Breslin Shamir Knight looks up from his activity center inside of his living room in Ooltewah, Tenn. Annabell Knight and her husband tried for a baby for 13 years before succesfully conceiving Breslin. But the baby was critically ill when born and spent eight days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Ten months later, he is a healthy, charming and happy baby boy. Annabell believes he is a miracle.Baby Breslin never stops. He greets visitors with a mega-watt smile, crawls to explore the Christmas tree, grabs the phone from the coffee table and punches in numbers, plays patty-cake with his mom and then zips behind the couch, looking impishly over his shoulder to see if he is in trouble.
“He’s my perfect baby — perfect in every sense of the word,” said Annabell Knight. She sat on her living room couch in Ooltewah on Wednesday, laughing at her 10-month-old son’s antics. “God works miracles; he really does.”
Breslin is the son for whom Darryl and Annabell hoped and prayed for 13 years, through nine ectopic pregnancies, three in vitro fertilization attempts and endless doctor’s visits.
He is the son they almost lost when doctors delivered him 10 months ago, blue-purple and limp.
Annabell, 38, remembers that day with heart-stopping clarity. Her pregnancy — after they finally conceived — was normal.