I agree with you when others comment on "have your own" children. I have adopted myself! My daughter at the age of five stated...".mommi I know why God made you wait for me because He knew one day I would need a mommi and you would need a daughter!" Out of the mouths of babes! Yes, she is my own. Blessings, Sharon

@lesleydiaz2115

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, so sweet! 💗

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet 😭💕

@charjennable

2 жыл бұрын

How intelligent are our children? 💓 Thank you for sharing with us your beautiful experience and allowing us to feel the ❤️ too

@deeyellow

Жыл бұрын

This made me cry 🥹❤

@EguizelMorales

9 ай бұрын

Si, hay mujeres u hombres que no pueden tener hijos. Los niños son una bendición. Padre es quien cría.

Cliffs: If you have the ability and resources to foster/adopt, please consider it. There are over 400,000 kids without permanent homes just in the US. If you can help just one, even for a short time, you have the ability to influence and change their lives forever. It is literally the best thing Rhianna and I have ever done.

@HeatherB81

2 жыл бұрын

Love this video, you guys!! You made me want to foster! Surprised my husband actually said he would consider it as well… but we currently have three bio kids, and only a 3 bedroom house… so our 16 year old has his room, and the two youngers share a room. We would need a bigger house, I think 🤔 Anyways, Jon, I wanted to know if you would ever consider making a video about having ADHD and challenges as an adult? Our oldest has ADHD, and I am just curious what a successful adult male faces in everyday life and specifically professionally? Basically, I have tons of questions! 🤣 Thanks for considering!

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeatherB81 definitely a topic that I would love to talk about

@seatruth5737

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could take in of each and every one of them. God bless you both.❤❤❤

My favorite part was when she said don't think because one has a bigger house, more money etc they're not necessarily a better parent /situation for the child. Excellent point.. I never even thought it through like that.

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing replaces love!

@lienbijs1205

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSchoellerFamily Sure, but only love is also not enough.

I absolutely love and admire what you did. We adopted a 5 year old and an 11 month old sibling group 15 years ago from foster care (they were 4 and 3 months when we got them), and had three biological children around the same ages at that time. They are ALL 100% ours. Always have been. We cut off all communication with bio family because they were not safe, or healthy for them. However, we always told them we would help them get in contact if/when they were ready…sometime after they turned 18 and could draw their own healthy boundaries. We then had another biological child 9 years ago. Then, in July of 2021, we adopted a young man who was about 3 months shy of turning 18. He was in foster care for about 11 of his 17 years. He got to choose whether he wanted to be adopted by us, or not, but he knew from day 1 that we would absolutely adopt him if he chose that when the time came. He is also 100% ours, and always will be. He missed out on a normal childhood and unconditional love, and constantly lived in fear of messing up and being moved. We missed out on raising him. But, we are all SO excited to make up for lost time, and he sleeps well at night knowing he is finally home. For good. So, we adopted all three of the foster children we brought into our home. Please consider fostering, and/or adopting. It is a whole ordeal to get licensed, and at least monthly check-ins. Sometimes weekly visits with bio parents/family. But…it’s amazing to see how much your heart expands.

@janvan4424

Жыл бұрын

Love this! 🥰

I absolutely love how much you both love Tyanna! I get teary eyed every time Jon wipes his eyes. I'm so happy for you all!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! She's the best 😭

@umuhozafaustine7035

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSchoellerFamily ooooh you are amazing my dear Ferial❤❤! But I would like to tell this!! May you kindly accept to adopt me please😭😭😭😭

As a past foster child I’d like to say thank you for dedication and love. You are both amazing ❤️

My grandma raised me so thats my mom because she made the sacrifices I love my birth mom but it's the ppl who make the sacrifices that makes them parents and give LOVE and discipline when needed this world is a big place we all need love.

“We found her in a flip house” omg you guys 🤣🤣🤣🤣 still have to watch the rest of the video but that made me laugh lol

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the rest!

This baby was suppose to be with them! I can tell her care is very important to you guys, thanks for saving a baby with love!

My mother was adopted. My grandmother always told her that my mother was born from her mother’s and father’s hearts, and therefore, was as much their daughter as any other child would have been. My grandparents adopted 4 kids-no bios. 💕

I know I’ve said this before, but it’s worth saying a hundred more times~ she is blessed to have you both, BUT you guys are equally as blessed to have her ♥️

I am in absolute awe of you two! I've only recently discovered you and subbed to both channels- been binge watching to catch up-I love the content of both channels.Tyana is very blessed to have you as her parents, and I'm so happy we get to watch her grow up.I wish the three of you all the best life has to offer.

