How We Became A Family Of 13 🥰😍😘 #shorts #NationalAdoptionDay

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🧡HOW WE BECAME A FAMILY OF 13🧡

Happy National Adoption Day!

#DoughertyDougherty #ThisIsUs #NationalAdoptionDay

We are Josh and Alicia Dougherty and we live outside Rochester, NY. We met in college where we both got our teaching degrees, and married soon after graduation in 2003.

During our 9 years of Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss we decided to embark on the Path of Foster Care Adoption.

We adopted Alex in 2011 when he was 5-years-old.

Six days later we found out we were pregnant with Zoey!

When Zoey had just turned 1 we were asked if we could adopt James from Foster Care. He was 6-years-old.

Two weeks after James moved in we found out were pregnant with Dash!

The next year we were asked to take foster care placement of Jason and Jordan “for 5 days”. Well, 5 days turned into Forever and we eventually adopted the twins.

We gave birth to Bodhi Blaze in 2016, and Harlee Quinton in 2018.

The next year we heard about a sibling group in a Residential Treatment Facility that were being split apart for adoptions. We advocated to keep them together and be their adoptive family in order for that to happen. We adopted Bree and Patrick in 2019. They were 8 and 11 years old at the time.

And then in the Spring of 2022 we were asked to take Kinship Placement of Dayshawn, and in 2023 we were granted Permanent Custody by the courts.

And That’s How We Became The Dougherty Dozen!

🧡It’s Not Always Easy, But It’s Always Worth It.🧡

Family Creed:
*Be Kind
*Be Respectful
*Don’t Quit
*Look Out For The Lonely Ones

Family Motto:
“There’s Always Room For One More!”

Family Affirmations:
🧡You Are Strong
🧡You Are Beautiful
🧡You Are Loved
🧡You Belong
🧡And I Am So Proud Of You

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE! We hope to spread Joy by sharing our Journey.

*music: ‘The Way Back Home’ by Louis Stephens
**We do not own the rights to this music**
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Foe everytime you helped God care for a child. He blessed you with yours. We know you cannot help God. But for everytime you touched a child's life. You provoked heavens blessing. Hallelujah. The work is hard but the reward is sweet. Thank you for the inspiration

teklasmom
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This is so insanely hard. I cannot imagine how much work and money and time and emotion goes into taking care of all of these kids behind the scenes. What an inspiration.

vry
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Holy crap I am a grumpy guy so when I find something so wholesome it makes me smile and my eyes moist it hits hard. Whew lads. God bless you.

AdamGielen
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Such Gods timing that you had so many years of infertility, but every time you adopted God blessed y’all with another beautiful soul(s) right after each adoption ❤ just beautiful and exactly what God had planned for your family 😊

Tiffany_grace
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Dayshawn looks so much more happy! It’s so beautiful to see!🥹

thirstae-for-bts
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Beautiful video & very happy to hear that DeShawn is going to continue to be with your family permanently. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

lorigriffin
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I've been watching your family. I'm truly amazed at how you have that much ambition. Watching you make meals for such a large family, all done with love and homemade goodness. You are one in a million woman.

curllyt
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You are amazing I know those kids love you guys so much you did a great thing for them ❤

GiannaWebGaming
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Beautiful family I absolutely love watching your videos and the madness of shopping and preparing food I have 4 children and find it exhausting some days your like wonder woman God bless you and your husband ❤

gemmaohara
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❤❤❤❤❤ I adore your huge hearts, Alicia and Josh. Your family is pure love. Absolutely beautiful ❤️

tracybrown
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Prayers for many blessings to you and your husband. Wow what a selfless act to give these kids such a loving home. Your videos motivate me and inspire me. 🤍

maemae
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I love your family story. This is amazing. Beautify Family,

tonyawallace
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Just realized that for every child you took in your home God blessed your womb to have a child for each. Wow you are blessed

sassyk
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Well behaved kids 🍀 you and josh raised them well

Missdovanova
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I'm knew to your channel . I've been watching almost 3 months. I admire you and your wonderful husband. You put all the money back in the kids, they are spoiled and very blessed. My grand children are also spoiled. The reason I joined was because I saw where a jerk is on the internet putting you down. I see you working hard and giving all you can that means both of you. His. parents are great with the kids

PeggyRhude
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You guys have such a lovely story, it brings a tear to my eye 🥲
We thought we couldn’t have a baby after years of trying, we went through IVF after getting married and got pregnant but unfortunately we lost it at 8 weeks.
We decided to wait before starting our second round of IVF but then found out we’d got pregnant naturally ☺️ and now our precious rainbow girl is 23 months old!
Life tests us but it also rewards us 🖤

HelenHollywoodVlogs
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I love ur videos....I can't get enough of them

EmilyShepherd-ec
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Beautiful! I so enjoy watching you and your beautiful family! God bless you all

elizabethsabarese
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Awesome!! I’m happy for you guys!!! Love you!!😘

melissaperdue
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Ypu and your husband very blessed, and it ws so kind to adopt the other children now God has blesses you with a big family God bless you and your family

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