This was a year of many blessings, and miracles. In may I (Lauren), gave birth to a premature baby boy, born 100 days early, weighing 1lb 6 ounces due to pre-eclampsia. Noah Ryan became the new addition to our family. From the beginning God has answered our prayers at every up and down. Noah proved to be a fighter and was on life support for months, we almost lost him a couple times and I begged God not to take my son from me and to guide me into his will. After 5 months of little change, we transferred Noah to Hope hospital, and that’s when they discovered a large cyst in his bronchial tube. Once removed he greatly improved ! His life alone is such an answer to prayer! He went from being dependent on a ventilator to cpap to nasal cannula! He went though 5 blood transfusions, multiple Ivs, steroid injections, multiple wires and tubes attached to him, living at a hospital for a total of 166 days! Then miraculously on Nov 8th 2011 our million dollar baby came home! Due to premature lungs, Noah has chronic lung disease making it difficult for him to breathe. We do not know when we will get off the oxygen. We are also praying for the day he can take a bottle, he currently can not due to fear of him aspirating, until then we’re planning a Gi button in January. I have fully recovered from my c-section, pre-eclampsia and hellp syndrome, and am adjusting with Noah being home. I’d be lying if I said life at home was easy, because it is not. I’m constantly worried that something …