Hello, we’re Emily and Matt. Our greatest hope is to become parents through adoption. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you and give you a sense of who we are. We hope our website is useful to you as you decide what is best for you and your child.
March, 2012
On our wedding day in May, 2000
About Us:
We first met each other in the sixth grade, started dating in high school and got engaged during college. We’ve been together for 16 years and were married 11 years ago, right after graduation. We are both 33 years old and have been living in Maryland for the last eight years. We have always wanted to start a family, but have struggled with infertility and are unable to have children on our own. We have always considered adoption to be a wonderful way to start a family. It feels right for us because so many of our friends and family members have adopted or were adopted themselves.
When we were married in 2000 we moved to Southern California for two years and taught at a small school in the mountains. During this time we enjoyed camping throughout California, the southwest, and in Mexico. Our favorite campsite was at Joshua Tree National Park in the Mohave Desert. We then lived for a year in Scotland while Matt pursued his Master’s degree, and traveled throughout Great Britain by train. We walked across the Isle of Skye and took ferry boats to all the islands on the west coast of Scotland.
Mountain climbing in Glencoe, Scotland
When we returned to Maryland, Emily got her Master’s degree and Matt completed a Ph.D. We now both teach at small colleges in Maryland and spend summers in Maine.
We have always loved children and this has been a defining part of our relationship from the beginning. In highschool we babysat for several families who loved getting two babysitters for the price of one! Emily has taught young children in Sunday School and in summer art classes, and more recently has taught art at high school and college. Matt grew up helping his mom care for children at a church daycare, has tutored elementary school children, and has also taught highschool and college students in recent years.
Emily with her goddaughter
Matt with his nephew
We have had the fortune to develop close relationships with our nephew, our young cousins, and with the children of our closest friends. We have talked with them about our plans to adopt a baby, and they are excited to have a new playmate. One of our close friends has a five year old who recently told us that when we adopt a baby he wants to celebrate with a party! We are happiest when we are spending time with children and can’t wait for the opportunity to raise a child.
Meeting our nephew for the first time
Bedtime stories
Sunset over the water
With family at Thanksgiving
Spaghetti dinner with cousins
Playing a game of badminton
Love your web site. Hope it helps.
Love Roddy
Emily and Matt would make awesome parents and their parents are all ready for more grandchildren to spoil.
I hope that Emily and Matt are successful in being able to adopt and I will keep my eyes and ears open for possibilities.
We at Monkton Methodist have known these fine young people most of their lives and a baby couldn’t choose a better family to be “born” in to.
Wendy Stevens McIver
Enjoyed viewing this website. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your pursuit. Three family members were adopted and have enjoyed a wonderful, bountiful life.
Our best wishes to you both.
BOB and ANN
I absolutely love it! You guys make a beautiful couple and will be great parents! I actually had the opportunity to meet Matthew while in school at NDM, it was definitely a pleasure. He is an awesome professor and judging by the pics and information provided above his wife is awesome too. God bless the both of you and I wish you much success!!!
Our prayers are with you as you wait God’s perfect timing.
Love in Christ,
Roberta & Nazir Ahmed (neighbor’s of the Drake’s)
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I read about your site through an article on Parenting and was curious to see it for myself. You have done a sensitive, beautiful job of representing yourselves, your home, and your ability to provide a stable, loving home for a child. I hope that God blesses you with a child in His perfect timing – there is no doubt that s/he will be a lucky little baby! Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you, too! Thanks so much for visiting our site, and for your support!
Hi Emily and Matt. I was just cleaning up and found an envelope with “notes” from last summer in Maine. Among them was your card and I realized I hadn’t visited your site yet. What a wonderful site. I’ll hang up your card in the kitchen now and say a little prayer for you each time I look at it. I’m looking forward to meeting the little guy/gal when the time comes.— Thais Faller Gloor
Thanks Thais! Great to hear from you!