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Scott and Melissa Groves became engaged to be married six months after their first date. One year later they were newlyweds and parents to Melissa\u2019s daughter Autumn from a previous relationship. Their life together was just beginning and they were eager to add more children to their family. According to People<\/a>, Autumn, age 5 at the time, even asked Santa for a baby brother.<\/p>\n

Little did they know that she was about to get her wish, big time.<\/p>\n

According to The Daily Mail, the couple was heartbroken to learn that having biological children was likely not in the cards for them. \u00a0After visiting an aunt who was a foster parent, they decided to become foster parents as well, and within a few weeks of earning their license they received a phone call regarding two young brothers – Noah, age three, and Chase, 22 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost instantaneously these two seemed to capture our hearts, and it wasn\u2019t very long before I knew that if the chance arose I wanted to have them in our lives forever,\u201d Melissa Groves told The Daily Mail<\/a>. \u201cPerhaps it was fate, perhaps it was divine intervention, I don\u2019t know, but what I do know was that the boys\u2019 \u2018short\u2019 stay with us turned into adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple became foster parents in 2003, and over the next decade, their lives would be forever changed by that decision.<\/p>\n

Within just a few weeks of legally adopting Chase and Noah, the case worker called to inform them that the boys\u2019 birth mother had given birth to another baby boy. They were offered the chance to take in Baby Garrett.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no question. How could I deny my sons and this new child the possibility of being together?\u201d said Melissa Groves.<\/p>\n

Then, to their surprise, 11 months later, another phone call about the birth of another baby boy, Hayden.<\/p>\n

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via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hayden was born premature, exposed to drugs, and had a cleft lip. The Groves knew he was their son just as all of his brothers were, no matter the struggles he would face in his young life, and they didn\u2019t hesitate to take him in. Their family was growing, and the couple was thrilled. And their joy didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

Their sons\u2019 birth mother soon placed four-month-old baby Ashton with them, and then by May 2009, she gave birth to baby boy Curran who quickly joined the Groves family. And after Curran\u00a0came Bryer.<\/p>\n

Life was a calm as it could be with 7 boys and 1 girl in the house. But by October of 2013, the boys\u2019 birth mother had another baby boy. Zayn was born premature, and exposed to drugs. He was also diagnosed with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

\u201cZayn is a complete joy,\u201d Melissa Groves told People. \u201cHe\u2019s happy all the time and teaches us patience and unconditional love and has changed our family for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boys have three other biological siblings \u2013 two sisters and a brother \u2013 who live with their father\u2019s family. The Groves keep in touch with the birth family to update them on the boys\u2019 lives, and haven\u2019t ruled out the possibility of the boys meeting their birth mother if she were to turn her life around. They say they know she loves her boys and they are not blind or numb to her pain and personal battles.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it just seems surreal to think about back then when I struggled emotionally and didn\u2019t understand why it wasn\u2019t happening for us,\u201d said Melissa Groves of the couple\u2019s infertility struggle. \u201cThere\u2019s all these emotions and not understanding the whys. But now to see that we have these boys and life is going well, it just makes sense. Now I see why.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between the laundry and the meal prep and all the rest that comes along with having nine children, life won\u2019t be slowing down anytime soon, but it doesn\u2019t seem like the Groves would have it any other way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott and Melissa Groves became engaged to be married six months after their first date. One year later they were newlyweds and parents to Melissa\u2019s daughter Autumn from a previous relationship. Their life together was just beginning and they were eager to add more children to their family. According to People, Autumn, age 5 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":81177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[804,2408,6401],"yoast_head":"\nCouple adopts eight siblings to keep them together<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cThere was no question. 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