The Stevens
Welcome to our Blog!
We grew up in Brockport, NY, a small town just outside of Rochester. We lived only 10 minutes apart, but didn't meet until high school. We started dating during our senior year and have been together ever since!
In 2008, Paul accepted a job in Charlottesville, VA, thus starting our relocation to the south. We got married in May 2009 and have enjoyed navigating and exploring life together. In 2012, we made the decision to stay south of the Mason-Dixon Line and bought our first home with the intention of growing our family.
In 2014, we went on a life-changing trip to Uganda which changed the way we thought about our lives. While adoption was always in our plans, this trip allowed us to see the tangible need for adoption around the world, and we began the adoption process of 2 boys from Uganda that July. We brought home our sons, Jordan and Sebastian, in November 2015 and our lives have never been the same! Parenting these 2 sweet boys has completely rocked our world, and while it hasn't been easy, seeing their transformation has been priceless. We are now onto adoption #3 for a precious girl from China!
A little about us...
Paul is an Energy Engineer at The University of Virginia. He loves spending time with people (especially while watching sports!) and enjoys playing soccer. He would be willing to give you the shirt off his back and if you're lucky enough, you might catch him giving away donuts on the downtown mall!
Bettina is a Physical Therapist at ACAC, but also teaches Pilates and is a huge advocate for nutrition. She loves good food of all kinds, spontaneous dance parties and sweatpants. She enjoys baking, cooking and crafting in her spare time, and more than likely you've been to one of her many gatherings and left completely stuffed!
Jordan and Sebastian are happy 5 year old boys, who keep us on our toes! Jordan loves playing with cars and trucks, riding his bike, and watching Paw Patrol! Sebastian loves being with people, playing outside, and knows just about every make and model of car on the road!
We started this blog as way for people to follow our first adoption journey to bring home our boys, and are excited to share our next story of adoption with you as we bring home our daughter from China later this year! We hope you'll follow along on this amazing journey with us.
We grew up in Brockport, NY, a small town just outside of Rochester. We lived only 10 minutes apart, but didn't meet until high school. We started dating during our senior year and have been together ever since!
In 2008, Paul accepted a job in Charlottesville, VA, thus starting our relocation to the south. We got married in May 2009 and have enjoyed navigating and exploring life together. In 2012, we made the decision to stay south of the Mason-Dixon Line and bought our first home with the intention of growing our family.
In 2014, we went on a life-changing trip to Uganda which changed the way we thought about our lives. While adoption was always in our plans, this trip allowed us to see the tangible need for adoption around the world, and we began the adoption process of 2 boys from Uganda that July. We brought home our sons, Jordan and Sebastian, in November 2015 and our lives have never been the same! Parenting these 2 sweet boys has completely rocked our world, and while it hasn't been easy, seeing their transformation has been priceless. We are now onto adoption #3 for a precious girl from China!
A little about us...
Paul is an Energy Engineer at The University of Virginia. He loves spending time with people (especially while watching sports!) and enjoys playing soccer. He would be willing to give you the shirt off his back and if you're lucky enough, you might catch him giving away donuts on the downtown mall!
Bettina is a Physical Therapist at ACAC, but also teaches Pilates and is a huge advocate for nutrition. She loves good food of all kinds, spontaneous dance parties and sweatpants. She enjoys baking, cooking and crafting in her spare time, and more than likely you've been to one of her many gatherings and left completely stuffed!
Jordan and Sebastian are happy 5 year old boys, who keep us on our toes! Jordan loves playing with cars and trucks, riding his bike, and watching Paw Patrol! Sebastian loves being with people, playing outside, and knows just about every make and model of car on the road!
We started this blog as way for people to follow our first adoption journey to bring home our boys, and are excited to share our next story of adoption with you as we bring home our daughter from China later this year! We hope you'll follow along on this amazing journey with us.