yES! We adopted in1987. Annie had lots of challenges,her love was pure. She died in 2006 after 16 years of battling leukemia. Annie changed those she met. Teachers,, Doctors, people at church. Most of all, she SAVED her brother and sister from a life firmly set in the stuff of this world and her Dad and I learned about love from her. We all got much more from her thanwe ever gave, the world was better because of Annie and we are thankful we said 'YES' when we met her. I miss her.

A real sweetheart to be sure. People need to realize that we are all on this earth for a purpose. And yes, to those questioning Izzy's purpose, yes, her too. She blesses so many of us. Mostly you, as her family. I worked my entire career with adults with challenges much like Izzy. I would not trade any of it for a moment. I learned so so so much from my friends with these challenges in life. I can't even begin to list them. Thank you for sharing this precious video and reminding us all what a sweet blessing Isabel is.

She's such a sweetie! She has advanced so much. You can tell she's loved beyond measure. 💚💛💜

We adopted a wonderful little Disabled boy. He was born premature which caused brain damage He had no control over his body and had hearing problems. We had 30 yrs of love, laughter, Adopting a special needs child is challenging, hard work but truly wonderful and rewarding .

Those photos of izzy at the start broke my heart, but look at her now! What a difference some love and nutrition make

These kids don’t ask to be born. They deserve the love and nurture any child deserves

Oh my goodness her giggles are just the BEST!! Happy gotcha Day Izzy!!

Maybe I have commented with my other channel on this , but I have to say how touching this video is. I love how you created this video to encourage more people to adopt children. There are so many Christians out there who are bystanding and not putting their awareness on how they could help.Isabel is such a blessing. Her little giggles are like beautiful fairy bells. My love goes out to your family always . ❤ I can't adopt as my family would not help me , and I am single ,but I try to do my best to make this planet a better place. It is so good to see for me that you are doing this important work. Thanj you for all that you do.

I've followed off and on since her adoption, but her progress is outstanding! ❤ Love her!! 🥹🫶

Isabel is an amazing girl. Her personality shines through daily

Isabel is a gift from God like all children and deserves the best life she can have. I’m so thankful for the Felts family for adopting her and giving Izzy a chance to meet her milestones and have a great future. Watching her life transformed with all the love showered on her truly touches my heart and soul. I worked with special needs folks for 3 decades and my most valuable lessons in life came from them and I’m so thankful. May blessings to Izzy and her family for touching all of us with their indomitable love.

Why: Because all people deserve love and a home out of an institution (if possible.) We are called by God to "love one another" and 'the least of these'. I got goosebumps watching the video footage of homecoming at the airport!

This nought me to tears. So beautiful! My heart felt overflowing! Bless you folks for your Christ-like, loving hearts

That little giggle and the tight hug she was giving you brought tears to my eyes. She never would have experienced that and now she has it for the rest of your lives 😭

This is so wonderful and so touching! What a powerful message throughout this video. Ty for sharing!

What an amazing little girl,thank you for bringing all her joys to us

Thank you Stan and Ashley for sharing your story with all of us and showing us how to walk righteously (not perfect - righteous). Thank you Izzy for showing us how love comes in all kinds of packages and capturing our hearts. ❤️ God’s commandments for us are to Love everyone, Forgive everyone, and Judge no one. Thank you Felts family for showing us how this works in real life in the world today.❤️❤️

What you and your husband did is really a miracle. Isabelle is a little angle with broken wings fallen to this world where she deserves as much love as all the other normal kids. Luckily, Isabelle met with angles like you and your husband. Your love and care to Isabelle broke me into tears. Thank you a million times. You guys have all my respect ! 🙂🙂

Izzy makes me smile seeing her so happy, and doing so well. Love that she is walking!💜💜💜

Beautiful words 😢 Exactly, treat people as you would want to be treated and cared for if you were in that position 🥺

Every child deserves a living home. This is what Ashley and Stan to have done. I have happy memories of being with my foster family.

Izzy got what she deserved a loving and nurturing family, but most importantly a big sister that will torture her for life! I love their sweet giggles and rough housing, she is loved! This video brought me to tears❤❤️🙏🏽

I love seeing Izzy! Your love has already helped her tremendously!

Happy Gotcha Day Miss Izzy, you are loved and have grown leaps and bounds. Sure you have challenges but you are worthy of love and dignity like any other person. Your family is so lucky to have you. Much loved from an adoptee who was adopted from Russia many moons ago.

