Two local families celebrate the adoption of Haitian children, hurried out of that country after a devastating earthquake.
As his adoptive mother Jessica Stephens holds him, Jamesley Louis flashes a bashful grin as his new sister Katie, 7, gives him a smooch on the cheek in the living room of the family’s Orchard Mesa home.
Two-year-old Jamesley Louis flashes a rare smile on a night when he’s tired and insisting on being held by his adoptive mom, Jessica Stephens.
Seven-year-old Katie Stephens, right, plays peekaboo with her new brother, 2-year-old Jamesley Louis, who the family is adopting from Haiti. Holding Jamesley is mom Jessica Stephens, and dad Greg is watching the antics from his seat on the couch.
The Stephens family has a new addition, a two-year-old boy they’re adopting from Haiti. From left to right are Jamesley Louis, dad Greg Stephens, 7-year-old Katie, and mom Jessica.
Don Bavor holds his newly adopted daughter, 10-month-old Madeline, who recently arrived here from Haiti along with her twin brother Jaquiox.
The Bavor family has two new additions — 10-month-old twins Jaquiox and Madeline, who recently arrived in Grand Junction from Haiti.
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