“At first, we were like, “Is this going to be weird?”

But it wasn’t at all.

I’ve known everyone in the cast for a while.

Melissa Ordway Abby The Young and the Restless

I was happy to step in.”

Ordway loved working opposite her own husband.

“At first, we didn’t know what to expect,” Ordway said to TV Insider.

Justin Gaston and Melissa Ordway

“But this was the most fun two weeks I’d ever had at work.

Justin and Melissa don’t speak to each other nearly as eloquently as the writers write for us!”

In 2021, Ordway posted a tribute to Olivia on the fourth anniversary of her adoption.

Justin Gaston Melissa Ordway and Baby Olivia in 2017

“HAPPY CORONATION DAY, Olivia!!!

Today we celebrate our 4th Coronation day (our adoption “gotcha day”),” Ordwaywrote.

“Words cannot express how thankful I am that God chose me to be your mom.

You were always meant to be ours …

I grew you in my heart.

2/27 just made it official!

We love you more than words, Olivia Christine!”