Happily Staff

A couple who couldn’t have a gender reveal party due to restrictions took their reveal to new heights - with a pilot letting off a colored fire extinguisher from a helicopter. Melissa and Jamie had been trying for a baby for 18 months, so when Melissa finally got pregnant, they wanted to celebrate with friends and family in Missouri over the holidays. But due to the pandemic they decided against traveling back and started thinking of other ways they could celebrate the special moment.

A caring stepdad received the birthday surprise of a lifetime as his five-year-old stepdaughter surprised him by revealing a t-shirt asking if she could take his last name. Michael Hodkinson, 24, had no idea the big surprise - which would include him legally adopting Maddalena Hodkinson - was coming, as he celebrated in a Pennsylvania restaurant.

An adorable baby born without an arm has gone viral thanks to her amazing reaction to trying on her new prosthetic for the first time. Baby Leia’s mom, Naomi Krisvany Wolf Matheus, was given the news her daughter would be born without the lower part of her left arm when she was 26 weeks into her pregnancy. In November 2020, the family headed to EproTec, a prosthetic maker in Germany, where they waited for Leia, now aged nine months, to try on her new arm.

A pair of newlyweds undertook a beautiful gesture for the bride's grandmother, by getting married for the second time so she could attend. Virginia, 90, was forced to isolate due to her health and COVID-91 protocols, meaning she missed her granddaughter's original wedding a week earlier. Undeterred, the couple worked with care home manager Christina Scott to make bride Virginia's dream come true and have her grandmother see her walk down the aisle and marry Harvey Sydnor.

A football-playing teenager gave his "best friend" little sister a surprise she will never forget, when he emerged from the crowd at his football game to ask her to homecoming. Freshman Grace Alexander, 15, did not have a date to Dayton Christian School's homecoming and had never been to a school dance, as her special needs have made it difficult for her to make friends, her family said.

Two middle school basketball teams showed incredible sportsmanship in a recent game. Landon Hayes, 14, from Bolivar, Missouri, was diagnosed with a condition called Global Developmental Delays in 2011, which puts him behind other children his age. But the huge basketball fan, who usually helps with managerial duties, was given a shot at fame. With his team the Bolivar Liberators losing heavily, the 14-year-old was brought into the game. But then the opposition did something truly special - they made sure he scored.

A beloved father let out a huge scream and burst into happy tears, as he opened a gift box to discover his daughter, who he had not seen in three years. His daughter, Stephanie, 21, had moved to Florida to pursue higher education three years prior, and during that time she had not been able to return home to visit her family. But approaching the box in his home town of Lima, Peru, Cesar Rodriguez Torres, 49, had no idea what to expect - least of all his daughter home to surprise him.

A dog’s adorable weekly routine with her human “best friend” has gone viral thanks to a video of her unable to contain her excitement as she waits for the elevator to arrive.