++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN EDITED++ This man received an emotional birthday surprise he didn't expect when his stepchildren gave him a half-used pen and a document bag full of legal adoption papers.

The filmer, a single mother, raised the three children on her own until they met the man who would become their stepfather. They got married in 2012, and though are now divorced, still spend all birthdays and holidays together as one big family.

"The kids had secretly told me they wanted him to adopt them so I arranged to get the necessary paperwork and they presented it to him for his birthday," she told Newsflare. "You can hear me say “now my card makes more sense” because I wrote “I hope you never forget this special day” in his card from me."

I have 3 grown children, current ages are 26, 22, 22 (yes twins). I was a single Mom and in 2008 I met the man in the video who would eventually become my children’s stepfather. It took some time, my kids were teens at the time but but they all fell in love. When I say love I mean real Father/child love as if they were his own flesh and blood. He also had 2 daughters from a previous marriage and they were quite a bit younger than my kids but they all got along famously! We married in 2012 and unfortunately we are divorced now but are very good friends and still co-parent our kids. We spend all birthdays and holidays together still, the most recent was October 27, 2018 for my oldest daughters baby shower. We are going to become grandparents for the second time in January 2019. The video, which I was filming was on my husbands birthday in 2016. The kids had secretly told me they wanted him to adopt them so I arranged to get the necessary paperwork and they presented it to him for his birthday. You can hear me say “now my card makes more sense” because I wrote “I hope you never forget this special day” in his card from me. I hope this is enough information, if not, please let me know.