Ceremonies have been taking place all week for families with adopted children as a part of National Adoption Day.

The event is celebrated on the first Saturday before Thanksgiving.

In the Middlesex County Courthouse, 4-month-old Nikolas Sugars and 15-year-old Jennifer Bond received their blessings from the court to be adopted.

Bond says she's been in the system since she was three years old and has been placed in seven different homes.

Almost 70,000 children have found their families since National Adoption Day was created.