SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — This Thanksgiving marks an essential first for one Bay Space mom and son.
It is the primary vacation that they are formally a household.
Ten-year-old Sa’Davion Brock has been enthusiastic about this Thanksgiving for a very long time.
“I am simply wanting ahead to, like, go see my members of the family and all people else,” Brock mentioned.
That is as a result of this Thanksgiving is not like any he or his household have shared earlier than, it is the primary since he was adopted by his now-mom Priscilla Dixon.
Dixon first began caring for Brock when he was a child, taking on care from his delivery mom.
“She mentioned ‘You would take him for six months, however God wished me to handle longer,'” Dixon mentioned.
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Now in any case of those years, Brock and Dixon are formally a household.
“We’re all excited, you realize what I imply? Trigger it was a protracted journey,” Dixon mentioned.
ABC7 was there when that journey got here to a joyful finish and new starting.
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Sa’Davion Brock was adopted on Nationwide Adoption Day, the week earlier than Thanksgiving.
Santa Clara County Household Court docket held a particular celebration for households to make their adoptions official.
We bought to be there for Brock’s ceremony, capturing the second his adoption grew to become official.
Sa’Davion and Priscilla have been surrounded by household and mates within the Santa Clara County courtroom.
“I had a few of my mates, my sisters, my grandpas, my trainer, my nurse, loads of my members of the family right here,” Brock mentioned shortly after the ceremony.
Wanting again, Priscilla says the enjoyment she feels is not only for her household however all who have been there on Adoption Day.
“I used to be simply so joyful for all these children that did get adopted. I regarded on-line, everywhere in the world, children was getting adopted. So, it was very thrilling for me and Sa’Davion,” Dixon mentioned.
Extra pleasure comes now waiting for the remainder of their lives from this Thanksgiving onward.
“I simply really feel actually joyful about it,” he mentioned.
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