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3-year-old who was adopted during pandemic gets parade celebration

VIDEO: 3-year-old gets curbside adoption celebration
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3-year-old gets curbside adoption celebration
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ByNicole Pelletiere
Video byGabriella Abdul-Hakim
April 21, 2020, 11:44 am

A toddler who was unable to have a traditional adoption due to stay-at-home orders in Florida just received a special celebration to mark the event.

Cars lined the streets on April 18 for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents, Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson, signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.

"She loved it," Lynndsey Wilson of Bradenton told "GMA." "She asked, 'Can we do this again tomorrow?'"

"She's so full of sass, energy and love," Lynndsey Wilson added. "You instantly fall in love with her."

PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
One More Child
PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
One More Child

The Wilsons have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Reney now joins her sister, Alexie, 16, who the Wilsons adopted in 2018.

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PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
Lynndsey Wilson

"The day after Alexie's mom's rights were terminated was the day Reney was born," Lynndsey Wilson said. "We told our agency if she goes into foster care we want her to be placed with us."

PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
Lynndsey Wilson
PHOTO: The Wilsons of Bradenton, Florida, have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Seen in this undated photo, Jameson Wilson holds his now adopted daughter, Reney, when she was an infant.
The Wilsons of Bradenton, Florida, have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Reney now joins her sister, Alexie, 16, who the Wilsons adopted in 2018. Seen in this undated photo, Jameson Wilson holds his now adopted daughter, Reney, when she was an infant.
Lynndsey Wilson

Lynndsey Wilson said she and her husband fought for the sisters to be together and at 7 weeks old, Reney came into their care.

One More Child was the organization that licensed the Wilsons as foster parents and helped facilitate the adoptions.

PHOTO: The Wilsons of Bradenton, Florida, have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Reney now joins her sister, Alexie, 16, who the Wilsons adopted in 2018.
The Wilsons of Bradenton, Florida, have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Reney now joins her sister, Alexie, 16, who the Wilsons adopted in 2018.
Lynndsey Wilson
PHOTO: The Wilsons of Bradenton, Florida, have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Reney now joins her sister, Alexie, 16, who the Wilsons adopted in 2018.
The Wilsons of Bradenton, Florida, have been fostering Reney since she was a newborn. Reney now joins her sister, Alexie, 16, who the Wilsons adopted in 2018.
Lynndsey Wilson

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RJ Walters, director of communications at One More Child, said Reney was excited for adoption day after seeing pictures from her sister's court proceedings.

"At first it was a disappointing to know she wasn't going to have her day, but the support from the community rallying around her was more than she could've ever imagined," Walters told "GMA."

PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
One More Child
PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
Lynndsey Wilson

The parade took off after Wilson promoted it on her Facebook page, asking fellow foster parents, family and friends to celebrate at a safe distance. Local police and firefighters joined the party as well.

PHOTO: Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers.
Cars lined the streets April 18 in Bradenton, Florida, for 3-year-old Reney just days after her parents Lynndsey and Jameson Wilson signed adoption papers. The family had to cancel Reney's original adoption party because of COVID-19, so loved ones and law enforcement assembled a drive-by fleet.
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"The community came together," she said. "People wanting to support the amazing-ness of adoption."

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