Sex and the City’s Willie Garson is joining an elite - though ever-growing – list of Hollywood celebs: he’s becoming an adoptive parent. Garson, who plays Carrie’s gay best friend Stanford Blatch, told People in January that he was taking parenting classes in hopes of adopting a child. According to Us Weekly, Garson is almost done adopting his soon-to-be son.

Sex and the City star Willie Garson — who plays Carrie Bradshaw’s BFF Stanford Blatch — says he is “almost done” adopting a son.

He tells E! News the boy will be from “Los Angeles County.”

“It’s a big deal,” the unattached actor, 44, says. “It’s a big decision.”

He says the process wasn’t easy. “You know what, it should be difficult,” he adds. “It’s not like buying a suit or another pair of glasses.”

So will there be playdates with other famous celeb offspring? Perhaps. “If I like their kids,” he jokes, adding, “My kid’s going to be the coolest.”

[From Us Weekly]

Garson strikes me as someone who’d be a really good dad. Funny and interesting, but not a pushover. The process of adoption can be emotionally exhausting and daunting. When he spoke with People in January, Garson said “I kind of knew how difficult it was going to be, and it’s pretty difficult.” In the end it seems like he thinks the difficulty was a good thing – certainly jumping through hoops proves how much you want a child. There’s no mention of the kid’s age – neither Us nor Garson calls him a baby, so he might be an older child, which would be extra great, since they aren’t adopted as often. Either way, congrats to Willie and his new son.

Here’s Willie at the ‘Sex and the City: The Movie’ premiere at Radio City Music Hall last night. Images thanks to WENN.