Melissa and Shawn Bowers didn't have a good first adoption experience. For six months, they paid rent, doctors' visits and other expenses for a young pregnant girl who said she was going to let them adopt her baby. But she eventually decided to keep the baby, and Melissa was devastated.

"But they connected with... a 25-year-old woman in Texas, when she was about four months along and kept in touch with frequent phone calls, Melissa said. Mason was born in August, and the couple brought him home about a week later."

Mason bonded quickly with Melissa, Shawn, and their biological son Maxwell who seems to enjoy his new role as big brother.

Labels: adoption_process, relationships

Posted By: Aspen Education Group