Hello! We are Aaron and Casey!

We are so grateful to you for taking the time to get to know our family and consider us to cherish and love your child!

Words feel inadequate to express the depth of our admiration and respect for your strength as you consider this decision. As you get to know our heart as a family, we want you to know that we will love, protect, and cherish your baby every single day of their life. We promise to always honor their human dignity, nurture their unique gifts, and ensure they grow up knowing and proud of their story. We are so filled with hope at the thought of watching your child grow and creating a safe, joyful, and loving environment where they can truly thrive. Please know that your child will enter into a wonderful, enthusiastic extended family and community. We are confident your child will be enveloped by a circle of support that will care for, guide, and honor them for the rest of their life. Above all, we are committed to giving your child the absolute best life we can - loving them unconditionally, guiding them gently, and providing for them always. They will grow up knowing that your love for them is what brought us together.

Our Story

Our story began back in 2012 when we met as college students.

After four years of dating, Aaron proposed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and we married on July 23, 2017, surrounded by our closest family and friends. Today, our life in Southern California is filled with active hobbies, cherished routines, and time spent with the people we love. Aaron spends his free time surfing, fishing, and training for his first Ironman triathlon this October, while Casey loves going on walks, reading, and spending sunny days at the beach. Together, we love trying new restaurants, going on bike rides, playing on a co-ed softball team, and hanging out with our community. Rhythms and traditions bring a comforting sense of stability to our home—from going to church and walking to our favorite coffee shop on Saturday mornings, to hosting friends for fall football games and sharing weeknight dinners together.

Home sweet home!

Our home is built around hospitality, simple routines, and lots of time with family.

Indoors, our favorite spot to relax is the living room with our dachshund, Trooper. We are a short walk from our historic downtown, so Saturday morning coffee (matcha for Casey!) runs and walks to local parks are a big part of our weekend. Casey's whole family—including her parents, grandmothers, brother, Tucker, sister-in-law, Ryann, and nephew, Addy—lives within 15 minutes of us, so we spend a ton of quality time together. Aaron's younger brother, Taylor, also lives nearby and comes over every Monday for dinner and games, while his parents and grandparents visit often from Northern California. Between weekly family dinners, Sunday church, watching fall football, and playing co-ed softball with friends, our life is full of steady, comforting traditions. Our street has great neighbors and kids who are always outside playing, riding bikes, or drawing with chalk. Trooper gets tons of love from everyone when they come over, and we cant wait to bring a baby home to share our life with them!

Our Favorite Things

• Coffee Shop Order

  Aaron: Iced Vanilla Latte

  Casey: Iced Matcha Latte w/ Honey

• Food

  Aaron: Sushi

  Casey: Poke Bowls

• Vacation Spot

  Both: Maui!! We have so many fun Maui traditions that we cannot wait to share with a child!

• Holiday

  Both: Christmas

• TV Show

  Aaron: The Office

  Casey: Schitt's Creek

Favorite Family Traditions

Christmas Tree Night: Every December, we go out to dinner, grab a festive holiday drink, and head to Home Depot to pick out our Christmas tree. Once we're back home, we put on a holiday movie and decorate the tree together. It's easily one of our favorite traditions of the year!

Birthday Celebrations: We love decorating our house for birthdays each year — streamers, balloons, banners, flowers, and gifts! It makes the whole house feel so festive and special for whoever we're celebrating.

Cambria & Maui: Every year, we spend time in either Maui or Cambria on the Central California coast. Over the years, we've built so many sweet memories and small traditions in both spots, and they've become really meaningful places to us.

Christmas Morning Santa: Every Christmas morning (since Casey was little!), her dad dresses up as Santa Claus. It's always brought so much laughter to our family, and now that her nephew is here, it's been so sweet watching the magic through his eyes. We can't wait for our child to experience that same Christmas morning fun!

In Closing

We are so grateful for you.

Your courage throughout this process is truly inspiring to us, and even though we don't know you yet, please know that we already love you and are completely for you. We are praying for you daily - that you experience a deep, comforting peace in both your body and mind, that you feel absolute confidence as you make your decisions, and that you are given strength on the days that feel challenging or exhausting. We hope that you always know your worth - that you never feel forgotten or erased, but instead feel deeply valued in your role as birth mother. Our prayer for you in this next season is that you experience fullness and joy and that you are surrounded by a community of people that love you unconditionally.

We promise to do everything we can to show your child the immense love you have for them. They will grow up knowing your strength. We hope you experience a sense of shared victory with us - knowing that the safe, joyful childhood your child is experiencing is a direct result of your love.