"We Knew By Date Two": How Michael & Andrew Built Their Family Through Foster Care and Adoption

becoming babyREADY with Sam Leeson - All About Queer Family Planning & Creation · Apr 2, 2026 · 53m

Some couples take years to talk about kids. Michael and Andrew needed exactly two dates. From the moment they knew they had a future together, becoming parents wasn't a question of if — it was a question of how.

Their path to parenthood began with conversations about surrogacy, but life had other plans. After watching a close friend navigate foster care in Missouri, they found themselves drawn into a story that would change everything. That friend was fostering a child who would eventually become one of two biological siblings that Michael and Andrew are now raising as their own — with…