For quiet some time, Madonna had been seriously considering adopting a second child and now she’s already in Malawi, the African country to complete the proceedings. The singer who has had an earlier adoption of David Banda, 3, is back to the country’s capital, Lilongwe to appear before the High Court judge and take Mercy James home, once the plan is through. In order to certify her adoption, the court has appointed an overseer who has to make an assessment of Madonna’s eligibility as a parent and produce two reports on the same before the judge. A similar procedure was carried out in the case of David’s adoption and two positive reports supporting the suitability of ex-husband Guy Ritchie and Madonna as parents had been prepared. But this time it could be tough owing to the break-up of Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

The Associated Press Agency has reported that Mercy James is the child of an unmarried 18-year old woman who died two days after giving birth to Mercy. Oppositions have already been raised over Madonna’s plans. David Nutt, spokesman for the Save the Children charity, wants Madonna to reconsider her decision. However, Steven Whitehead of the charity Oasis, appreciates Madonna’s move saying foreign adoption is a good idea. He said: “There are a number of children for whom inter-country adoption represents their only chance of having a family, and the human convention on the right of the child gives every child the right to a family.

“And it’s much better for them be in a family, wherever it may happen to be, than be in institutional care. The damaging effect of institutional care on children is so well recognised that, you know, it’s just not an issue of debate.”

One of the reasons why Madonna is earnest in her effort to adopt Mercy James is that she wants David to have a sibling from his own country. The 50-year old star was accompanied by her 12-year old daughter, Lourdes; both arrived at the Kamuzu International Airport on Sunday.

The divorce of Madonna and Guy Ritchie are in no way going to interfere with their children’s Christmas celebration. Guy Ritchie wants to make up for what the kids have been through following his divorce with Madge. This year, his children will have an extravagant Christmas at Ashcombe house and both their parents will be with them. It’s also going to be made special with stockings of presents and a big tree. Part of the special holiday would be a turkey dinner. But, mind you, every thing’s gonna be organic at Madonna’s insistence. Though Ashcombe doesn’t impress Madonna much, she is keen on remaining united with her family during this season.

Speaking of food, last year Madonna permitted her family to have only steamed fish and vegetables. This year, while the family enjoys turkey, Madonna will continue to adhere to her diet consisting of fish. Surprisingly Madonna would also be letting her kids taste some sweets and watch TV for some time.

For those of you who are unaware, Madonna is a devout follower of Kabbalah, a mystical off-shoot of Judaism to which Christmas has no significance. Clearly, it’s done all for the kids.

Although a consensus hasn’t been reached concerning the custody of children, both are adamant about having the kids to live with themselves – Madonna wants her kids to be grown up in New York while Guy wants them to grow up in London especially Rocco.