“The birth mom decided she would like you guys to adopt the child instead,” the caseworker said.

“‘Holy crap!!,’ I said aloud,” Sadie recalled of the moment she found out she was going to be a mom.

“We went from not having any children, to the possibility of fostering one, to, ‘You guys are parents!,’ overnight. I listened to the case worker as she talked, still in disbelief. I hung up and called my husband! ‘Babe!! They want us to adopt the baby! They want us to be parents,’ I screamed. ‘Wait! REALLY?! I thought they just wanted us to foster him!,’ he said. ‘Nope! They want us to be his mom and dad,’ I said.”

The couple had a weekend of absorbing the shocking news but also preparing themselves just in case the mom changed her mind.

Monday came and the couple were not only told the mother still wanted them to adopt the baby but that she wanted to do an independent adoption and was ready to sign that day.

Their baby boy had been born at 33 weeks, seven weeks early. He was 4 lbs., 5 oz. “He literally fit in one of my husband’s hands,” Sadie wrote.

“He was so tiny, swaddled in a white blanket, with pink and blue stripes,” Sadie added. “He had an NG tube coming out of his nose because he couldn’t eat on his own since he was premature. But my oh my, was he cute!!!”

The couple shared their news on social media and was encouraged to make a registry. They listed 72 items and after just three days 55 had been bought for them.

Ezra Lee’s adoption was finalized in October 2020 and the couple had the most adorable photos taken of them as a family wearing t-shirts which said “families don’t have to match.”

In 2021, Sadie and Jarvis became parents to twin girls Journee and Destinee through embryo donation. Staying true to their family motto, “Families don’t have to match,” the black couple became parents to three white children – a boy and two girls.

For anyone who judges this beautiful family they have just one response: their family is built on the most robust foundation ever – love.