MOTHER: Oh, hey.
Good morning, guys. FATHER: Hey, guys. Morning. MOTHER: Hey, who wants
apple with their pancakes? NATHANIEL: Me. MAE: I don't know. I'm Mae. I'm 11 years old. And I was the second
to be adopted. [MUSIC PLAYING] MOTHER: I just figured, well, we
already have one with albinism. They'll probably
match us with another. This time they called,
and they're like, she has brachial plexus injury. FATHER: She has nerve
damage in her right arm. MOTHER: I was like, wait,
she doesn't have albinism? And they're like, no. Are you interested? I'm like, oh, yes, yes,
yes, we're interested. When Mae was little, she
thought that maybe she was the one who was different. MAE: Since all my siblings
have white hair and white skin, I thought that was just
normal for Chinese people. And I thought I was
different from the rest. FATHER: [INAUDIBLE] with them? MOTHER: Peanut butter?
Sure. You can have peanut
butter with them. In the process of
adopting Mae, I kept seeing these pictures
of these little boys with albinism. China opened the
door for people to be able to adopt two at once. And so, we adopted Nathaniel. NATHANIEL: I'm Nathaniel. I'm 13 years old. And I'm the second-- MAE: Third. NATHANIEL: The third. Uh. Because we-- they got us
both at the same time. MAE: But they wanted
me first, and then you. NATHANIEL: Uh. [MUSIC PLAYING] MOTHER: And all of a sudden
we went from three kids to five kids, like in a moment. So we were like,
OK, we are done. We are full. Our family is complete. We were done. And then-- ALL: Good morning. KAELYN: Morning. MOTHER: Are you
ready for pancakes? KAELYN: Yes.
MOTHER: Yes? KAELYN: Can I have
apples with my-- MOTHER: I cut some apple. KAELYN: I'm Kaelyn. And I'm 13 years old. And I was the fourth adopted. [MUSIC PLAYING] MOTHER: Kaelyn, all
that was in her file was that she had albinism. So we got to China for
her, and we met her, and she was the
sweetest little thing. And she does have an
intellectual disability. And we are privileged
to have front row seats to see her grow and change. FATHER: Guys, you've got
all your chores done? Ready for school? MOTHER: And so,
then we had Kaelyn, and really, we were
tapped out again, like-- We were done. Were we-- we were done? Definitely done. - We were done.
- No more. Yeah. EMILY: Good morning. FATHER: Good morning, Emily. MOTHER: Good morning. EMILY: Good morning. FATHER: You ready for pancakes? EMILY: Yeah. I'm Emily, and I'm
seven years old. And I was the last
one to be adopted. [MUSIC PLAYING] MOTHER: Emily has just
brought so much spice-- FATHER: Oh my gosh. MOTHER: --into our family. EMILY: Scuse me. GIRLS: Eww! EMILY: I burped,
and then I burped again while I said, excuse me. Oh, well, thank you for that. We never, ever planned on
adopting five children. It just steamrolled. So here we are.
