Tyler and Christine

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From Us to You

Hello!

We are Christine, Tyler, and baby Chantelle. We have so much love to give, and we promise you that every day will be a new journey, full of love and adventure for your child. We assure you that they will know the sacrifice that you made in order to give them the life that we will provide – full of protection, love, care, fun, guidance, support, and faith. Your baby’s life will be filled with learning, care, passion, and support in all facets of life. We will support their emotional needs, physical needs, mental needs, and health needs. Just as we do with our own daughter, your child will be engaged in learning activities such as music classes, swim lessons, and every day will be filled with educational lessons, social interactions, and opportunities to grow and develop into a beautiful, kind, and intelligent child.

We are from Colorado, where we met working together at Best Buy over a decade ago! We recently celebrated four years of marriage; in those four years, we have traveled thousands of miles, lived in three different countries, had a baby girl, and recently dropped anchor in Florida. After years of exploring, making memories, and taking incredible life-changing journeys, we have settled down in order to raise our daughter and continue growing our family near friends and family who will provide us with a loving, safe, and caring village for our child and future children.

We are members of a community that fosters spirituality, faith, connections, and structure. Our home is full of laughter, love, fun times, and beautiful memories. We are sure that these memories and moments will continue to grow and expand with a new addition to our family. Although we may not have fully appreciated some of the family values that were instilled within us as we were growing up (because what child really listens to their parents 100% of the time?!), we will continue many of those fond traditions and install those same values into our children’s lives, as we grew up understanding the importance of them all. The future for our children holds so many adventures – they will grow up seeing the world, appreciating cultural differences and diversity, learning new languages and traditions, and they will without a doubt, receive a higher level of education from the schooling they will attend.

After many years of struggling with infertility and being told that we wouldn’t be able to have children naturally, we made the decision to start the adoption process. By the power of God and prayer, we became pregnant and had our daughter in 2021. We saw this as an absolute miracle and knew that God works in mysterious ways. We have decided to turn to God again to help us continue growing our family through adoption.

We know that this is probably one of the most difficult decisions you will ever make in your life, and want you to know that we are open to having you in our lives. As we lean on God to lead you to us, we also lean on God to provide you with comfort knowing that you are giving your child the best life. We value your decision, we will love, support, and honor your wishes, and we will raise your child knowing you, knowing your sacrifice, and knowing that God brought us together to make us a family – for that we will forever be grateful.

With love & gratitude,
Christine, Tyler, and Chantelle

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Why We Are Choosing to Adopt

Both of us have so much love to give, and after struggling with infertility and knowing that we wanted to have a family, we chose to adopt. God has since blessed us with a miracle in our daughter, and we know that if we trust in God, we can grow our family through adoption as well. We are loving, nurturing, fun, and faith-filled, and we know that this is the type of home that we want to raise several children in. We want to make it possible for a mother who wants to give her child a better life, a life that child may not otherwise have. We made a promise to ourselves, to God, to our friends and family that we would commit ourselves to adopt a child that God brings into our lives, and we want to fulfill that promise to a birth mother as well.

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About Us

We are very adventurous, and love to travel and experience new things – whether that’s new food, new places to see, or a new activity like sky diving, kayaking, seeing aquariums or zoos, or just anything around us that is the “thing to do”. We are humble, full of love, and reliant on our faith in the Lord to help guide us. We never miss an opportunity to spend time with people that support us, encourage us, and love us. We have taken some amazing risks in our relationship, and we have always grown and come out stronger through it all. We both enjoy learning new things and helping others. However, most importantly, we never get so busy that we forget to put quality time and attention into our own relationship. We are very communicative, we always make decisions, and we rarely have to compromise because we have the same underlying beliefs and desires. We make each other laugh and we love to have fun. If we have a disagreement, we sit down and discuss it openly; we are honest with each other and not afraid to show each other our emotions. We have made conscious decisions to ensure that our daughter and future children are raised in the presence of love and care, and that they are raised knowing what true love, effective communication, and respect within a relationship looks like. 

Both of us were raised Catholic and we both put God in the center of our lives. As can be seen in our lifestyle as well, we as a couple rely heavily on God’s guidance in our lives and trust that He has a bigger plan for us. We have made prayer part of our daily lives, and shortly after becoming a couple over 6 years ago, we made weekly Mass a central part of our life.

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Our Relationship with You

We understand that your decision requires a high level of trust in us, and we will always be open with you and welcome you into our lives, as much as you are comfortable with, as you will forever be an important part of your child’s life. We would love to share with you photos, phone calls, video calls, emails, letters, and visits and welcome you to join us in celebrating special occasions and milestones of your child’s life.  We will respect your privacy and decision on the type of relationship you choose and feel the most comfortable with. 

