Natalie and Hexar
Hello! We are Natalie and Hexar - and are joined by our son Griffin. Thank you for taking some time to learn about our family. We are excited to be here!
We live in northeast Seattle along with our dogs Hazel and Ernie. We initially met in Whistler, Canada on a ski trip with mutual friends from a run club. Everyone was supposed to bring animal-themed onesies to wear, but we were the only two on the trip that actually wore them! This initial spark led to us dating a few months later. In the early days of our relationship, we spent our time camping and backpacking, going to concerts, relaxing with our dog Miles, travelling, discovering new restaurants, and more. Hexar proposed to Natalie in Potrero Chico, Mexico, one of Hexar’s favorite places for rock climbing, and we got married in 2017 at the best party we’ll probably throw in our lifetime!
After getting married, we took a couple years to enjoy life with just the two of us before starting a family. In 2020, we were blessed with the birth of our son Griffin. He is an active boy who is full of joy and loves counting, matching pajamas with family, soccer, hot wheels, and weekends with cousins. He often asks us when he gets to be a big brother, and we know he’ll be so thrilled when this time comes. One of our family traditions is to a keep a journal of all the funny things Griffin says, and we plan to continue this tradition with a second child. It’s so fun to look back on the hilarious things kids say!
Natalie is a social worker at a hospital and enjoys being able to support people through some of life’s more difficult moments, and believes strongly in the strength and resilience of people. Natalie is open-minded, tries to enjoy the small things in life, and likes spending time finding new activities for the family. She can often be found cooking at home, meeting up with girlfriends, or taking long solo walks with her earbuds.
Hexar is a software engineer, who has transitioned to managing a team of software developers in the last couple of years. He enjoys gaming, running, skiing, reading, Spikeball, and other physical activities. He is social, cares about his friends, loves dad life, and enjoys learning Spanish in his spare time.
We enjoy spending summer weekends with extended family at our lake cabin, where we often drink coffee while taking in the stillness of the morning water, swim, take nature walks, make s’mores, look at the stars, and relax in the sun. We also enjoy sporting events like Seattle Kraken hockey games, meet-ups with friends, and finding fun new activities for the family.
Hexar and Natalie both grew up with siblings and appreciate the significance of having these lifelong bonds. We hope to continue building our own family and for our children to have lives full of opportunities for adventure, joy, love, and memory making. After experiencing a series of losses, we are choosing adoption as a way for us to expand our family. We look forward to forming a relationship with a birth family that is welcoming, embraces our differences, and supports connection. We want to learn about what is important to a birth family and how we can best support that.
Best wishes - Natalie, Hexar, and Griffin.
