Today is National Adoption Day, and locally that means that as of 10:00 am, adoptions are being finalized for more than 30 children in D.C. Superior Court. It’s the court’s 25th annual Adoption Day.

WJLA takes us inside one family’s story, and why today they’re officially adding two more to their lot:

The Leech family includes children between 10 months and 10 years old, all adopted by Timothy and Tyronetta.

“We wanted children. I had Stage 4 Endemetriosis and was told we couldn’t have children,” said Tyronetta Leech, who’s been married to Timothy for eight years.

They first adopted 7-year-old Jenel three years ago, then Tyrone, now 4. Gemee, also 4, followed. The family planned to stop there until the grandfather of Gemee’s 10-year-old biological brother Joshua, who was rearing the boy, died.

“They contacted us and asked if we would be willing to take Joshua, we said ‘of course,’” Timothy Leech, a cook at Howard University, said.

Then another brother of Gemee and Joshua needed a home. Again, the Leech’s said yes.

Ten-year-old Joshua told WJLA: “I’m just excited…that finally I got somebody to play with and I’m just excited that I’m getting adopted.”