Rhianna & Jon, one of your vlogs came up on my page last week and since then I have been binge watching. Let me preface by saying I am a 56 year old woman from the Caribbean, who is a bit hardened and cynical, but my goodness I am totally in awe of you both. Your energy, your commitment, your deep capacity to love and your fierceness just swells my heart and makes me teary eyed. When I grow up I want to be just like you Rhianna (LOL), you are just so special in this lady's eyes! Tyanna is beautiful and any child (bio or adopted) is so lucky to have you as parents. God Bless you both!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind and heart warming message 😭 that means a lot, you have no idea ❤

I just wanted to thank you both for touching on the "biological" child topic. Myself and my husband are child free by choice and will remain so BUT we plan to foster special needs children in the future. People seem to think Im VERY strange and make comments that I should either foster after I have my "own" or that once I have my "own" Ill quit fostering. I really thought I was kind of alone in that. Thank you for being so open. Im so happy your little family found each other.

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

I personally think it's awesome that you would rather foster/adopt than reproduce. 🥰

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

People find it hard to understand!

@lizcoleman5229

2 жыл бұрын

With so many children without parents I'm so glad to see that there are people like you guys who think outside the box and would rather adopt than have their own. It really makes a lot of sense to me

@mariatusheva4975

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonSchoeller Yes, but what if your own baby wants to be born in this World too, and his soul want to live this life and enjoy too!? Its like would you say to your parents that you are not happy to be here, that they made mistake that you born?...Sorry i might sounds rude or something, but just my thouts. I just think you and you wife can have such an amazing kids, plus adopted ones. Besides who knows, maybe when your kids grow up they gonna start adopt baby's too, its just circle of life♥️

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariatusheva4975 where are these unborn souls you speak of waiting around at?

God bless you with more for your big hearts.Hearts of gold .Tyanna truly looks happy under your care.

Meeting you guys for the first time today and I am so grateful 😇 You guys are amazing ! What a blessing family ! You both are gonna be incredible parents ! I already see by the way she loves you both ❤️

Thanks for sharing! This topic is near and dear to my heart as I was adopted at 2. ❤️❤️❤️

Congratulations and thank you for giving a beautiful little girl a change at a loving and probable better life. May God bless you with a long, healthy and prosperous life.

I just came across your channel & have been watching y'all. I just want to say by what I've seen, you guys are amazing parents & doing so well. I can't wait to continue to watch Tyanna grow ❤️

👏😍hats off to you opening up your home and hearts to older kids is of grand respect 🙌 blessings and best of luck to you and hopefully your growing family. Admirable couple. 🎉

Beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing your story with us. Can't wait to see more of your amazing life together. Have an blessed and Safe Labor Day.❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽

I am just so grateful for you two, I have just started following you, and it has really been a Bless for me, you all are so loving, and caring, because I can feel the love, so Tyianna is getting such a great foundation, so for that reason she is going to succeed, and will be so true to herself. I love her little smile, and she is definitely a daddy’s girl, and mommy it just come automatic for her to love you❤️❤️💖💖💜💜You are great parents🤗🤗👏👏👏

I absolutely love and agree with your philosophy on having children. I’m a single black female, educated, good income and child-free by choice and I’m considering fostering. God bless you both for taking this route, there are so many children who need good homes.

I love how they look at each other when they are expressing their feelings.👍🏽🙏👏

I work in international adoption and foster care. My wife and I are now approved foster parents and we look forward to helping any children that come our way. Thanks for sharing!

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you both for helping :)

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

What a meaningful job ❤ congratulations on getting approved!

Loved your story and thanks for the information pertaining to adoption xx

Rhianna, I am so thankful I found your channel. I subscribed for CRNA content, but now your videos about Tyanna are my absolute favorite! Love from Northern Cali, xoxo Kelsey

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kelsey! 💕

I just subscribe to your channel and I'm just so happy that this beautiful little girl was blessed with parents like you to I can tell how much you all love each other dnt know you personally but I thank y'all for loving this child and giving her a loving place to call home may god always bless this family

My #favorite part is when you guys discussed her name and what names you guys also call her -it was so sweet-funny and made me shed a tear ❤️❤️❤️❤️😩❤️❤️💕

9:37 I totally understad your comparison to adopting dogs. As a pre-school teacher I have to say goodbye to the kids who's starting in school every year, and it hurts every time. Just because a child (or animal) is not your own, all the lessons you teach them along the way creates a strong bond that's really difficult to break. But the best thing is when you hear how well they're doing and that they still remember you.

