Welcome to the Marianne and Doug hoping to adopt website! We want to thank you for visiting our homepage. We know that considering the option of adoption is a courageous decision. We are excited to get to know you and would love to share our family with you. Our History: We met in college. Doug was finishing his last semester and Marianne had a year left. We were both studying German as a minor and found a common love for the German people. It may sound dorky but we loved going to German movies together or trying German recipes that we collected while living in Europe. Life in Our House: Describe us in one word? Crazyfunalicious. We are planners. We love to draw-up projects or set goals, but we also love to wake up Saturday and decide to drive to the mountains and go for a hike. We are best friends and naturally love spending time with each other, and we support each other in our different interests. For example, Doug loves creating a new character in theater while Marianne likes play volleyball. In our living room, we have a stack of games that we pull out when we want to unwind. After we were married, we planned on having a large family and wanted to start right away. After several doctors and years of testing we found that we could not create children together. We realized that it did not matter to us, how children came into our home as long as they were healthy and happy. We know that the Lord has guided this decision. We looked into adopting right away and discovered open adoption. We have loved what we have learned about adoption. If you are looking for a family that would like to have ongoing contact and an open adoption, then please consider us. If you want to know what open adoption means to us, then please click on Contact Us. Best wishes, Doug and Marianne
