Introduction


We've been married for ten years. We love being an aunt and uncle to our nieces and nephews. We have been through the roller coaster of fertility options and are glad we explored those avenues. We now know that our children will come to us through adoption.
The purpose of our blog is for you to get to know us and to get word out that we are looking to adopt in the hope someone we know knows someone who is pregnant and considering
placing the child for adoption, and then refer them to us.
To the expectant parent, I don't know you or how you found yourself looking at this blog, faced with this decision to place or parent your baby. But I do know that you are a strong and amazing person for even considering adoption. God knows you and loves you. With His help and your faith I know you will be guided to make the choices that will be best for you and your baby. Know that we pray for you without yet knowing who you are.
Adoption is such a personal and unique experience for all involved and is different for each case. I believe the specifics of adoption are between the people involved and not for the general public. We do have a letter for you that has more information about us, our ideas on parenting, our families, our open adoption plans, and where you fit in. We want to get to know you and in doing so we can discuss more openly what adoption looks like to each of us.
Thank you for taking the time to look at our blog. I hope you will be able to get to know us through our posts. If you want to read our expectant parent letter please email us at jewelstewart@gmail.com and we will send you a copy.

Friday, January 22, 2016

Fit to Fat to Fit

Fit to Fat to Fit has been a huge part of our lives in 2015. Ray applied for the reality TV show in late 2014 and after some skype interviews and psych evaluations he was selected to be part of the show. He was teamed up with an amazing trainer, JJ, and knew instantly that they would be really good friends. But what Ray didn't know was that for the first half of this journey JJ would be gaining 60 pounds as an experiment to better understand overweight clients. This was a shocker to Ray and was pretty disappointing that  he was not able to see JJ and get training or advise from him, or even start changing his life the way he was ready to for 4 months.
Well Ray did it anyway and started working out on his own and eating healthier foods. He changed his life for the better! By the time he was able to meet up with JJ he had already lost 54 lbs. He has now lost over 150 lbs and is active and loves life!
Here is some behind the scenes footage that was produced by Haugen Creative who is a friend of ours and not affiliated with A&E so this footage did not make it to the show. 

Here are some of the media spots JJ and Ray were able to do in New York!
Inside Edition
Good Day NY
Entertainment Tonight
Nightline
KSL.com article
Fit to Fat to Fit experience podcast

I am so proud of Ray and his determination to make this change and become a better version of himself. I will forever be grateful for JJ and his amazing wife Erika who taught us so much about health and fitness and provided a way for us to be healthier and happier.
~Julie
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