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About Christine, by Tyler

Christine is an extremely motivated, caring, inspiring, and loving woman. Since I met her, she continues to challenge herself to go further in life, and she continues to set new goals that she never falls short of. Since we started our journey together, her dream was to become a mother, and we haven’t let anything get in the way of that goal. After God gifted us with our precious little chicken (Chantelle), it has shown me that Christine was the perfect individual to fill the shoes of mothering this child. She has moved mountains in order to be there for our little one, and I know in my heart that no matter if our children come from us or the adoption, she will be just as good of a mother as she already has been.  She continues to be the reason why I aim higher and continue to achieve higher heights and feats. Her level of commitment and dedication is inspiring. Christine is forgiving, she loves me for who I am and is not judgmental; she is independent, family-oriented, and just great at everything she does, even though she may not realize it. She is humble, God-fearing, and drop-dead gorgeous.

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About Tyler, by Christine

Tyler is honestly the most loving, humble, and smartest man I have ever met. Not only does he love me and respect me better than I could have imagined, but he is the single best father to our daughter. Watching Tyler become a father has given me a whole new perspective into him as a person, and it has been a beautiful journey. He is patient, he is playful, and he always puts his daughter and me before himself. He has always been extremely selfless and works hard in his career and is working hard towards his Master’s Degree in order to better himself and provide our family with better opportunities in the future, and for that, I will forever be grateful. Tyler is just an all over incredible person. The thing that really drew me toward him was his faith in God. Being both raised Catholic, I knew it was important for me to be with someone who relied on God and would make the Lord part of our daily lives, and Tyler has fulfilled that in every way. He constantly calms me by reminding me of God’s plan and helps me find strength in the Lord. He pushes me to be a better woman, a better wife, and consistently reassures me that I am the best mother, which gives me the confidence to know that I am an amazing mother. Tyler is my strength, he is my rock and my backbone, and I am so lucky to have him as my husband, our daughter is lucky that he is her father, and our future children are so blessed that he will be their daddy. He truly displays love. 

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Our Lifestyle

Spending time with family is a big part of our lives. Some of the things we enjoy doing together as a family are going on adventures, whether that’s to the park, taking a walk together as a family, cooking together, reading, swimming, going to Colorado during the summers, or spending holidays together. Our children will be surrounded by loving and caring family and friends who want what is best for them in all aspects of their lives, and who will demonstrate respect and love always.

We also believe that it’s important to make time for ourselves, as individuals and as a couple. Tyler is very active and into working out, Christine enjoys photography and reading. During the week Christine also has Chantelle enrolled in several classes because she is so friendly and loves other little kids, and we are so excited for her to become a big sister. We can’t wait for our future child to attend classes just as Chantelle does, such as music class, swim lessons, and baby gym classes.

It has always been Christine’s dream of becoming a mother and to stay at home, and provide a loving and nurturing environment for our children to grow up in.  Christine currently works from home as a teacher, and teaches night classes once a week at a college nearby.  During the days, Chantelle attends a small at-home daycare, and oftentimes has family, such as Christine’s father and aunt, who help take care of Chantelle on the days Christine is in live sessions with her students. Chantelle gets lots of play time with mommy and time by herself, learning and exploring, outside of work hours.  There’s reading time and time for playing outside.  In the evening and on weekends Tyler and Christine both get to spend a lot of quality time with Chantelle.  Every night we have dinner together as a family where we pray and eat dinner at the table.  After dinner, we take a family walk and then we all play and read before we put Chantelle down for bed. This nightly routine is one that we have valued so much and can not wait to continue doing the same with our future children. Also, every Wednesday while Christine is teaching at the college, Chantelle and Tyler get hours of quality time, which is so important for our children. On the weekend, we both have much more time to play with her and we are both so excited and looking forward to keeping this routine with our future children.

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Our Parenting Style

Parenting style is such an important part of the development of a child. We both understand the importance of gentle parenting and work to teach Chantelle right from wrong, as well as manners, respect, and having a voice, through modeling of behaviors. Neither of us believes in corporal punishment and would not use this as a disciplinary tool. We both believe that it encourages violence and would never teach our child with this type of ‘tool’. For discipline, it is important to understand the root cause of a behavior and to address the root cause. Some simple discipline tools would be a time-out, taking something away such as a toy or cell phone, or being grounded. However, sitting down and discussing and communicating with a child from a young age their behaviors and consequences is the most important part of ‘discipline’ that we will encourage and use. This is something we currently do with our daughter, showing her through redirection or positive incentives for good behaviors, but also allowing her to have a “voice” and giving her choices so that she can learn and grow. This is how we will continue to parent our future children. 

