Madonna is my new mum, New York here I come...
This is little Mercy James, pictured in Malawi last week on the day the country's Appeal Court agreed that she can join Madonna and her family for a new life in New York.
The four-year-old girl, whose future has been hotly debated by children's rights campaigners worldwide, has been leading a secret existence for the past two months while Malawi's top judges weighed up arguments for and against her adoption.
Tomorrow, according to Madonna's lawyer, the singer or one of her close aides will arrive to collect the girl. But Mercy will have less than three weeks with her new mother before she departs for a seven-week European tour, beginning on July 4.
Hidden away: Mercy has been living a life of luxury in preparation for her possible life with Madonna
During the long wait for the court's decision it appears Madonna left nothing to chance. Mercy has been hidden away, ready to pack instantly if the adoption went Madonna's way.