Before this little boy joined his family through foster care [1] at just 5 days old, his soon-to-be adoptive dad had some concerns.

While he and his wife had been undergoing fertility treatments with no success, he already had children from a previous marriage. And although they are both nurses who work in the labor and delivery department — and see unthinkable situations babies are born into everyday — he still had hesitations about expanding their family through foster care and adoption [2] when they learned at the hospital that there weren't any homes available for this newborn baby.

"He has four other kids from a previous marriage (I had none) and he told me for years he never thought he could love a child as much that wasn't biologically his," the anonymous mom shared with Together We Rise [3]'s Facebook page. "But then he said he saw that I love his kids like they are my own and realized it was possible."

The loving family decided to go for it and now, 752 days later, their adorable 2-year-old boy is not only the center of his dad's world, but now officially shares his last name. "The only advice I would give to future parents is to be open," the proud mom wrote. "God will place a child with you that you can make a difference with."