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Our Home & Neighborhood

After living overseas for several years, we are now settled in sunny Palm Beach, Florida. We live about 15 minutes away from the beach in a wonderful three bedroom, two bathroom house. The house has plenty of open space for Chantelle to run around, and for our future children to grow and learn in. There is a large fenced in backyard where the kids and dog can play, and there is also a private swimming pool. We have the pool covered and blocked, and have made it a point to ensure Chantelle receives swim lessons for safety. Behind our house there is a huge park that has a dog park and two playgrounds; the park also holds events, concerts, and fun activities for families that we love going to. The neighborhood is safe and a great area for kids to play. We can’t wait to be able to teach your child to ride their bike, to stop and smell the flowers, to swing on the swings, and to go swimming in the pool! The weather is so beautiful here and we love to get outdoors and enjoy it!

We live close to major restaurants and grocery stores, there’s a hospital nearby, plenty of doctors and any major necessities we may need. We now live very close to family members, such as Christine’s aunt and uncle, dad, grandma, and many cousins. Every week we go over to Christine’s aunt’s house to cook, hang out, and spend quality time together. The best part is her two horses, a pony and a horse, and we love going out to pet the horse and feed the pony carrots.  

There are many different child programs nearby hosted at the rec center, YMCA, and gyms and parks. Involving our children in music classes, swim lessons, and any other programs offered is so important for their socialization and for their learning and development. 

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Our Puppy, Loki

Loki is a teacup papillon and he is extremely cute and cuddly. Loki is almost 5 years old, and he is such a little lover, and he is great with kids. He has been around Chantelle since she was a newborn and has plenty of experience playing with our nieces and nephews, and other friends’ kids, and everyone just loves him. He also joins us when we are playing in Chantelle’s room at night before she goes to bed and he is still just cute and cuddly.

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Our Families & Friends

Both of us have pretty big families – spanning from Colorado to Ohio! Most of our immediate family is in Colorado – Christine has her brother and sister-in-law, and nieces and nephews there; Tyler has his father and stepmother, grandparents, and many aunts and uncles there. Christine’s dad lives half-time in Colorado and half-time in Florida, and Tyler’s mother lives in New Mexico, along with his aunts and cousins. Both of our families are incredibly kind, loving, supportive, attentive, and faith-filled. Christine’s family is really adventurous, and loves to travel! Tyler’s family is filled with so much love and love playing games, going camping, swimming, and spending time together. 

Returning back stateside has provided us with so much closeness to our friends and family that has been much needed after having our daughter. Our friends are in California, Colorado, and Florida, as well as our families. Being in Florida near our family we see them at least once a week, we are able to spend holidays and important events with them, and we can call on them and rely on them when we need them. It also allows our daughter (and future kids) the chance to grow up with a village of people loving them, which is much needed and very important for us. 

Just as our families are spread out, so are our friends. As we’ve grown older, our friendships have developed into such important relationships. Many of Christine’s friends are in Colorado, and she talks to them almost daily. Her best friend has traveled with her to Iowa to see Christine’s nephew who is in college there, and her best friend also traveled to Florida to celebrate Chantelle’s birthday. Christine’s other best friend lives in south Florida, about an hour away, and spent Chantelle’s birthday with us, as well as came as we hosted Friendsgiving for our family and hers. Having a friend who is so close by with her own kids provides us opportunities to spend time together, and socialize my child and future children with other children of people I know and love.  Tyler’s friends are mainly in California and he speaks with them weekly. We have gone out to visit them almost every summer, and they remain a huge support for us, as they came to Colorado as well for our wedding and were even part of our wedding party.

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Our Relationship with Our Parents

We are both very close with our parents and each other’s parents. My (Christine) mom passed away when I was 6 years old, leaving me with just my dad and my brother. My father was always really hard working and strict. However he raised my brother and I by himself, and for that I have always been inspired by him. He never remarried and always said “there’s no one out there like your mom”! As an adult, I look up to my father for advice, support, help, and guidance, and he has always been there for me no matter what! I still call my dad when I need advice or his opinion. Since being with Tyler, my father has grown in his love and care for Tyler, seeing how Tyler treats me. My dad supports, encourages, and helps us through many different situations. My dad absolutely adores his grandchildren (there are 5 total, ours plus my brother) and takes every chance he can to spend time with them, and support them and us. We have been extremely fortunate that my father has also set up Education Funds for all of his grandchildren, and will do so for our future children. He has always emphasized the importance of education, and we are grateful and blessed that he will support their higher education endeavors!