Wow! What a challenging message, dear friend. Izzy is a miracle child coming from a miracle God who gave us a miracle couple within the heart of a miracle family. I have followed you from the start of Izzy’s arrival and seen her progress. We all love her and you. -Mayra Fernandez, mother of 17, eleven adopted.

Happy Gotcha Day Izzy ....Time has gone by so quickly you have achieved so much well done little girl, your giggle was prominent from the very 1st day catching the hearts of two very special people Ashley and Stan. You are now a part of a beautiful, loving family who live you unconditionally. You're a blessing xx

My goodness...they both have come such a long way. Beautiful. What a difference ya'll have made in these girls lives. God knew what He was doing.

What a lovely story about Izzy. She's come so far since the adoption. Bless your whole family for sharing your love with her. Be well.

Thank you for sharing Isabelle with us. She is a gift from God, a happy child and growing beautifully.

I have been following you ever since you brought her home she has came so far in life and yes everyone has a purpose in life God bless

IZZY will have the opportunity to reach her rull potential with your love and support. You are an amazing family. It's wonderful to watch her thrive.

It is wonderful to see Izzys progress and all the love that is around her. Every child should be loved! You all do such a good job and I believe that Izzy loves you sooo much!! 💗

To see that sweet baby then… and now to see the difference of what love can do is unbelievable. You, Stan and all your kids has made Izzy the happiness girl in the world. Thank you, Ashley for allowing us into your life to see this miracle from God. Her giggle makes my day. Happy Gotcha day sweet girl. God Bless you all.

Happy happy Gotcha Day precious Izzy! Miss Izzy, Your giggles just make my heart smile!

she's so cuteee🥺

Oh dear God, she understands play and fun and laughter. Incredible! What a blessing for you all.

Thank you for showing all of use about you family. Isabella is a very beautiful little girl. You can see the difference in her from when Stan first hold her to now. But one thing has never change is her giggles. That giggles are from a child that know she is safe and loved. God is good

I absolutely loved your recap of Izzi up til now. I am amazed at the quickness of her progress and growth. The love it shows and she knew from the moment you both held her she had found home. Each of those questions you posted at the beginning felt like a stab to the heart. My response would have been love binds and conquers all. My parents got asked those same questions after I was born, I was born a preemie of 24 weeks at a time when most hospitals didn't even try to help a baby if it was under 32 weeks. I give thanks every day to the MexicanAmerican ambulance driver who asked my mom if she wanted her baby to live and when she said a bit miffed of course, my mom wasn't even a year in the US,she married my dad when he was in the Army, he drove straight to the nearest Catholic hospital which was twice as far as the nearest hospital. Every child has a right to love and family.

You need to put on a warning that this video will make you cry! Oh my goodness, it is obvious to see Izzy and your family were created to be together ♥️ I think Stan fell in love so hard when he held her! What a blessing she is to all♥️

Love your family You've opened up her world and shown what a difference that love and support and faith can do xxxx

God Bless you and Stan. ❤️🙏🏻

That beautiful smile 🥺🥺 This absolutely warms my heart to see as I just stumbled across her adoption story 💛

I am so sorry people feel the need to say such ignorant things to you about your beautiful children! "A productive citizen of society" is not what measures our worth; we all have equal personhood, worth, and dignity as children of God!!! And that certainly includes Izzy and Mika!

It's been a while since I've seen an update on Izzy, I just love how much she has come. You're family rocks!!!

A short introduction from me, a new subscriber. My name is Orenda, no typo. I have a total of 7 children. Two went to be with The Father during my 2nd trimesters of each of their gestation. One was born early but alive on Christmas Eve 1975. My Marjorie Rose only stayed with us 2 hours but she fought to live. Our Father blessed me with another daughter, turning 45 in January 2023, two sons ages 41 and 34. I had the blessing of being able to adopt an older child who had been born to a mom who couldn't give up the drinking while pregnant. I was awarded custody of her at a young age but adoption wasn't legally feasible until she turned 18 years-old and could give her consent. Remember however I was the only Mom she knew so there wasn't a problem. But, she had an I.Q. just above what's considered cognitively impaired and oppositional defiance disorder. When I was granted full legal custody of her at a young age we managed and was able to get her the help she needed and give her the love she'd never had from a mom. Why adopt a "special needs child"? That child literally saved my life after I developed a serious problem after an operation that only she realized how bad off I was and called the ambulance. She's now 41, had been married to a not nice man but has given me 2 wonderful grandsons who are a joy as young men now. The children I gave birth to sometimes take having me for granted. But not her. Having her all these years, watching her grow and achievements has given me so much. I tell people she's the child I didn't know I needed but God did and put me in her path. I've never regretted the decision to take her into my heart and thankfully me into her's. I've seen her through a divorce and lately the death of her bio-mom. She wasn't able to reach her in time to get her questions answered but she did get to say goodbye. BYW, all of my living children, biological and adopted are of mixed ethnic backgrounds. I don't use "race" as we're all one race, human. There simply weren't black/white children 45 years ago as there are today. We live in the SE, USA. Not always pleasant back then for our kids but one is a therapist in marriage and family counseling, another an executive sushi chef (yup a half black sushi chef 🤣👨‍🍳) another a hotel manager and one doing a heroic battle with diabetes and has lost half her foot. But she may not command a huge salary but that doesn't measure success in my mind. She's a fantastic daughter and mom. She's been blessed with having more common sense in her pinky than the rest of them altogether. Why adopt? Love, you'll be surprised that it's yourself who is benefiting the most from your decision to adopt. If I was healthy even if I couldn't adopt I'd foster parent. If it wasn't for Our Lord I wouldn't still be here as I've been battling serious illness for years but here I am. (Yes " I Am" intentional) I look forward to watching further vlogs. Pardon the length. OJ

