Alex & Alex

About Us

We met over 10 years ago while traveling in India. For Alexander it was love at first sight, for Alexandra… first she had to get past the fact that Alexander showed up late to the airport and then nearly left his passport on the plane!

Fortunately, his smile and ability to be calm under pressure won her over within a few days. Since then, we’ve been “Alex & Alex” to friends, family, and basically everyone else we meet (yes, we’ve heard every joke in the book!).

Since that first trip we have shared many milestones together: pursuing our careers, going to graduate school at Yale and building our family in Toronto.

We still love to travel, and closer to home we love taking long walks or hikes, going to concerts, and checking out new restaurants.

We have so much in common at our core – our values, our love of family, and our commitment to each other. We open one another up to new experiences through our different interests and personalities, and we love extending this to our children. We are both very close with each other’s families and are thrilled that our children are developing strong relationships with them as well.

We became parents in 2021 to our sons. Being their parents is the greatest joy and honour of our lives, and now we’re so excited to add one more child to our family through adoption

About Alexandra (by Alexandra)

I was born in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and I grew up in Quebec (the French-speaking part of Canada). I went to Queen’s University and then did my master’s degree at Yale University.

For work, I’m a management consultant, working with leaders in some of the largest companies in Canada on complex business problems. I’m now in a leadership position that gives me a lot of flexibility, something very important to me as a parent. I like to stay active with things like Yoga and Pilates and I love interior design. I’m always rearranging our furniture because I find it so fun!

More About Alexandra (by Alexander)

Alex is an incredible mother and I am so excited to grow our family with her. She loves our children so deeply and I love watching how it grows every day. After over a decade together, I find more that I love, respect, and admire about Alex all the time.

She deeply cares about her friends and family and has an incredible ability to understand people. It’s like she can anticipate what someone is going through, and exactly what they need before they do. She’s so supportive of me and I’ve grown so much because of her. She also has a very playful, lighthearted, and funny side. I love all these sides of her!

About Alexander (by Alexander)

I grew up in Toronto, went to university here, and then graduate school at Yale in Connecticut. I started my career in the nonprofit world, doing leadership training with high schools, and leading volunteer trips to Kenya, India, and Mexico.

I’m now an entrepreneur, with a fast-growing skin care business that launched in 2020. One reason I decided to become an entrepreneur is to be able to be my own boss and have flexibility for our family – my office is just a 10 min walk from our house! I’m a very social person so my hobbies aren’t very solitary – I love going to concerts and seeing all kinds of music (I’ve done many music festivals), and I love spending time with friends and family.

More About Alexander (by Alexandra)

The first thing that I noticed about Alex was his laugh. He’s able to find the light side in almost any situation. But he’s also my rock, he’s incredibly supportive of me – and he’s also the person that his friends and family turn to in difficult times for support, the best hugs in the world and a laugh.

Alex loves people – he’s always making new friends and catching up with old ones. While he’s very social and loves to be out and about, he also loves to lose himself in a good book and absolutely loves movies. One thing I love about Alex is just spending time, whether it’s taking a walk, making dinner together, or even just going to the mall. I love watching Alex being a Dad to Saul and Lance. He has such a beautiful, playful energy and does so much for them — and he is an amazing father.

Alexander’s Family

Alex is from a large family with 5 siblings and 5 nieces and nephews (4 of them under age 8) who all live within a short drive from us.

His mom, Debbie, lives on the very same street as us – less than a minute away! Our family gets together very often – we love hosting brunches on our backyard patio – and because we have a very diverse family (Greek, Filipino, Jamaican, Uruguayan in just Alex’s immediate family) we celebrate so many fun traditions!

Alexandra’s Family

Alex’s sister Charlotte lives a just 3 blocks away and her Mom moved to Toronto in 2021 to help take care of Lance and Saul. They have an incredibly special, close relationship with her!

We also love to go back to Alex’s hometown in Quebec to visit her big extended family – our favorite tradition is the annual hockey game and bowling tournament at Christmas time!

Our Home & Community

Our Home

We live in Toronto – one of the most diverse and multicultural cities in the world…and we love to explore all the amazing restaurants and cultural festivals that the city has to offer!

We live in a lovely neighborhood just outside downtown. Our area  is very family friendly and many of our close friends and their young children live nearby.

We live in a beautiful 5 bedroom home close to an amazing park that we spend tons of time at!

Our Thoughts about Parenting & Adoption

As adoptive parents, we already have experience with adoption and openness. We feel strongly that it is so important for your child to know about you and understand that you made an adoption plan out of the most incredible expression of love for your child. We promise to embrace and celebrate your child’s cultural identity and honour every part of their story and family history (like food, event, holidays & much more)!

We have an open relationship with Saul and Lance’s birth family; we are in close contact all the time and consider them part of our family. We would be thrilled if you are interested in an open relationship as well, however we will respect your decision on how you’d like to stay in touch and receive updates on your child throughout their life. We would love to have a close relationship with you and will follow your lead on how you’d like stay connected as your child grows up. We will always be here for you.

Closing Thoughts

Thank you for taking the time to consider us as you make this difficult decision. We want you to know that we will love your child unconditionally. We promise to surround them with love and provide them with every opportunity to follow their dreams and explore their passions – with lots of laughter and fun along the way.

We promise to raise them with a deep appreciation for who you are and the love that you have for them. We promise they will be doted on by their big brothers, who are being raised in all the ways we promise to raise your child. We would love to stay in contact with you if that is what you desire however if not, we will respect and understand that too.

We are confident in all of this, because it’s exactly how we are raising Saul and Lance.