We are very close with Tyler’s family also – his father and his step-mom, Karen, and his mom and his grandparents. I (Tyler) am extremely close with my mom’s side of the family. My grandparents and I still facetime/video call at least once a week. My parents divorced when I was really young, so I spent my weekends, holidays, and summers with my dad and step-mom where I learned about discipline and rules, sports, maintenance around the house, and cars. The rest of my time was mostly spent with my grandparents, who raised me, and who instilled within me my religious values. I would attribute my old soul to them. They taught me about humor, laughter, and love. My mom has always been more like a sister to me. She sometimes relies on me to give her direction in life, and she reaches out to me any time she struggles or has concerns. She loves me more than life itself. She praises every step I take and is extremely proud of the man I have become. She has been the backbone of the family. She taught me about forgiveness, trust, and how to be of service to others. My family has all fallen head over heels for Chantelle, and are so excited that we are growing our family! They have supported us and the baby, they love to see her over video calls, and when we visit for holidays or summer, they can’t get enough of the baby. They have all expressed how excited they are to meet our new child, when they enter our life.

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Racial & Cultural Diversity

Coming from very diverse cultural and racial backgrounds, our children will be raised in a house full of openness and diversity. Christine was raised embracing her Jamaican heritage, including visiting Jamaica, learning to cook black beans and rice with coconut water from her grandma, and learning as much as she could about that side of her family. Tyler was brought up in a Mexican household and was raised learning many different traditions from his grandparents, aunts, and uncles, including making bunuelos, red or green chili, and homemade tortillas. He also attributes his strong faith in God to his grandparents, and their culture and beliefs.  

As I (Christine) grew up, I also was exposed to so many different cultures through travel. Starting at a young age, my dad took my brother and I to travel every year to different parts of the world. We were always going to new places and my dad always emphasized the importance of being open to learning about other people and other cultures. In high school, I lived in Costa Rica, with a Costa Rican family, in a study abroad program, and in college, I lived in Spain, with a Spanish family. Both programs afforded me the opportunity to really embrace new cultures and people and opened my eyes even more to other races, cultures, and the diversity of different people around the world. 

Growing up I (Tyler) was close to the maternal side of my family, which consisted of my grandmother and her 5 siblings, all of who had kids and then kids of their own. We always got together for Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas and for milestones – graduations, weddings, etc. I was shown early on that family is everything. I was brought up in the church, made my sacraments, and was taught to always be grateful and that it’s better to give than receive. Because God has always been such a guiding light for my family, I was taught that it’s important to treat everybody equally as individuals. It’s important to look for similarities despite our differences to make meaningful connections with people. 

We moved overseas after we got married and have lived in Italy and Japan. We were able to travel around much of Europe together, embracing and learning about new cultures. Moving to Japan, we both experienced culture shock together, and it was beautiful. We learned how amazing the Japanese people and culture are, and we both embraced it. We took Japanese language classes, we traveled to small towns in Japan to learn about the religion and the history, and we did everything we could to really be immersed into the culture.

These experiences are ones that we will want to share with our future children, and that we really hope to be able to provide for our children, especially traveling. Even though Chantelle was very young when she was born in Japan, we hope that as she (and our future children) grows up, we will be able to travel and take them to see the world, meet new people, and experience many different diverse cultures. 

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Family Traditions

Moving back to Florida has allowed us to continue some of our important traditions, as well as added new traditions to our family. The most important tradition that we have is spending holidays with our family, including 4th of July on the rooftop garden at Christine’s dad’s condo in Colorado, going camping with our family every summer, and having a family reunion with all of Christine’s family somewhere new! From Disney to Cedar Point, our families love getting together and spending quality time together and having fun. Having our own children included in this is the most fun, allowing them to be surrounded with fun, new adventures, and family time that is so important. It’s not only tradition to travel with Christine’s family, but every summer Tyler’s family goes camping in their RVs, and we all go to the Renaissance festival, camp, hike, and fish. 

Halloween is the most fun at our house, as Christine LOVES to dress up, and being able to dress up Chantelle, and looking forward to doing family costumes with our future child, is so exciting! The Halloween festivities are always so fun, going to Fall Fest, and trick-or-treating within the community and around our house is always so much fun!