You are truly a godly family. You and Stan are angels. I love this family so much.

When Stan made that video when he said Before God we are all dirty and smelly etc etc but he loves us anyway, those words made a change in my life there and then. Thank you Stan, thank you so much

Exactly Ashley, you and Stan give Isabelle exactly what she needs. Love, and someone she can count on, and depend on. She knows her mother and father, and her sisters and brothers. We are each other’s keepers.

Izzy is a lucky girl to have you as parents. You guys are amazing!

We love you guys so much Izzy brings so much joy to our lives thank you for sharing her with us love from Arkansas

Thank you for sharing. Her precious giggles made my day!🥰

Heart wrenching video Ashley. Thank you.

Such a beautiful and emotional video..well done Stan,Ashley and Family x

To me it seems like Izzy transformed over night once y'all got her! Giggling and laughing and loving the attention and touching and being talked too. Lucky girl to have been adapted by har loving forever family.

What an unconditional love you ppl have for these kids. God bless you. You are an inspiration.

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful and powerful message. It is humbling to be reminded how undeserving of God’s grace and love we are and yet He still loves us. Izzy is a beautiful reminder of God’s abundant love for us. Thank you❤️

oh my goodness what A beautiful little darling & her infectious lovely giggle is just amazing I can see why you fell in love with her mama

Her giggles are everything 🙂

Happy belated adoption day to all of you! Izzy is so sweet and funny and happy.

She is so cute 🥰 watching this video made me tear up good job Izzy on all the progress 👏

What a funny, precious gift God gave to our world. Thank you for sharing this precocious little angel. I always look forward to hearing her infectious giggle. Much love from NC.

We did and it was worth it. We are proud of our daughter

Happy Gotcha day cant believe its been 4 years I remember watching that welcome home video it was so touching.

Her neurological progress is so amazing and your love and patience are a WONDERFUL example for many families. Isabel is happy to be with you. The Lord himself is probably laughing and takes so much delight in seeing you together. Zephania 3, 17

Why adopt a child like her? I can't believe some people!! She needs love! God put her on this earth for a reason! And God chose you to be her parents! The most loving people in the world as far as I'm concerned! Love you guys!!

She has really flourished in your care, may God continue to bless your family.

She literally laughs so much bc she never had done so before....she is beautiful my lord the pics at the end that really show what she looks like is so awesome from what she did when you brought her home. My lord what a transformation! And walking! The possibilities are endless because of your family! I cannot get over it

Each question made me want to cry. 😢 Response so amazing! God bless yall! ♥

Every child needs love . It doesn't matter what they look like. Beauty is only skin deep

Absolute gift! 🎁❤️

I just want say thank you for taking a chance she seem doing very good there should be more family like you

I’ve been watching this little dolls progress since you went to bring her home. Amazing where she is today 😊❤️🙏🦋

I am very glad with people like you. Trough your adoption you show Gods love.

Have a blessed Gotcha Day, Felts family. This made my morning. Thank you.

