Even before Stephanie Woodward and her husband, Ryan, got married, they knew they wanted children. Stephanie dreamed of having five or more kids, while Ryan preferred a smaller family. Little did they know Stephanie would ultimately win that argument, though perhaps in a way they hadn't imagined. Stephanie, 36, and Ryan, 35, both grew up as wheelchair users in the Rochester, N.Y., area, but their paths didn’t cross until later in life when Ryan applied for a job at the same company where Stephanie was working. At the time, she asked the CEO not to hire him. "I didn’t think he was a good fit for the organization," Stephanie recalls. "I saw his résumé on the CEO's desk, picked it up, and noticed he had his picture on it. I thought, 'Who puts their picture on a résumé?' Then I saw that he was a Paralympic athlete and thought, 'Oh, we don’t need that kind of energy around here. We’re serious people.' "