Thanksgiving is always spent with family; overseas that was going to Germany to spend time with Christine’s aunt and uncle, or to Amsterdam to spend time with Tyler’s cousin. This year, we went to Christine’s aunt’s house in Florida, with Christine’s dad, and made a spatchcock turkey and a smoked turkey, all the fixins, and delicious desserts. Christine’s aunt is an excellent cook, and has been working with Tyler to teach him the ins and outs of different cooking styles (and sometimes he teaches her a thing or two!) We are all adventurous eaters so introducing Chantelle, and our future children to many different types of food as well as cooking is something we plan on continuing to do! 

Christmas is Christine’s favorite season. While we traditionally traveled over Christmas, this year we spent Christmas at home, video calling our family members, making a ham, and opening presents together. A few days before Christmas we started a new tradition – Christmas cookies. We made butterball cookies, peanut butter blossoms, jelly-filled thumbprints, and of course, sugar cookies for decorating! This tradition was so special being able to go to Christine’s aunt’s house with her aunt and uncle, her dad and his girlfriend, and our family plus Chantelle, showing her how to bake and mix. The smell of the snickerdoodles was my favorite, and I can’t wait until next year and the years to come when we get to decorate cookies with our babies!

Traditions don’t stop there in our family. For New Year’s we always travel somewhere new to watch fireworks and ring in the new year. We also started the tradition while we were living in Italy to make gnocchi with pesto cream sauce every new year! It’s so delicious! We will continue this new year tradition, even though we are taking smaller and shorter trips for New Year, we want to continue showing our child the world and new places. For 2023 we traveled to Key Largo, FL, and stayed on the beach. We bring our dog, our swim suits, and disconnect with the outside world and reconnect as a family. Making this quality time for just us and our family is something we value so much, and it will continue to get more and more special as we grow our family. 

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Faith

We were both raised in the Catholic Church and actually attended the same church for our entire childhoods without ever knowing it until we were adults! Christine grew up going to Catholic School, and Tyler attended Catholicism classes, as well as attended Catholic School for a few years as a child. As we started dating, we connected over our faith in God, the fact that we had both wavered in our faith at one point during our young adulthood, but returned to our belief and foundation in faith, and how that relationship with God had led us to where we needed to be. We especially attributed our relationship to God’s plan for us. When we discussed getting married, we knew how important it was for us and our families to marry in the church that we both grew up in, and then we also had Chantelle baptized in that same church.

Our weekend routine includes us going to evening Mass followed by dinner, we pray every night before dinner, and we are constantly reminding each other to “give it to God” when times get tough. Everywhere we have lived we have also found it important to engage in a fellowship group or Bible Study group, and really became part of a faith-based community. This not only helped us to be part of a community to share our religion and faith with, but also for our children to participate and meet other kids who were being raised in similar households and with similar beliefs in the Lord. Our faith has truly shaped us into who we are and has led us through some of the toughest times; we also know that God truly answered our prayers when we prayed for Chantelle, and He will continue to answer our prayers in growing our family. Our children will be raised going to church, praying, knowing the Lord and His mercy and goodness, and will attend Catholic School or Catholicism classes.  

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Our Careers, Passions, and Callings

After a few years overseas, where Christine worked as a teacher and then as an Assistant Principal, our callings went into a new direction. We had our daughter, Chantelle, and she became the center of our world. Christine knew that this time with Chantelle, as well as future children, is just so important and we decided it was time to move back stateside to allow Christine to stay home and raise the baby, while Tyler returned to work and continued to pursue his Master’s Degree with the goal of becoming a School Counselor. Tyler works full time as a Clinical Support Specialist in a behavioral health treatment center, while Christine works from home as a teacher, and teaches college one night a week. The ability to work from home provides Christine the flexibility to stay home with Chantelle or have the nanny or family watch her when necessary, but also to still spend much needed quality time together. This change has been huge for all of us, but being a full-time mom after Tyler was a full-time stay at home dad has provided both of us important quality time with Chantelle and allowed her to stay at home with her parents and grow, learn, and be nurtured in their care, which is so important to us both as parents.

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Our Promise to You

Our promise to you is to ensure that this child is loved as if it were our own. We know that the love we have for Chantelle will be a love that is given to all our children, and this type of love is unmeasurable. Your child will be raised in a house full of laughter, so much love, and good memories. We will instill our traditions, pastimes, and values into their life, while allowing them to grow into their own person and appreciating who they choose to become and what they choose to do with their life. Not only will they know love because of us, but because they will have a sister, future siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins who all love them more than they will ever know. We will encourage creativity, imagination, and uniqueness while providing them guidance to becoming a good person and being kind and loving to all people. We promise to ensure your child receives one of the best educational opportunities through private schooling. We promise they will always know they are worthy, they are valued, and they are loved beyond belief.