Catelynn Baltierra Says Email Is the Only Way to Reach Carly
catelynn baltierra and Tyler Baltierra now say the only way they can reach Carly is through an email account they set up for her after the adoption was closed in 2023. Tyler said they do not really have a relationship with their 16-year-old daughter, and the email is now the main line between them and Carly.
April 27 on Cake For Dinner
“As far as our relationship goes, we don't really have [one],” Tyler said on the April 27 episode of the Cake For Dinner podcast. He added, “I set up an email for her that me and Cate will write to, and that's pretty much the only way we're maintaining any kind of communication.”
That setup gives the couple a narrow but direct channel after years of distance. Tyler said, “We figured if we set up an email for her, and write to it, and then one day if she ever wants it, we can give her the login and the password,” and added, “And she can kind of just go through the email herself.”
2023 Adoption Closure
Tyler and Catelynn placed Carly up for adoption in 2009, and Carly lives with her adoptive parents, Brandon Davis and Teresa Davis. The adoption was closed in 2023, which left email as the couple's practical option for contact rather than an open family exchange.
That limits what the biological parents can do now. They can write, but they cannot assume a relationship on their terms, and Tyler's explanation makes clear that access runs through whatever Carly later decides to do with the login and password.
Carly at 16
Catelynn said in January 2025 that “Whether she just wants a relationship with her biological siblings, if she wants to have a relationship with us, awesome. If she doesn't, totally understand. Whatever that looks like for her. Because it needs to be adoptee-centered.” The couple have three daughters together, and that framing puts Carly's choice ahead of any parent-led timeline.
Tyler later told Dr. Drew Pinsky in May 2025, “We didn't know we were going to get financially stable,” and “We didn't know that we were going to have resources to work on our mental health and get better before we brought more kids into the world.” Those comments, alongside the email arrangement, show how the family is still working through the practical limits of an adoption decision made in 2009.
For readers following this story, the immediate takeaway is simple: if Carly wants contact later, the route is already sitting in an inbox, and the choice belongs to her.
