After battling four miscarriages and having two beautiful daughters—Tessa and Ruby—parents Byron and Kari adopted Kamari in 2013 and Emmet in 2017. Wanting to adopt a child with special needs, the couple once again got in touch with the Gladney Center for Adoption in 2018. “I called our caseworker, Tanya, at the Gladney Center and talked to her about adopting from their Medically Fragile program,” Kari told LoveWhatMatters. “After three adoptions already, Tanya knew our family well and knew this was something we were serious about. We started the home study process once again and 4 months later, we got THE CALL.” The couple didn’t take a second to make a decision when they found out they had been picked to adopt a “4-month-old baby girl with a form of dwarfism.” “After going over her full history and diagnosis, we learned the form of dwarfism Ivy has is called diastrophic dysplasia,” …