Wow..you guys are so inspiring..I'm a newbie on your channel and my heart was melting the first time I saw your adoption video...GOD CHOSE YOU FOR TYIANS....WHAT A STORY.... That's mind blowing God is really great...

your family is so beautiful, thank you for sharing!

Found you on Tiktok I absolutely love the love you both have for Tyanna and allowing her to be able to meet her biological cousins

Thank you for this very informative video. I have been thinking about fostering but I am not as well off as yourselves or even some others in just my neighborhood. Your video gave me the will now to actually call and get the information to get started on the journey. My main drawback was my fear of not being able to afford it. I had no idea that if I worked with the state CPS that alot of costs were covered by them. Most videos I have watched the people spoke alot about the costs involved for them so I assumed that referred to all fostering. Thank you so very much for this information. You are a wealth of info on both of your channels the two of you together are an amazing team. I know your daughter could never be more loved than by the two of you. God Bless you three and best wishes in your many years to come.

Awesome family. I can feel the love all the way in South Africa. Stay blessed

Absolutely great video. Love you guys!!

So interesting and great information, your family is the best, God Bless all 3 of you and enjoy every minute, they grown way to fast!!!!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

awesome!! don’t forget the little ones an screen 💕💕 enjoy watching your fam

Ahhhhh I love you guys so much I’m gonna cry! ❤️

This is beautiful! God bless your hearts!!

UK: You are truly awesome parents. You have also encouraged the bravely and empathetic traits that your daughter displays. I too would be fiercely protective over my child - and my knee jerk reaction would be not to have an open adoption. I've just subscribed.

A very good video, thank you for sharing your experience. A very thorough video, it’s hard to put the foster experience in a short video but you did. Anyone watching will hopefully do the research in their own state to foster a child. My husband and I fostered our son, and it was a long three + years but wouldn’t change a thing.

Congratulations on your beautiful Tyanna!!

Please do not listen to the negativity, you guys are awesome

Rhyanna and Jon are such good parents to Tyanna, Tyanna is so lucky to have such amazing parents ❤

I am so happy for you. I was a respite foster parent for 8 years. I got all baby boys. It was so rewarding to care for them and love them. So I know why there are tears. They are tears of JOY. 💞

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing Diane!

@dobbsj.aslservices7387

2 жыл бұрын

What is a respite foster parent?

@dianesembly9606

2 жыл бұрын

A respite Foster parent goes through all of the training that a regular foster parent goes through but only keeps children when the foster parent goes out of the state and cannot take the child. It may be for a weekend or a week depending on the situation. It's temporary.

I ran across your Tennessee video because i am planning on traveling there. However, I realized you adopted and I always desired to adopt a child. This is great info. Thanks for sharing.

17:42😢😄 I love you guys. You're truly good people. I admire how loving,and brave she is too. God makes no mistakes.

Can’t believe it’s been 2 years! Congrats to your family ❤️

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

I know!

Congratulations..great informative video we are in the homestudy stage in the foster process!

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you thought so!

Loved this♥️ she is only lucky girl to have you two as parents. I loved how you put in there to watch out when saying children of your own because when you adopt, they are your own 🥰

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

Facts!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

We're the lucky ones! Yes it's so important to be consious of phrasing things!

Absolutely love you two and T. You're love just shows through. God bless you all. Xx

Why am I binge watching all your videos 😭 y’all are amazing parents. Tyanna is a cutie pie 🥰

Congrats on your beautiful baby ❤. I'm glad that you may be open to have an open adoption. Love is most important when raising childten and they can NEVER have too much. I hope that you expose her to other positive people that look like and have hair like her. As a side note our hair requires special attention please educate yourselves. Good luck and God bless your family.

Very informative video I Love what you guys said about speaking about bio kids n adoptive kids n that's very true. Learned a lot from this video because I am very interested myself. Thx for he info

Just came across is video ❤❤❤I will continue to watch!!!!

