When Mark and Teresa Landon brought home their newly adopted son last Tuesday, they had a feeding tube kit packed in the diaper bag and a warning from the agency ringing in their ears. What happened instead, the moment they walked through their front door, has since been watched more than 2 million times.
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- —Home video goes viral with over 2 million views
Three years, two failed placements, and a 4-day-old named Leo
Mark and Teresa Landon had spent three years on a waiting list before last Tuesday. Two previous placements had fallen through. When the couple finally left the adoption agency with 4-day-old Leo, the drive home was quiet — not with relief, but with a single, persistent question: Would he eat?


