Boy, 11, Breaks Down in Tears After Getting Adoption Certificate for Christmas
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This 11-year-old just had his greatest wish come true when he opened his Christmas presents this year.
Janelle Rice shared this heartwarming video of her son receiving his adoption certificate on Facebook.
Landon, who is the biological son of Janelle, has always been open about his desire to be adopted by his stepdad and Janelle's husband, Daniel Rice.
The little boy wished to formally take his non-biological father's surname.
"[Landon] really wanted to be adopted by [my husband] Daniel and have his last name changed," Janelle told, "And we felt it was finally time!"
Janelle and Daniel have been married for ten years and Landon has wanted to be adopted by his mum's husband for many years now.
"When he was about five years old we heard it first," she explained, "Because he said he wanted to 'marry daddy' the way I did, so he could have the same last name."
"At his fifth grade graduation in May, he was called up to the stage to get his 'diploma' and he told his teachers he wanted to go by Landon Rice (rather than his birth last name) — that's when we knew we had to begin," she said.
Over the last few months Daniel has secretly undergone the adoption process.
The papers were signed and officiated in time for Christmas, meaning that Landon could have the best possible gift under the tree.
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