on beach vacations together. With her immediate family, we enjoy connecting in conversation, doing something active, and trying new restaurants. A couple of Kathryn's cousins live in our city with their spouses & kids and her parents plan to move to live nearby their future grandchildren!

Both of our families are thrilled for us to grow our family and welcome a new baby!

Hi there! We are Wally & Kathryn and we've been together for 8 years, married for 6. We are so grateful for the lives we currently share with each other and we look forward to growing our family and building our future. We work really well together as a team, we have the same core values, and we've got so much love to offer a child. Our village is super thrilled for us to take this step! As we’ve shared our plans with them, we’ve received an immense amount of support and excitement. We fully believe that our community will love and adore this child as much as we will. They will be fully accepted and cheered for, as if they were our own.

You've done plenty of reading about us though, and we haven't gotten to hear about you yet! Even though we don't know each other, we can’t imagine what you’re going through. When we attempt to consider it, we realize even more so that we truly can’t. You may find yourself in survival mode, having a hard time thinking about the next year, let alone the next 18+ of being responsible for this child. As future parents, it’s intimidating to us to think about that ourselves and yet we know we’ll be able to get through with our faith, each other, and our strong support system. [If you don’t have those, then we hope that you’re able to find them. We hope and pray you somehow feel held and not alone in this time.] We know many others may not see or understand the sacrifice that you’re making, but we do. Your life is valuable, just like this child’s, and it’s okay that right now, you may need to consider how to take care of you without the added stress or burden of another life. It's also admirable that you're considering what life for your child will look like and how you want them to be cared for as well. The timing of this baby's life may not be ideal or realistic for you, but we would treasure the opportunity to love a child and we believe this is the right time for us.

We want to see your child thrive and want to provide opportunities for them to do so. We want to root for them in life as they become the person they’re meant to be. We want to carve out a path that allows them to have great resources, life experiences and community around them. We want them to grow up in a stable, loving home where they can feel accepted and supported. We want them to be well-rounded individuals who are confident, happy, humble and healthy.

It’s important to us that the child we share will know where they came from and how you put them above yourself as you desired to see them have a better life. We will convey to them how much we respect your decision and how we all came together to ensure that they were loved and nurtured. We plan to keep in touch by sharing letters and photos, at minimum, with you as they grow up. It's important to us that you are able to have peace and move forward with your life, having confidence that they are cherished and dearly loved.

We want you to be able to make a decision you’re comfortable with, one in which you can entrust this baby to the ones you’d envision raising them. Their life will be special and they deserve to be in the best home, with whomever you choose. We hope you’ll consider us and we trust that whatever child we receive, will be meant for us. Thank you!

Love,

Wally & Kathryn