{"id":82085,"date":"2015-12-11T09:38:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=82085"},"modified":"2015-12-11T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T14:43:17","slug":"parents-surprise-daughters-with-their-new-adopted-brother-under-the-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-surprise-daughters-with-their-new-adopted-brother-under-the-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents surprise daughters with their new adopted brother under the Christmas tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>For three young sisters, Christmas came a bit early this year when they discovered a new baby brother underneath their Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p>Their mother, Courtney Solstad, shared an adorable video of the children on Facebook last week, which was reported on by Inside Edition. Solstad and her husband Steve didn\u2019t tell their daughters that they were adopting the baby boy the girls had been wishing for. Instead, they decided to surprise them.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cThe girls knew nothing about Nathan until this,\u201d Solstad wrote on Facebook. \u201cWe met them at the door and told them that we had been out Christmas shopping and got them a gift to share\u2026 and it was under the tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inside.Edition\/videos\/10153150331080723\/\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inside.Edition\/videos\/10153150331080723\/\"><p>These girls got the Christmas surprise of a lifetime: A new adopted brother! And it\u2019s absolutely adorable.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inside.Edition\/\">Inside Edition<\/a> on Monday, December 7, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The girls were overcome with emotion and crying at the sight of their new baby brother. One even exclaimed that she was going to wet her pants, while her younger sister jumped for joy.<\/p>\n<p>Solstad said on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/stephaniemcneal\/sisters-adoption-surprise#.adLzwnD5L4\">Facebook<\/a> that adopting Nathan was \u201cone of the most magical experiences in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adoption is the perfect gift from a woman or couple experiencing an unplanned pregnancy for couples who want to grow their families through adoption. When one family is unable to care for a child, another one can. In fact, for every baby who is adopted, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2012\/07\/09\/thirty-six-couples-wait-for-every-one-baby-who-is-adopted\/\">36 couples<\/a> are still waiting to adopt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe prayed big things and God answered in big ways,\u201d Solstad wrote. \u201cOur little guy is so incredibly perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For three young sisters, Christmas came a bit early this year when they discovered a new baby brother underneath their Christmas tree. Their mother, Courtney Solstad, shared an adorable video of the children on Facebook last week, which was reported on by Inside Edition. 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