'It's a blessing cake': A boy adopted from Sierra Leone experiences his first birthday celebration, including his very first birthday cake.
— What may look like a house to you is something much more magnificent to the boys inside. When Abraham saw the house for the first time, he said he and his older brother James thought it was"a second heaven."
And he means that literally. Abraham and James are from Sierra Leone. They were homeless before finding their way to an orphanage and eventually to their new home near Charlotte, North Carolina, after they were adopted by Joe and Jamie Walker last fall. "Every little thing that we take for granted — coming home from the airport, I hit the button to open up the front gate — 'Dad!'" Joe Walker told CBS News.
"When I see the cake, I thought that is the most beautifulest thing I've ever seen," he said."It's not just a birthday cake. It's a blessing cake."
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