My Izzy favs are of course THE GIGGLE (and the pigtails!) but also the pool episodes with the wee, head donut and also the ice machine episodes...💗💗💗 Happy Gotcha! 🎊🎂🎊

I follow you on KZfaq but to find this of Isabell YIYI of her beautiful story put together is wonderful. You are a credit to both your girls and I hope in time you get your other adoptions as the countries open up to adoption. I hope others take the message you are trying to get over and think about adoption. We adopted our beautiful son who was just turned 3 but was like a 3-month-old baby due to the disabilities and previous life But as we saw with Isabel he came on to learn to seat, crawl the pleasure he gave us the cuddles, the love. Don't get me wrong, We had many a hard time with his ill health and thinking we had lost him a few times. He had an amazing life with disability having no boundaries with him being able to do the same as his brother and sister with a little bit of adaption. Sadly We lost son at the age of 15 when the good Lord saw it fit to call him home. If I had age on my side I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Thanks again for sharing your story xx

Izzy is an amazing beautiful little lady and that is because of you snd the family her giggles show how happy she is she has her place in this world no matter what she understands snd loves no question I have to older children age 23 and 31ehovi adopted at 7 and 4 they have disabilities as have I I would not change it for the world ❤❤ love you Feltz Family ❤❤

She’s such a sweet little soul 🥰

I hope Isabel has a long and happy life. :-)

What a sweet girl and how much she has learnt!

It's very sad how people have become self centred even to the point of asking and making such comments. I like wat yo son asked u in her favour. In Africa we say he has spoken like 10 men. God bless him God immensely bless u for yo selflessness for giving this human being any and everything u have. May yo oil from God never dry up

Loves you The Felts Family...wonderful people in the world

What beautifull moments of joy!

Bless your family. You're angels!!!!!!

Izzys legs never stop. I laugh so much. She is definitely a beautiful gift.😚🤗🙏

If people would watch the video you made showing Izzy from the day you got her to where she is now. She is so much healthier and your love has made her so happy! My niece was born in china. She was the same with her health. She was born with a cleft pallets. She was so little skinny. I wanted to adopt but I have an Dermatomyositis which has caused extreme lung disease. God is good in every situation! Even when my son passed away an hour after birth.

She is a miracle child because you are miracle parents Mrs Felts. God bless you.

I agree people need to realize that these kinds of children need homes that are special parents.

Why not pick a child like her. She is beautiful.

Ashley I agree with you that in most cases people don't have the faith it takes to trust God to help with adoption. However that's not always the case. I have ALWAYS wanted, deemed of, and when many tears about not having a child. I wanted A natural child, and ALWAYS wanted to adopt special needs kids. With all of the medical issues I was born with, I couldn't get pregnant. I've never been married, I have been on disability my entire adult life, and for the past 13 years I've had to live in a skilled nursing home, and I'm only 54 years old. I love you guys, and I've been following your family since right after you brought your sweet Izzy home, but your words stung just a bit. LOVE and PRAYERS ALWAYS from Gainesville Florida.❤🙏😊🙏❤

God bless you and you family, you make me cry, we also adopted a daughter from China in 2005 and she has become a beautiful young Lady.....Happy Gotcha day Issy you are such a special little girl, love to see your giggles and how happy you are....🥰💗

Well worth watching. Shes so flexiable. Love her ruffle pants. Your lucky you have support when your sick and need child support for a day or week. Most people cannot help as they are afraid or busy etc. Its one thing to have friends coming to parties and smiling when they visit but to really offer support when in need they tend to disappear. It's like a rude awakening-been my experience

Iam a mom of 16 year old with autism.i salute you Felts family for adopting children with special need.

You’re children are so adorable and happy it makes my heart so full watching your girls play together I hope someday I could have a daughter like yours as well💜🥹

We received Connie into our home from Nicaragua. An orphan at 15, she had to battle men. Her trauma were challenging. Today she is an incredible adult very much God-driven, the mother of four college graduates. She was the first of 11 adoptions with another on the way from Bulgaria. It is just saying YES to our crazy God (adopting at 81? “I’ve got your back!”). What a journey! Go for it, people!

Bless you everyone deserves a chance no one is perfect regardless wishing your family all the best

She's such a blessing as all children are. If you hadn't adopted her she probably would have died like the others sadly. She was so tiny and underweight when you got her. Now she's walking and she has siblings that she can play with. She has the best life now and she's so lucky to have you all as her family. God is amazing how he works and brought this beautiful child into your family. She now knows what love is as she didn't get this in her home country.. Sadly to them she was a throw away. THANK YOU for giving her a loving family where she can thrive.

Oh the tears… absolutely “created for His glory”!

What can izzy teach us? Love is blind. She trusted you and gives out so much happiness despite her ordeals. Love conquers all. She has taught patience and acceptance . She is a true teacher and a comedian I love you so much Izzy. You rock.

Don't pay attention to the rude comments 😒