Our StoryKris and Courtney are both from Missouri around the St. Louis area. We went to separate schools and lived about fifteen minutes from each other our whole lives, and little did we know how small the world really is! Courtney used to babysit for family friends during the summers. Come to find out later after they started dating that the neighbors of the kids she babysat were actually Kris' family.
In November 2009 we were invited to a mutual friends' birthday party and at the time we were both dating other individuals. This is when we first met each other. A couple months after the party Kris became single and so did Courtney. A few more months past and while Courtney was away at college and Kris was back home, and going to college, we started talking on a regular basis. After talking everyday for a couple weeks we decided that we should go on a date while Courtney was home for a weekend. We had such a great time on the date and started dating that night. Christmas Day 2017 Kris climbed over our pups and to get to Courtney and asked her to marry him, she of course said "YES." Come 2018, we got married in front of almost two hundred of our closest family and friends. In all, we have been together for over 10 years. We have been trying to have a child for at least 3 years now, but were unsuccessful. We tried several fertility treatments, but they have not been successful. The doctor is unsure as to why the treatments have been unsuccessful thus far and we plan to attempt again at a later date. Having a family is something we have wanted for awhile. Kris is the oldest of three, with a brother and a sister. However, his mother is one of seven and his dad is one of five. Courtney was an only child for most of her life until she met her father and found out that she has two half brothers and three half sisters. Her immediate family is a little small but the love they have makes up for that. We both have a good amount of extended family that are waiting with open hearts for a new member of the family. We long for the days where we can have play dates with our friends and their children. We are Godparents to our good friends three amazing children! The oldest boy is eight, the middle boy is six, and the youngest little girl is one. The kids and their parents are like family to us and we do quite a bit together. This includes taking at least one vacation a year with them. Our current family consist of two amazing pups that are our fur babies. We have a seven year old Siberian Husky named Rouquin, or "Rou," and a three year old Cattle Dog/Hound mix named Joli. Both are amazing with children and love everyone. They make terrible guard dogs because of this. We also have two Parakeets, a blue one named Captain Blueberry and a white one named Major Snowball. They do not talk but they are still very "chatty." |