Madonna is planning to adopt - again, according to reports.The Material Girl - who divorced husband Guy Ritchie in November - controversially adopted David Banda from Malawi in 2006.
And she is now to add 4-year-old Mercy James - whose grandparents are too poor to care for her - to her brood.
The singer, 50, has already signed the adoption papers - and is set to fly to the poverty-stricken country with her rumored lover Alex Rodriguez to pick up the tot.
A source tells Star magazine, "She's hoping to bring the toddler home by early next year."
"It breaks our hearts to know she will leave us, but adoption is best for her," Mercy's grandfather, Saxon Maunde, said.
Until the the star adopted David, Malawi had not permitted foreign adoptions. Madonna has since moved back to New York City with son Rocco, 8, and daughter Lourdes, 12.