When LeAnne and Eric welcomed a fragile 2-month-old baby into their home, doctors warned them he might not survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had been severely neglected, starved, and suffered shaken baby syndrome. He was so weak he could barely eat, move, or cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this family refused to give up on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They fed him around the clock, held him close, and fought for his future. With therapy, love, and incredible determination, the little boy began to grow stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He faced brain damage, cerebral palsy, and lifelong challenges, but he kept fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then came the moment that changed everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After years of love, tears, and prayers, the courts gave LeAnne and Eric permanent custody. Just before Thanksgiving, the little boy officially became their son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They named him Easton Matthew Stadler \u2014 their fifth child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe is so blessed to have us,\u201d people told them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they disagreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are so blessed to have him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A heartbreaking story of a child who deserved love from the beginning \u2014 and the family who gave him a forever home. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When LeAnne and Eric welcomed a fragile 2-month-old baby into their home, doctors warned them he might not survive. He had been severely neglected, starved, and suffered shaken baby syndrome. He was so weak he could barely eat, move, or cry. But this family refused to give up on him. They fed him around the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20153,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions\/20153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}