I have a lot of respect for you two. God bless you for this kindness. New subscriber 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💥💥

I’m a new follower and I love this channel❤️

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

waaw amazing parents really proud omg and yes she is so pretty and smart

I love this story and I really like your family

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤

Watching baby grow since you guys first got her in foster care to her adoption has been lovely! Thank you for giving us tidbits of your journey. You guys all look so cute and adorable together 🥰❤️😍 great parents!! I would love to adopt myself one day :). You guys give me courage 🙂

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ❤❤❤

I just love y’all so much 💛💛

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

Aww, we love you too!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

Much love to you as well ❤

You two are so awesome 👌

Such a beautiful couple. And beautiful baby makes 3!!

Thanks for sharing your experience 😊

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

You guys seem like truly lovely people - so glad there are people in the world like you to help kids that need a loving and safe place to live. So glad you guys got your gotcha day!

GOD bless you guys for this little girl ,

I love how much you love Tyanna, I believe you are amazing parents 🙏🇯🇲

Im glad you mentioned Philippines...i wish you could explore here...enjoy life...

I love you guys!! So inspirational to be a better person.

I have been interested in adoption for a long time and still working on it. Thanks for the inspiration. You guys have so much love for Tyana. It is so evident and dad is so emotional about it. You are blessed to have her and she is very blessed to have you. May God bless you and your new family.

Hi Jon and Rihanna, I always wondered about who named Tyana. And now as you have told us about Tyana's name, I can only think about God's grace as Rihanna becomes the mother of Tiyana 🙏. So sweet.😍 In Indian society we tend to name our children rhyming with the name of either of the parent or sometime rhyming with the name of grandfather or grandmother.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us watching from Africa Uganda God bless you

You're totally two beautiful people ❤️🙏❤️🙏 and I love your Heart and Soul

You guys are awesome

I really thank you guys are doing a great job as her parents. I know some people have done it not all for the right reasons. I think everyone can tell how loved she is😀!

I have twin boys but listening to this I want to foster too. I've thought about doing that my whole life

So good, this will be a great resource for other foster to adopt parents. I will say this, IF Tianna's biological parents have a sibling that comes into care, please do take it. We did, and it was the best thing we ever did.

Thanks for this video. I learned a lot. I really would like to adopt from foster care, but my husband isn't so sure about it yet. I pray he will come around to the idea.

@mzhappyfree7688

2 жыл бұрын

My husband as well… he thinks our kiddos should be older… but dude i am already counting the gray hairs on my head 😳

I am so happy for you guys your husband has me crying may God keep on blessing you guys🙏🙏🙏🙏♥

Both of you are great parents and I believe your little princess is yours from your past life and all of you are so blessed to be reunited in this life. May God bless your beautiful family.

Wow y'all are awesome with the answers to those questions like I said she's a beautiful lucky lil girl please stay that way of being protected of her and like dad mention she is his daughter as if mom birth her

Tyanna was born to be you all baby! You guys are great parent!

Love how you defended the question when you have yr own”.. shows how genuine & caring u guys about the relationship for yr daughter. ❤❤❤❤Beautiful family ❤❤❤

22:05 oh nomi appreciate the details. THANK you

God bless you guys ❤️❤️❤️

amazing family.

You guys are so very sweet and so special and when you get all chocked up talking about your daughter is priceless! God bless you.

I feel like yall are the best parents for her 💛💛💛💛

Watching from the Philippines💗💗💗

Love watching please give her a hug for me .. God bless you guys!!!

You are absolutely right

Great point re having 'your own' children!

You guys don't have to explain anything at all you are so very loving parents

I am so proud of you guys for adopting your daughter God bless you both for your love. I love you both

I’m kinship fostering my nephew so how I got into it is different since they called me to take him as an emergency placement before I was an approved foster parent. Fostering is definitely a roller coaster! Hoping to adopt next year 🤞🏻

@JonSchoeller

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for stepping up!

@TheSchoellerFamily

2 жыл бұрын

It really is! Best of luck to you!

You love her that's all what matters. If anyone wants to know where she's coming from. Tell them or answer them, you both where you're or coming from 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

I died at the flip house joke 😂😂

You 2 are soo cute. My husband and 2 teens became a foster family for a family placement 4 years ago and since then have had 1 baby go home to his mama and our other son is soon to be out adopted son. If we can help just 1 child its worth it all!!

I keep watching you people very long time , people it is very good to let us share love children are children please they are not fool and we need to be very careful what we say or do .