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.
  • Family and friends watch Jonah and his older sister Riley, 4, play with balloons in the courtroom during the adoption hearing. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    Family and friends watch Jonah and his older sister Riley, 4, play with balloons in the courtroom during the adoption hearing. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
  • This year’s Adoption Day theme is “You are the Hero,” acknowledging a child’s resilience and success when they find their forever home. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    This year’s Adoption Day theme is “You are the Hero,” acknowledging a child’s resilience and success when they find their forever home. 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 a...

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