28-05-2025
'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 have become foster parents.
The Bringing Up Bates stars shared in a video posted to YouTube that they recently became foster parents to "two sweet foster children." The couple, who had been trying to become parents through adoption, shared that they now have two boys.
"We have two little boys now — a 3-year-old and a newborn — and we don't know what the future holds here, but we're taking it a day at a time and enjoying the foster experience," Brandon shared in their video.
"We've been praying for years that God would provide a way for us to have children and neither of us saw this coming. All of a sudden, we're a family of four," added Brandon.
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The couple, who tied the knot in August 2015, shared that the happy news came right after Michaela's grandfather sadly passed on May 13.
"One of the last things he said to me was, 'You need to go home and get those babies,' " she shared. "I will forever treasure him knowing that I was coming home for that reason."
Brandon and Michaela also shared on Instagram over the weekend that they were fostering two kids, posting a picture of their two hands.
"Fostering is tender and complex, beautiful and broken, heartbreaking and healing. Its [sic] often short, but the love we have for these precious boys is real and deep," they wrote in their caption. "It is a privilege to provide a home for them and to offer love, safety, and stability in the midst of their story."
The two said that they feel "deeply honored" to be a part of their foster kids' healing and hope to show them just how loved they are.
"We would be so grateful for your prayers: for healing, peace, and the comfort of knowing they are safe and cherished," they added.
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