He’s arrived!!
Welcome to the world Luke Jorgenson Farris! He made his debut on July 1, 2013 at 9:50pm
weighing 7lbs 11oz, 19 ½ inches long, and is absolutely perfect!
I know one day I’m going to forget all the little details
about his birth so here is my best attempt at documenting the best day of our
life.
After many hours of discussion and praying we decided that
it was best for us to be induced on July 1st. Once we finally made the decision,
everything else just fell into place perfectly.
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| I got to wear the firecracker shirt! |
Our appointment for the induction was early in the
morning. As we drove to the hospital we
couldn’t help but joke that we won’t have the fun, crazy drive to the hospital
most people have- we missed the yelling “my water broke! Drive faster!” part-
but that’s ok…I have magical way of creating drama out of thin air, so it was nice
to have a calm and realizing birth.
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| Happy little baby |
We called our family once we got in the hospital. My parents just happen to be driving from
Tampa to Knoxville, so they changed up their driving route and were able to make
it. Scott’s dad and step-mom drove all
the way from the beach to UAB once they heard the news, and of course Lisa was
ready the second we told her.
Once at the hospital, they hooked me up to monitors, IV
bags, and gave me an epidural.
Behind the wheel and light bulb,
the medicine they give you in an epidural, in my opinion, is the best
invention. I had a little button that I
could press that would drop pain medicine into the epidural—I might have
pressed the button too many times, since my pain level during the entire labor
didn’t surpass a 6.
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| Just seconds old |
We hung out in the delivery room playing the waiting game
since all the doctors were busy in the OR.
Once a doctor was available, and I was dilated appropriately, my water
was broken. 5 hours later, I was
fully dilated and the doctor came in and told me it was go time.
After pushing for 30 minutes, Mr. Luke was in our arms and
I’ve never feel love as I did at that time.
Scott cut his cord, which had a knot in it. The Doctor, Dr. Hoover, said Luke is a lucky
baby, as some babies with knots in the cord have complications.
Luke is perfect. He
has his father’s lips, hands, toes, hair, and eyes. He has my nose- poor kid- It appears that the
Neidhardt nose is a dominate trait. It
also appears he has his father’s bottomless stomach.
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| My two boys. |
Overall, I couldn’t have imagined a more relaxing labor or a
more perfect child. We are so blessed
that God chose us to be his parents and we can’t wait to raise him into a young
man. Every time I write his full name,
I think of the two outstanding men we named him after and I pray we raise him
so he can fallow in their footsteps.
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| My little family |
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| Papoose and his great grandson that is named after him. |
