“Bringing Up Bates”' Brandon and Michaela Share They've Become Foster Parents to 2 Kids: 'Neither of Us Saw This Coming'

Brandon and Michaela Keilen person go foster parents.

The Bringing Up Bates stars shared successful a video posted to YouTube that they precocious became foster parents to "two saccharine foster children." The couple, who had been trying to go parents done adoption, shared that they now person 2 boys.

"We person 2 small boys now — a 3-year-old and a newborn — and we don't cognize what nan early holds here, but we're taking it a time astatine a clip and enjoying nan foster experience," Brandon shared successful their video.

"We've been praying for years that God would supply a measurement for america to person children and neither of america saw this coming. All of a sudden, we're a family of four," added Brandon.

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The couple, who tied nan knot successful August 2015, shared that nan happy news came correct aft Michaela's grandfather sadly passed connected May 13.

"One of nan past things he said to maine was, 'You request to spell location and get those babies,' " she shared. "I will everlastingly wealth him knowing that I was coming location for that reason."

Brandon and Michaela besides shared connected Instagram complete nan play that they were fostering 2 kids, posting a image of their 2 hands.

"Fostering is tender and complex, beautiful and broken, heartbreaking and healing. Its [sic] often short, but nan emotion we person for these precious boys is existent and deep," they wrote successful their caption. "It is simply a privilege to supply a location for them and to connection love, safety, and stableness successful nan midst of their story."

The 2 said that they consciousness "deeply honored" to beryllium a portion of their foster kids' treatment and dream to show them conscionable really loved they are.

"We would beryllium truthful grateful for your prayers: for healing, peace, and nan comfortableness of knowing they are safe and cherished," they added.