Baby Ty

how precious is he?!

I am writing you to tell you about a loving family that stepping into a new inning in life and needs our help! Rick and Michelle {Team Erickson}  have been blessed with 3 boys and are adding a very precious 4th to the team.  His name is Ty and he has special needs.  Rick and Michelle’s other boys all have medical issues of their own.  Matthew is 11 and has Diabetes.  Caleb is 9 and has Down Syndrome, Diabetes, and other multiple health issues including Celiac Disease.  Joshua is 6 and has Celiac Disease (an autoimmune disease).  They step up to the plate every single day, loving these boys with all they've got!  A new inning began when a friend of the family had a child born with special needs.  Over the past 10 months, that family felt they could not provide Ty with the love and care he needed and deserved.  They made a very difficult decision and decided that it would be in Ty's best interest to give him up for adoption.  Michelle, walking down a similar road before and being familiar with special needs children, stepped in to help her friend in need.  She tried to encourage the family to embrace Ty and love him for the special gift that he is; Ty was born with Down Syndrome.  Through this, the family chose the Erickson family to adopt Ty.  Although the Erickson family didn't think they were ready to bring in another child, their hearts told them this was the right thing to do.  All of the boys were VERY excited about this opportunity and have embraced Ty as their brother.  This is a true act of stepping out in faith.  Because this is all so sudden and unexpected, the Erickson family has not had time to prepare for what Ty needs.  He came with a crib and a few diapers and formula, as well as his infant seat.  He has grown out of his infant seat already and is in need of a full size car seat.  They also need all baby essentials, including a stroller, high chair and clothing (size 12-18 months).  If you feel led to blessing this sweet family and can assist with covering these expenses financially, please help in outfitting Ty!  They are starting from square one and need help.  This is such a cool opportunity for us to to bless this family as they are blessing sweet little Ty and taking him in as one of their very own.  If you would like to help, please email my mom, Joanne Carli, at jjcarli@aol.com.  Please feel free to pass this along to your friends and family.. let's get the word out there!
Thanks!