Adoption Day: Families, officials celebrate children finding their forever homes

New parents Hillary and Patrick McClellan, left, testify in Williamson County’s County Court-at-Law courtroom to adopt toddler Jonah, center right, on for National Adoption Day, November 7. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
New parents Hillary and Patrick McClellan, left, testify in Williamson County’s County Court-at-Law courtroom to adopt toddler Jonah, center right, on for National Adoption Day, November 7. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

Running around the County Court-at-Law courtroom, toddler Jonah McClellan grinned from ear-to-ear while playing with balloons with his new older sister, Riley, on Friday morning. With colorful streamers and lawyers in superhero costumes, Williamson County formally placed Jonah with his now adopted parents, Hillary and Patrick McClellan. 

A day at the courtrooms doesn’t usually come with balloo…