With his partner of 20 years standing by his side, Reggie Wilson was so overcome with emotion that he was now an official adoptive parent of two children that he wept himself into a nose bleed.

He considers himself the composed one in the family.

So, where did the tears come from?

“I have no idea,” Wilson says, “I guess it was hearing (the host) talk about our journey.”

Wilson and his partner Wesley McCamon were officially made adoptive parents during the 26th Annual DC Adoption Day in a ceremony held Saturday at the DC Superior Court.