About Jeremy, Sheyann, & Andy

A very special "hello" from Andy, our son who was adopted in 2008, and us to you! It is very difficult for us to express the feelings we have for you. We have never met you, and yet we feel so much love, admiration, and gratitude for the choice you've made for your child; considering all options for your child. Possibly even an adoption plan. What courage you possess! Please know that because of adoption, our dreams can become reality. As you search for the right fit for your child, we would like to share with you our life; help you get to know us a little better. Where to start? Hi! We're Jeremy (JJ), Sheyann (Shine), and Andrew (Andy) and we love chocolate chip cookies and to have fun!! We're glad we have a chance to tell you about us! We met at college in 2002, actually, Sheyann was dating JJ’s roommate… for about a week. We quickly became good friends, finding we could talk about everything and anything. So we did! Our relationship was very comfortable, very natural, and close; still is! Jeremy even ended up being Shine’s Spanish tutor! Halfway into the semester, Sheyann realized how incredibly awesome JJ was and JJ realized he needed to tell her how attracted he was to her. We joke that JJ just stalked Shine until she panicked and gave in. In truth, JJ was very patient with a very young (18 year old) Shine and was an amazing gentleman! Then, came their first kiss and the sparks flew! Or was it when JJ started laughing so hard he fell of a chair? Either way, we knew we loved each other very much! When JJ went to Washington, leaving after that first semester, Sheyann was pretty darn lost! Through phone calls and email, we remained close friends. When JJ came back from Washington after a few months, things heated up again and a wedding ring came into view. The rest is history…. College sweethearts and best friends for life! After five fantastic years of marriage, infertility, and education, we were over-joyed to choose adoption in order to build our family. Sheyann has over 20 adopted cousins and it has ALWAYS been an option for us, biological children or not. Through a series of miracles in 2008, we were blessed with a wonderful son, our little Andrew! He was truly an surprising little miracle. And he is a very, very social creature. He loves playing with his many, many cousins and we realize how important it is for him to have siblings. So we are currently seeking another adoption miracle! We would love to make a connection with a birth family and create an open adoption plan, if that is the birth family’s desire. We’d love to send photographs, letters, DVD’s a few times every couple of months… even schedule a visit when agreed upon every so often over the years.

We would like you to know how much we admire your selflessness. We cannot comprehend how difficult this choice must be for you. The love and concern that you have for your child amazes and inspires us. Please know that it will always, always be our honor to tell our children about their birth parents and the love they will always have for them. For Andy, we created a hardcover, professionally printed book with "his story," starting from the minute we knew we wanted a child, continuing on through meeting his birthmother, and then ending with a letter written especially for Andy stating how much we (both us, the adoptive parents, and his birth family) will always love him. He always chooses that book for his bedtime story. We look forward to a relationship of love, respect, and years of fun with not only a new child/children, but their birth families, if that is the desire.> > We feel it is important to tell you that family is our priority. We are a regular, run-of-the-mill-country family to most people. We are not perfect, nor will we ever promise to be perfect. JJ snores, sometimes we’re cranky, when Shine wakes up, she look like a swamp thing until she showers, our house can be messy sometimes but is well-lived-in and full of love, Shine can't stand doing laundry, and Andy hates wearing pants. Andy is a wild, energetic, loving, crazy, funny, curious little guy! We are not rich and we live on a budget. Our house is not big, but still has two empty rooms, a big fenced-in backyard, a fantastic patio, a downstairs playroom, and an office for JJ. Our neighborhood is very friendly and we have close relationships with many of our neighbors, including an “adopted Grandma,” Grammy Watson. Oh, and despite Shine’s love of cooking, she’s been known to burn food or make something nasty. But what makes us spectacular is the emphasis we place on family and love of life.> > JJ thinks the greatest thing about Sheyann is her large heart and how she immediately loves everyone. It makes her a fantastic wife, nurse, and mother. Without her cooking, I'd be eating cardboard and sandwiches each day. She is hardworking, loving, and very emotionally involved in life. When Shine commits to something, her heart is in 100%.... plus extra that leaks out of her eyes.... like during movies.> > Sheyann thinks JJ's most admirable quality is his loyalty. He is kind, loving, and treats his family, friends, neighbors, and even strangers very well. But once you know JJ and have become friends, you better be looking for a life-long, stable, and very dependable friend. He is just loyal, honest, and incredibly silly and goofy. He loves being funny and makes my life fun, light, happy, and I know I am well-loved by him!

We both come from large, often loud, close, and very loving families... and we're proud to be a very diverse family also! Sheyann has 20 cousins, adopted from all over the world! Our hearts are full when we think of the love and support they’ve given us through years of medical testing, when we finally decided to adopt and found Andy, and again now, as we try to find another child to love…they are amazing! We are so grateful to be blessed to have them. Andy is incredibly loved and spoiled! Both sets of parents live close to us, as well as many brother, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Jeremy’s parents live about three hours from of our house, Sheyann’s parents live about 20 minutes away. And we LOVE to get together to play! Our greatest joy has come from spending time with family; whether it be our weekly Sunday visits, weekly phone calls, shopping trips, movie nights, camping excursions, weekend vacations, tractor rides, babysitting, or stopping by on our way home from the grocery store. To us, family is a constant commitment... nobody is perfect, we all get mad, frustrated, offended, and hurt; family are the people that turn around, apologize, communicate better, and continue working on relationships. The most important thing we’d like to tell you is that if we are selected, we have endlessly prepared for the opportunity to become parents, have a huge family, and are ready and eager to love, teach, and cherish each one of our children. Our journey over many years has taught us patience with our tears and more importantly, it has taught us to trust and rely on our Heavenly Father. We are LDS and very committed to our faith and our spirituality. We are active in our church with the youth and teaching assignments. We are eager to serve our Heavenly Father and other wherever we may be placed and whenever we are able. We often think of the joy we felt with the addition of Andrew into our home, our family. However, with the joy and anticipation we’ll feel with another child in our home, we also remember the heartache and pain you must be feeling. We cannot comprehend your difficult choice. Our hearts, our minds, and our love are with you; please know whatever your decision, we wish you only the very best! Please know that we pray for you; we pray that you will find comfort and peace. We pray for your health and for your happiness also. We pray that you will be able to feel our love for you, just as we pray for Andrew’s birthmother daily. As we close our letter, we’d like to wish you the best of luck in your adoption journey! If you’d like to contact us, please do so! We’d love to hear from you! You can contact us through our adoption social worker, Robert Tripp, at (208)529-5276 or use the contact page on this site. Best of Wishes, Jeremy, Sheyann, & Andrew

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