We’re Grant and Gray (and baby Holland), hopeful adoptive parents. We are thrilled to be pursuing adoption to grow our family and we are grateful to you for considering us as parents for your child.
We met nine years ago in New York City and moved “home” (for Grant, a new adventure for Gray after growing up in California) in 2022, where we’re deepening our roots near loving family and friends. In 2025, we welcomed Holland into our lives through adoption (through Morning Star!). She is social, easygoing, and the light of our lives. We know she’ll make an amazing big sister. We are in regular communication with her mother and some extended family, which is such a positive experience for us all.
We’re both family-oriented and love making time for our nieces and nephew, some of whom live only a block away. A child growing up in our home will be surrounded by loving family, friends, and cousins to play and learn with.
Gray is passionate about reading , baking, and gardening. He’s incredibly cool under pressure and level-headed. He is an amazing dad who can’t wait to explore whatever his child is into as they grow and develop. He’d love to share that with another child.
Grant is loving, open, and relationship-oriented. He loves to cook, do yoga, make pottery, spend time outside (ideally in the water), and make memories with our community of loved ones by hosting or arranging get-togethers. He loves sharing that warmth and love of home with his daughter, and dreams of doing so with another child as well. We both work remotely from our home (Grant works in market research for a publishing company and Gray works in HR for a tech start-up) in quaint and tree-lined Franklin, where we have the flexibility to make plenty of time for our daughter and a future child. We surround Holland with enriching activities and access to education of all types. Whether it’s a trip to the library or a new destination (we love to travel), our household values new experiences of all types.
Our home is open, loving, and accepting. Our daughter is biracial, and we strive to provide her with experiences that help her foster a positive racial identity – from haircare to healthcare, relationships with friends and family, and positive “mirrors” in books and more. We are grateful to keep open ties with her family of origin.
We, along with our friends and family, are so excited to welcome a new addition. They have all embraced Holland so enthusiastically; we are overjoyed at the prospect of continuing to build a deeply loving family within such a supportive community. There is room for everyone who wants to love and support our (future) child and family, which we hope might include you, as well.
Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us a little better, and considering us as parents!
