Brittany & Chad

Dear Birth Mom,

We are so honored to be meeting you here. Reading through profile books cannot be an easy task, and we are sincerely grateful for the time you are taking in getting to know us and hopefully finding the perfect match for you and your sweet baby.

First off, we want to acknowledge how much anxiety you must be feeling right now, and we want to assure you that we are here for you every step of the way. You are incredibly strong and brave. 

While it’s hard to condense our lives into one book and put our personalities onto paper, our #1 goal is to give you a true and real-life look into our lives. We are more than happy to share more information you may be missing and answer any questions you may have.

This journey is something we have been talking about for years, and we are ready and excited to move forward. If you feel a connection to us, we are ready to walk down this path with you.

All our love,

Brittany & Chad

About Brittany

Hi! My parents, brother, and most of my friends call me Bee or Britt. I grew up in a suburban neighborhood and lived in the same house my whole life. My house was my safe space, and to this day, I get really uncomfortable when my parents start talking about downsizing and selling it, lol. I will never stop reminiscing about my childhood, and I often get emotional thinking about it because it was so special to me. We played outside all the time. There were dozens of kids in my neighborhood, and we were all friends. I am still friends with a few of them today. We did everything from catching frogs at the frog pond to drawing what we called chalk city down our street. We rode our scooters and bikes to each other’s houses to go swimming and played manhunt outside at night. I could not have asked for a better childhood. I truly believe growing up surrounded by friends who became my family shaped who I am as an adult. I so desperately want to give a childhood similar to mine to your child.

When I was in second grade, I was in my first musical, and I was hooked from that moment. I continued to perform any chance I got until I went to college. I started skiing at five, and my brother, father, and I are still very involved in it. Winter is my favorite season, and skiing is just one of the many reasons. I also did dance, played rugby, and took voice lessons. During college, I had some really incredible internships, including working in Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, working for a high-end designer’s marketing and events department, and managing the finish line suites at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. I graduated with a degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management. While volunteering for a cat rescue at a pet store, I ended up working in their grooming salon as a bather. I eventually learned how to groom and ten years later, I have my own business now. I’ve become so busy that I had to stop taking new clients just one year after opening. I’ve been doing this for four years now, and I love my job. I also put my degree to use and work part-time from home as a travel agent.

In my spare time, I love to read and belong to two book clubs. My favorite genres are romcoms, sports romcoms, and fantasy. I also really enjoyed all of the Star Wars books! On the weekends, you will find me working out, gardening, at the beach, swimming (I’d stay in the pool all day if you let me, I’m a fish!), traveling, and spending time with my family and friends. Nothing beats a movie night at home though! My brother and I love movies and can have full conversations in movie quotes, which annoys literally everybody around us! My favorite place in the whole world is North Carolina, and I visit at least once a year, either to my parents’ rental home in the Outer Banks or my best friend’s house in Winston-Salem. She and I met in  College in Charlotte, NC. She can’t wait to be an auntie! 

I also am a HUGE animal lover and will greet each one I see, from deer to dogs to snakes. I hope to pass this love for all creatures big and small (okay, maybe not spiders) onto a little one!

Our Home

In 2018, we bought 24 beautiful acres in upstate NY where we both grew up. In 2020, we started building our home, and in 2021, we moved in. Our home is located in the same school district we both attended, which was voted #1 best school district again this year in the Capital Region. The amazing schools in our area are just one of the many reasons this is where we want to raise a family.

We have so many hopes and dreams for this property and are slowly making those dreams a reality. This spring, we added raised beds, redid the landscaping out front, and added a duck coop with a huge aviary attached for them to explore and swim! We have 10 duckies who are also spoiled. Brittany is currently trying her hand at gardening fruits and veggies, so far, she has successfully grown 2 strawberries, haha. She is, however, a great flower gardener. Her lavender patch has 30 bushes, and it’s her favorite thing she grows. Chad now has a coverall garage and shed out back where he can work on side jobs and his projects. He has a 1980s pickup truck out there that he hopes to restore someday soon.

Around the back of the house, we have a large fenced-in yard. You can also find the entrance to Brittany’s grooming salon back at our walk-out basement. Downstairs we have an open concept living space with a laundry room and an office for Brittany’s huge book collection, Star Wars memorabilia and art, book merch, and a huge comfy reading chair. Upstairs, we have 3 bedrooms with beautiful views of the woods all the way around the house and two bathrooms. Aside from the salon, the basement also has a space where Chad hopes to finish his man cave, and also a movie room/playroom with show, concert, and Broadway posters on the wall. The attached garage was made into a full gym with art, concert, sports, and movie posters on the walls. Can you tell we like merch? And last but not least, our favorite space in the house is our screened-in porch off the kitchen. It’s a second-story cozy porch with two couches, a small table, wind chimes, and pretty lights at night. We call it the kitty porch because the girls would live out there if we let them! We have cat grass and catnip plants for them out there as well. You can often find Brittany out there after work reading and listening to Jimmy Buffett (or napping).

The Girls

Elsa and Chloe are our favorite little love bugs. Brittany started fostering/volunteering for a cat rescue during college and continued for about 8 years. Along the way, she met her late dog Roxie (14), and our cats, Elsa (currently 12), and then Chloe (currently 13). She did not have any pets growing up, so now she’s on overload loving them, and lost a piece of herself when Roxie passed. The kitties are extremely spoiled but are very well-behaved, laid-back cats who love to be around us and our family. Both cats regularly visit a holistic vet and receive acupuncture, chiropractic work, supplements, and anything else they may need at the time. Elsa is our special needs girl, and after years of traditional medicine for her, Brittany decided it was time to try something else to help. She has become a whole new cat since becoming a patient there.

Holidays & Traditions

Brittany will use any excuse to decorate. Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, 4th of July, doesn’t matter; she has the decorations for it! Her mom and Grandmother were and still are the same way. Christmas is her favorite, though; she loves to collect old Christmas decorations. She recently added a huge 1993 Christmas Village from an estate sale, which she displays on top of the kitchen cabinets every holiday season. Every Christmas Eve since she was a kid, Brittany’s parents have hosted a dinner with their neighbors who they have stayed close with all these years. It’s her favorite day of the whole year.

Her family also has a cookie-making day at her parents’ lake house in the Adirondacks. We bake everything from holiday-shaped sugar cookies to our family’s Italian cookie recipes. We make a gingerbread house from scratch every year and decorate it to eat on Christmas Eve. After cookies, we all head into the village for the Christmas parade. We finish the evening with dinner at home with everyone. 

Chad’s favorite holiday is the 4th of July. He loves being at the lake with family and friends while enjoying the fireworks at night. We love walking into town to watch the parade, getting ice cream, and grabbing some candy at the 5 and dime.

Chad also enjoys going camping every summer with his father, two friends, and their dad. They met at Boy Scouts and this has been a yearly tradition since they were kids. They all spent years working towards their Eagle Scout badge and are very proud of it.

We love to make birthdays special. The birthday person gets to pick a restaurant for dinner, and we finish at home with dessert. As a kid, Brittany often asked to push her April birthday party to summer so she could have a pool party with friends from school. 

Since we’ve been married, we make a big deal about going to support Chad every year at the demolition derby. Some of Brittany’s family even come from Syracuse to watch. 

Another new tradition is that we’ve purchased season tickets to our local baseball team every summer for the last 3 years. We love unwinding after work and watching the game with each other. 

We can’t wait to carry on these traditions and create new ones as a family of three!