Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra’s Quotes About Daughter Carly, Her Adoptive Parents

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Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra's Quotes About Daughter Carly, Her Adoptive Parents

Open books. Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra placed their eldest daughter, Carly, for adoption in 2009 and have maintained a relationship with her and her parents, Brandon Davis and Teresa Davis, ever since. The 16 and Pregnant alums were 17 when their baby girl arrived, a journey that was captured by the MTV cameras. Six years later, the MTV personalities welcomed another daughter named Novalee. “OMG guys, my daughter is BEAUTIFUL!” Baltierra wrote via Instagram in January 2015. “Can't wait for you guys to see her! Born on 1/01/15 at 3:15. Can't tell you the feeling of witnessing this. Look at my beautiful bride to be! That woman is beyond strong, caring, and selfless. Couldn't have asked for a better little family.” When the reality stars tied the knot in Michigan seven months later, the little one acted as their flower girl. She became a big sister in February 2019 when Vaeda was born. “Welcome home Vaeda,” Baltierra gushed at the time. “Mommy and Daddy love you so much & can't wait to watch you grow with love in this crazy family of ours!" [jwplayer ky3gdpyO-zhNYySv2] After going on to suffer a miscarriage in 2020, the Conquering Chaos authors conceived another baby girl. Rya arrived in August 2021. “She’s definitely an easy baby,” Lowell exclusively told Us of their youngest child in October 2021. “I really can’t complain. She’s very much calm and only getting upset if she’s hungry or her diaper’s dirty. So far, she’s been a really good baby. [Novalee’s] an absolute great big sister, always so caring and really helpful. They both adore Rya. Even Vaeda, being only 2, she really shocked us. She’s very much loving and talking to the baby and always giving her kisses and hugs. They’re both really great with her.” The Michigan native went on to tell Us that the infant would be her and Baltierra’s “last one,” and her husband chimed in, “I’m on the same page." Lowell added that Carly had yet to meet Rya, clarifying, “We have sent her mom and dad pictures and stuff like that. She’s seen her, but not in person yet.” Keep scrolling to see the Teen Mom OG stars' quotes about their relationship with Carly and her parents, from defending their decision to feeling “inferior." [podcast_block]

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June 2012

Lowell exclusively told Us that Carly was "totally different," gushing, "She has the biggest attitude now, like Tyler. She’s so headstrong and confident. It’s funny. She’s really good at counting and knowing all her colors. She started preschool and she’s really doing great in school.”

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April 2015

Baltierra tried to convince Teresa to let them use photos of Carly on social media in a Teen Mom OG episode, saying, "We have a platform to speak on adoption from an adoptive parent perspective that nobody else has." Teresa replied, "The baby biologically is yours, but in every other way, she is our child, and you have to trust our decisions."

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May 2019

"Ten years ago yesterday, we were only 17," Baltierra wrote in a touching birthday tribute to Carly. "Ten years ago, we brought you into the world. 10 years ago, we only got to hold you by ourselves for a half hour in the hospital as we just cried and stared at you, remembering every little detail of how absolutely perfect you were, since we knew that even though we just met, we had to say goodbye. 10 years ago, we had to make the hardest decision of our lives and give you everything your innocent life deserved that we just couldn’t provide at the time. 10 years ago, we held each other and wept as we watched you drive away in the back of the car with the only parents that were worthy to be yours. ... We love you so much & hopefully get to see you soon baby girl. Happy Birthday Carly!"

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July 2019

When a Twitter troll bashed Baltierra's "trash" decision to place Carly for adoption, he tweeted, "If PLACING my innocent daughter into an adoption plan at 16 with a couple who can not have biological children makes me trash, then you might as well send me to the damn dump so I can put a throne on top and call it home! #NoShame.”

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August 2019

Lowell told Twitter users to "get a damn grip" after she and Baltierra were late to meet Carly, writing, "It was because I finished her scrapbook! Which by the way she LOVED!!!! She wasn’t upset about us being late, she was so excited about her scrapbook. … Carly didn’t care about the time on the clock, she only cared that we spent quality time with her and played etc. Also that she got to spend time with her sisters and that’s all that matters.”

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May 2020

"Today you turn 11," Lowell captioned an Instagram post. "Happy Birthday my sweet Carly. I love you big as the sky.”

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April 2021

"I feel like whatever happens, I have to kind of, like, filter through Brandon and Teresa first," Baltierra said during a Teen Mom OG reunion. "I don't trust what I'm gonna say sometimes. It's just very difficult to navigate and feel close in a relationship when you have to second guess your approach and delivery all the time. It's anxiety. Me and Catelynn have talked about it many times, we're almost 30 now and we still feel, like, this inferior position.”

Lowell chimed in, "In the snap of a finger, they could take [our access to her] away.”

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October 2021

She gave an update on their "growing" relationship with Brandon and Teresa, telling Us, "They are her parents. They get to make all the decisions for her and rightfully so. Relationships are hard any which way. So it’s just all about ... learning and maneuvering.”

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October 2021

"We did end up having a visit with Carly and MTV did follow that [for Teen Mom OG]," Lowell told E! News, noting that they hadn't seen the preteen for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. "They didn't film Carly herself or anything like that, but they always film us. People will be able to witness what our reaction was from the first day to the last day, from leaving and even just, like, the start of the visit and things like that, which I think is definitely important.”

Her husband added, "Before our 16 and Pregnant [season] aired, I'd never really heard about adoption, let alone open adoption. I feel like we did a good job of opening the door for that conversation to happen and making it more normal, more accepted to get information. It's kind of great to think about being part of that door opening, but we're blessed to do it."

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November 2021

Lowell gushed to E! News about the “love” she feels for Carly’s parents allowing her and Baltierra to be “involved” in the preteen’s life. “They actually care to have visits and they love to get together with our kids and obviously we love to get together with their kids,” she told the outlet. "Tyler and I are blessed."

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November 2021

"Saying goodbye is honestly devastating," Baltierra tweeted after his and Lowell's reunion with Carly aired. "Especially when we don’t know what the future holds or how long it will be until the next visit.”

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November 2021

Baltierra called adoption a “sacrifice” in an episode of “Reality Life With Kate Casey,” saying, “To just literally walk out of a hospital without your baby, it feels horrible. Like, there's no other explanation. It's heart-wrenching. It feels wrong on all levels. … It felt just devastating. Honestly, [we felt] a little bit of regret and shame."

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November 2022

The couple spoke to Nova about the difficult decision to place Carly for adoption after the little girl revealed she missed her biological sister. “She just started sobbing,” the 16 and Pregnant alum told her husband during a November 2022 episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter.

“She’s like, ‘I really miss Carly.’ She’s like, ‘I don’t — why did you have to separate us?’” Nova told her parents, “It feels like that’s my sister and I can’t see her that much. Imagine getting split up from your sister or your brother.” When her mom told her she was only 16 when she got pregnant with Carly, Nova was shocked. “That is not a grown up,” she replied, while Catelynn explained, "When mommy found out she was pregnant, me and daddy talked and we said we can’t raise a baby right now. We didn’t have cars. We were still in school, no jobs."

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December 2022

In December 2022, Lowell exclusively shared with Us that she “reached out to Carly's parents” when witnessing Nova struggle with understanding Carly’s adoption, a teachable moment that aired during a November 2022 episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter. “We were able to set up a FaceTime so her and Carly could talk,” the Michigan native told Us.