Utah Couple Adopts Limbless Filipino Baby, and Their Lives Are Never the Same Again

Utah Couple Adopts Limbless Filipino Baby, and Their Lives Are Never the Same Again
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This couple adopted a baby girl born without arms and legs. They thought the adoption would change the baby’s life; little did they expect it would change their lives too! Their special-needs child has taught them to appreciate and find joy in little things.

At 6 months old, baby Maria was placed in Chosen Children Village, an orphanage in Silang, Philippines. She was perfect and beautiful just like any other child, except that she was born without limbs. With a fortunate stroke of serendipity, Adrianne and Jason Stewert, from West Jordan, Utah, came across a picture of Maria while they were looking through a list of children who were awaiting adoption in October 2014.