Adoptions – Celebrity About

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi celebrated their first wedding anniversary this past May. Time flies! It feels like it was just yesterday that we got word that they’d gotten engaged while on vacation. Remember when Millie (and their dog, Winnie the Poodle) confessed that Jake proposed while they were deep sea diving and almost lost the ring? Good times.

Over the last year, Millie has been very open about how much she couldn’t wait to become a mother. Well, the wait is over! On Thursday, Millie and Jake announced via Instagram that they welcomed their first baby together, a “sweet baby girl.” We don’t have any other information about their daughter other than they adopted her this summer.

The Stranger Things star, 21, and her husband Jake Bongiovi, 23, have welcomed their first baby together via adoption, announcing the news on Instagram on Thursday, Aug. 21.

“This summer we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption. We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy,” she wrote in the post. “And then there were 3.”

This past March, the actress opened up about growing her family with Bongiovi while appearing on an episode of the Smartless podcast. At the time, the actress said she’s really looking forward to becoming a mom. “My mom actually had her first child at 21, and my dad was 19. And you know, it’s been my thing since before I met Jake,” Brown said. “Since I was a baby, I told my mom, like, baby dolls. I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me.”

“And my nan, my grandmother is, she was a huge part of my life. And so, yeah, I mean, Jake knows how important it is to me and, of course, I want to focus on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I also find it’s so important to start a family for me personally,” she went on. “It’s a huge thing. Jake was like, we cannot do that until we get married. So that was his thing.”

[From People]

Congrats to Millie and Jake! I’m sure they are completely over-the-moon, and I hope they enjoy every single moment with their baby girl. Millie and Jake haven’t shared any other info, like her name or birthday. I respect the Bongiovis’ decision to keep their daughter’s information private. I bet we won’t find out anything in an official capacity for a while. I hope it ends up being on their own terms, though. They’re both very close with their families, so in addition to resources, finances, and stamina, MBB and Jake will have plenty of support and guidance as needed. Speaking of family, Millie and Jake’s new arrival also means that Jon Bon Jovi is officially a grandpa, y’all.

Also, Millie becoming a parent is making me feel so old! She was literally 12 years old when we were first introduced to her as Eleven in Stranger Things! She’s had her first kiss, gone through puberty and the teenage years, starred in a whole other franchise, gotten married, and now has a child. Meanwhile, Stranger Things *still* hasn’t released their final season. That’s just craziness, right?

Photo note by CB: Millie Bobby Brown posted these photos last week from her sister’s wedding. In the second slide she’s holding a baby, which may be a niece or nephew it’s unclear.

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Neve Campbell and JJ Feild have two sons, Caspian, nine, and Raynor, three. Raynor was adopted at birth, something Neve made public after they’d made it official. Neve talked about her sons while she was on The Kelly Clarkson Show the other day – the same show that she talked about being dragged off by a bear! Anyway, Kelly asked Neve if she’d told Raynor if he was adopted or was she waiting until he was older. Neve said that she’d read up on it and they’d decided it was best to tell him from the start. So Raynor has not only been raised knowing he’s adopted, but with a good understanding of who his birth mother is.

Neve Campbell is opening up about how she approaches the topic of adoption with her 3-year-old son.

While recently appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Scream star, 48, explained why she told her son Raynor “from the beginning” that she and husband JJ Feild welcomed him via adoption.

“I read a lot about it. I think back in the day we used to think ‘Keep it from them and throw it at them when they’re 21 so their entire reality falls apart,’ which makes so much sense,” she said. “Really the guidance that I had was even before they understand the language, talk about their birth mother, talk about their story. Tell them who they are.”

Because of her decision to discuss Raynor’s adoption with him, Campbell says “it’s no surprise for Raynor in any sense whatsoever.”

“He knows he was in Cynthia’s tummy. She made him,” continued Campbell, who also shares 9-year-old son Caspian with Feild.

[From People]

Most of the adopted people I know knew they were adopted but don’t know anything about their birth parents. I don’t know when they found out, though. I trust Neve did the research and everything she said makes sense. Plus, celebrities have to consider that if the public knows, their kids are going to find out, so it should come from them first. There’s probably a lot of suggested language so the child understands the concept of an expanded family. Neve’s correct that when we were growing up, unless it was family, I only knew of closed adoptions. Now there are other options. I don’t know much about adoption but it’s generally better to have more alternatives because people and families are so different. The important thing is that Raynor grows up knowing he is loved by his family, and it sounds like that is coming across loud and clear.

I noticed this article referred to JJ as Neve’s husband. They’ve been together for over a decade, and I hadn’t heard anything about them getting married. Both Wiki and IMDb still list them as partners. I did see that The Daily Mail made a big deal about Neve wearing what looks like a wedding band on her ring finger. Normally I’d dismiss that kind of speculation but with People calling it, I wonder if they did tie the knot? She was wearing a ring on Kelly’s show too. If they did, congrats! If they didn’t, still congrats because they still have a lovely life together.

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