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Colorado
Evangelical
Elliot 4 yr
Elliot is a joy! He is a curious and observant kiddo with a huge imagination who loves to play. His favorite things are currently the sandbox, magnetic tiles, trains, and firetrucks. He is excited to be a big brother. Elliot is also adopted and he will be a great support for another sibling who is also adopted - something they will have in common and be able to discuss as they get older.
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Hi we are Jim and Melissa and we live in Colorado. We moved here 3 years ago (from Texas) to be closer to family.
We met on a camping trip. Being the only people who could leave early to head to the campsite, we carpooled. Jim, although introverted, decided he needed to be as talkative as possible so Melissa wasn't bored, and Melissa had a headache and just wanted him to stop talking! But through all that, we both realized we had a lot of common interests and after a few months, we started dating at the beginning of 2015. We've been married for 8 years now!
Adoption was always our plan to grow our family, and we adopted our son, Elliot, in 2019. He is 4.5 years old now! We have a wonderful open adoption with his birthmom and we get to see her twice a year (she lives out of state) and also exchange pictures and texts. He is very excited to become a big brother and tells us how he will help "new baby" grow and learn to play.
Jim is a structural engineer and works with a company in Denver. He grew up as a missionary kid in Argentina and is fluent in Spanish and speaks it to our son, who is now bilingual. He loves working on projects around our home (recently re-doing our back deck!), backpacking, ultimate frisbee, watching soccer, and playing strategic board games.
Melissa is an aerospace engineer turned stay at home mom. She enjoys gardening, quilting, hiking, reading, and researching all the great childrens books and activities to encourage our son to have a lifelong love of learning and exploring.
As a family we love to be outside - hiking, camping, exploring. Elliot has recently started playing board games with us (Ticket to Ride!) and that's been a great way to spend time together as a family. We like going to zoo and the Children's Garden at the Botanical Gardens.
Thank you for stopping to learn about us and please reach out if you have any questions!
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Jim as described by Melissa:
Jim is a caring, patient, and has a great sense of humor. He loves the Lord and studies to learn more about Him. He has this deep well of energy, whether it being chasing Elliot around in the backyard after a long day of work, or using his weekends to lay new floors in our home or update the back deck, he does it all with a calm and patient work ethic, involving Elliot in whatever projects he is doing. He had a great nerdy sense of humor and cracks the most groan-worthy Dad jokes from time to time. He is a loving and supportive husband and father and we are so thankful to have him in our lives!
Jim's parents live in California and has two sisters, one is local to us and has three children, and the other lives in Spain. We get to see his parents usually 2-3 times a year.
Melissa's family all lives in Arizona. She has one brother, with two kids, and one sister, who has four kiddos. We get to see Melissa's parents twice a year and usually her siblings once a year (lots of kids with busy schedules!).
We both have good relationships with our familes, we're thankful for that! We moved to Colorado so that our son (and furture children) could grow up having some family and cousins around and it was the best decision to move!
Melissa overflows with love for others! She's always thinking of selfless, generous things to do for other people. She has a great, smart sense of humor and loves laughing with me. She's always pushing herself and setting big goals, aiming to serve and encourage other people. Melissa is an incredibly loving mama to Elliot, and is totally dedicated and attentive to his needs, happiness, and growth. I've never met anyone like Melissa, and am so privileged to know her deep love.
Elliot is a joy! He is a curious and observant kiddo with a huge imagination who loves to play. His favorite things are currently the sandbox, magnetic tiles, trains, and firetrucks. He is excited to be a big brother. Elliot is also adopted and he will be a great support for another sibling who is also adopted - something they will have in common and be able to discuss as they get older.
We live in a quiet cul-de-sac in a 4 bedroom/4 bathroom home with a huge backyard (that was the main reason we bought it!). We've done a lot of work ourselves to make it a cozy and inviting space. We want our home to be a place where friends and family can come and feel at rest.
We host our friends and family several times a year for visits and have hosted Thanksgiving. Melissa has a tradition in her family to eat chili on Christmas Eve and so we invite friends and church family over to eat chili and be festive.
As for some traditions in our family - we fill Elliot's bedroom with balloons on his birthday and he has birthday donuts at breakfast. We go as a family the weekend after Thankgiving to the forest and cut down a Christmas tree. We have BBQ and watch fireworks on the 4th of July.
We also enjoy getting together with Jim's sisters family and Melissa's cousin's family (they have two young kiddos) for soccer games, camping, and birthday parties! As well as just good family time.
Ready to cheer on our favorite team - Argentina!
Camping with Melissa's cousin and his family
Going out to ice cream with Elliot's birthmom
Our sweet dog, Maizie. She's a Yorkie/Chihuahua/something else rescue who is now 10 yrs old!
Our garden this year - corn, beans, pumpkins, tomatoes, and cucumbers!
Melissa's siblings, most of their kiddos, and her mom at the Desert Museum in AZ.
Reading books with Papa
Jim's family
