When Melissa and Scott Groves had trouble conceiving, they decided to try becoming foster parents. Little did they know that decision would lead them to welcoming eight new sons into their lives.

The Nebraska couple had one daughter, Autumn, from a previous relationship of Melissa's. Their first foster children were two boys who needed emergency care: Noah, 3, and Chase, 22 months. They quickly formed a close bond and later legally adopted them.

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But then they got a phone call that changed their lives. It was a foster care official, letting them know their new sons had a brand-new baby brother, who also needed care. And then a similar call, just 11 months later.

"There was no question. How could I deny my sons and this new child the possibility of being together?" Melissa told the Daily Mail. She and Scott adopted the two other brothers, and then two more brothers after that. And then their birth mother reached out about adopting her unborn child, the family's seventh son. Then, little Zayn was born last year, and suffered exposure to drugs in the womb and was diagnosed with Down syndrome as well.

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"There was no question we would take him right away," Melissa told KETV. Zayn's adoption was made official on Saturday, which was National Adoption Day.

The Groves clan certainly grew beyond anyone's expectations, but the parents say it's one big, happy family with nine children total. "It's crazy. We call it sweet chaos because that's exactly what it is, always something going on," Melissa told KETV.

And it's become a true blessing for their family. "For us, adoption was initially just a means to complete our family when having a biological child seemed impossible," Melissa told the Daily Mail. "But it has become so much more to us. It has opened our eyes, widened the horizons of our family, enriched all of our lives and brought us so much love and happiness."

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