Emily and Tim Adopt
INTRODUCTION
Hi there!
We are Emily and Tim from Kansas City.
We can’t wait to share Friday night pizza nights, walks to the butterfly garden down the street, nightly story time spent cuddled up with a book, road trips to the National Parks, and all the love we have in our hearts with a child.
We live in the middle of the city, in a diverse neighborhood full of friends, parks, schools, great restaurants, museums and more. Both of our families live in the area (within 30 minutes of our house), and they can’t wait to love and support their new family member, too!
We chose adoption after we were unable to conceive, and we are grateful for the opportunity to be one part of the very special triad of adoption. We hope for an open adoption because we want to forever honor your child’s story and their heritage. Our wish is for this child to form a strong, confident identity as an adopted person who loves him or herself and cherishes both their birth family and their adopted family.
We are honored that you have chosen to read our story and are interested in getting to know us better.
OUR STORY
We met in college where we had the same major (journalism) and a lot of the same friends.
It was only natural that we would spend more and more time together. At the time, the cool thing was “DIY” (do-it-yourself). The crowd we hung with was doing everything ourselves - starting newspapers, organizing punk shows, hosting potlucks, even cutting our own (very silly-looking) haircuts. One of the earliest events that connected us was when Tim helped Emily cut her hair into an asymmetrical style in the bathroom of her college apartment (think: short on one side, long on the other). He brought the clippers and could reach the back of her head where she couldn’t. It was just the beginning of a lifetime of teamwork.
Now, 15 years later, Tim’s still got Emily’s back, and vice versa. We complement each other well — Tim does the cooking, and Emily does the dishes. Emily is always dancing around the house, and Tim is always an enthusiastic audience. Tim drives the car, and Emily runs navigation. Our partnership is full of laughter, exploration, and joy.
Meet Emily By Tim
There is no quit in Emily.
When she has a goal in mind, nothing will stop her from achieving it. This trait shines in the way she interacts with the sixth-grade students she teaches and with the cheerleaders she coaches. If Emily expects the best of them, it’s only because she expects the same of herself, combing bookstores for new Young Adult literature to inspire a love of reading in her students or meticulously sketching stunts by hand to help the squad take first-place in a city competition. That quality alone would make Emily a great parent, but she brings a lot more to the table. She’s a nurturer with a natural gift for teaching even while playing, but who isn’t afraid to burst into song or choreograph dance moves on the fly to keep things interesting.
Meet tim by emily
Tim can talk to anybody.
That personability is useful whether he’s chatting with the president of the university he works for, or if he’s assisting fast food workers who are fighting for better wages to tell their stories at rallies and on the news.
You can often find Tim in his music room composing on his instruments. His fantasy job would be to compose soundtracks to 80s-inspired sci-fi movies. He’s eager to make custom lullabies for the new baby. Tim is our 4-year-old niece’s favorite person. He never gets tired of her jokes. He can play hide and seek for hours. After Grandma serves the biggest meal and he needs to nap it off, he still lets our niece roll him up like a burrito in a blanket on the floor. He will be the most nurturing and playful parent.
fun facts
A few of our favorite things
Musician
Emily Fleetwood Mac
Tim Prince
Vacation Spot
Both National Parks
Hobby
Emily Dancing
Tim Building my own synthesizer
Children’s Book
Emily Harry Potter
Tim Goosebumps
Animal
Emily Cat
Tim Raccoon
Our Home
We live in a three-story, 120-year-old home in the heart of midtown Kansas City.
When we bought the house, we loved the old-fashioned charm in the hardwood floors, pink-tiled fireplace, and stone columns framing the front porch. Now, 9 years later, we love it because it is home. Emily’s favorite part of our home is the big front porch. We often gather on the porch in the evening after work for meals, playing cards and chatting with friends and neighbors.
As you look down the block, all the front porches line up like the layers in a kaleidoscope, and you can wave across the porches at the teenager practicing her violin three houses down, the chatty old man petting his old dogs five houses down, and the woman watering her bright yellow marigolds at the end of the street. Tim’s favorite part of our home is the big room on the third floor. Currently used as a sparse guest room, Tim is already planning out where the bookshelves, toy chests, and play kitchen will go when we convert that room into a playroom. Someday, we want that room to be sleepover central for our children and their friends.
our Loved Ones
Grandma Joan (Emily’s mom) has been collecting baby books for years in anticipation of her first grandbaby. She recently retired after 39 years of teaching, and now she’s got time to shop for baby clothes, support Emily and Tim, and cuddle the new little reader.
Grandma Pam (Tim’s mom) has already knitted a reindeer stocking in anticipation of her next grandchild. It was already hanging alongside the other stockings, all handmade with love, this past Christmas. Papa Steve (Tim’s dad) shared with Tim a love of music and barbecue, and is a wealth of knowledge of household projects.
Uncle Jon and Uncle Andrew (Tim’s brothers) are as playful as Tim. They’re always quoting a funny movie or imitating their childhood favorite pro wrestlers. Aunt Becky (Jon’s wife) is creative in her work as a designer and when suggesting family outings, such as viewing the penguin march at the zoo. Aunt Ashley (Andrew’s partner) loves science. On a family hike, she’ll have the kids huddled over a rock looking for traces of fossils.
Grammy (Emily’s grandmother, Ruth) bakes tree- and bell-shaped sugar cookies every Christmas, and everyone else helps decorate them with green and red frosting. We joke that if any cookie isn’t frosted as beautifully as Grammy’s, you have to eat it right away (so no one minds messing one up.)
We also spend holidays with Tim’s aunts, Barb and Jeanette, and his cousin, Elissa, who is adopted from China. We also talk weekly to Emily’s aunt and uncle, Beth and Alex, and her cousins, Emma, Lucy and Daniel. They are a mixed-race family, with Caucasian, Mexican-American and Japanese-American members.
in closing
Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us a little better, and we look forward to getting to know you better, too, if that is your wish.
We know that you have a very big decision to make, though we will never truly know what you’re going through or how you’re feeling. We have often teetered between confidence and grief throughout our journey to become a family, and we have so much respect for your courage and selflessness. We wish you peace and strength as you consider your adoption plan.
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