3-Month Birthday

Good Morning World!

What is all this talk about pumpkin flavored lattes and the government shutting down?  Who cares….its my 3-MONTH BIRTHDAY!! Whaaawhooo.  Time to celebrate! 

Well, actually I’ve been celebrating all month.  It stared off by partying it up before a football game.  I believe its called tailgating.  I got to hang out with my friends Charlotte and Jack at Andy & Jenna’s while the old people watched football.  We had a blast- we sat around, ate, played, and I even got to spit up on Jenna’s guest room comforter!  Talk about a fun day!

Mom and Dad have been teaching me a few things.  I can now sit up for about 5 seconds before falling over, reach for toys, and smile and giggle.  I also notice when Mom & Dad leave me in a room by myself, even for just 2 seconds-I cry bloody murder, Its fun to watch them sprint back to me.

Sometimes I just cry because I like the way I sound

Lately I’ve been sleeping through the night.  I guess its ok. I miss the nighttime feedings- but I don’t really need them now- I’ve got rolls on my thighs so I have plenty of fat stored up. 

I also store fat in my lips and cheeks

This month we also celebrated my grandma, Mimi, my great-grandfather, Papoose, AND my great-uncle, Jim’s Birthday!  They are all wonderful; I hope to grow up to be just like them!

Bday party for Mimi- so much fun I forgot to wake up. 

Ain't no big thing- just driving the Caddy (thanks Uncle Jim)

My newest friend, Brock was born this month too!  We visited him at his hospital room-it brought back good memories- of eating nonstop and having about 10 nurses cater to my every whim.  Brock is super cool and has tons of blond hair!  We're going to play football at Bama together!

To finish off my 3-month birthday month, Mom & Dad took me to Tuscaloosa for a football game!  I got to hang out with all my relatives, play in Grandpa and Monica’s RV, and chill with my Tennessee friend, Hudson!! 

Overall I had a wonderful month and cant wait to see what the next month birthday has in store for me! Until then, you can find me at your local spit-up competition, tailgating, or in my crib sleeping like a baby.

I’ll stay cute,

Luke

Daddy and I call this "watching football"

Letter from Luke

Hi Everyone! 

Happy 2-month Birthday to me! Yea, it feels great to be 2-months old… other than having to get 4 shots today! Goodness, that was miserable, I even cried like a baby.  Although, my measurements were quite impressive.  I’m 12 lbs 14 oz (90%) and 24 3/4 inches long (75%).  Beat that Shaq.  

Ain't no baby no more

Lately, I’ve done a good job at training my parents.  They'er such first-timers….all I have to do is give one big yelp and they come running, as if I was dying.  Its great.  I even play the pacifier game with them- it goes like this…I cry for my passy, they put it in my mouth, I stop crying, wait for them to get comfortable on the couch, then I spit out the passy…I do this over and over again until I get bored and eventually fall asleep.

This is how I cry.  It works 99% of the time. 

Mom thought she was a hot shot because I slept through the night- but really I just forgot to wake up for the feeding.  I learned my lesson- I haven’t missed one since.

The most exciting thing to happen to me lately is football season.  I’ve heard so much about this sport. Daddy talked to me nonstop about it when I was in the womb, and I finally got to experience it first hand.   It-Was-Amazing.  Mom and Dad watched the game at a friends house, which meant I got to stay with Mimi.  She’s the best!  She holds me, sings to me, over feeds me, and tells me funny stories about daddy.  If football season means spending the day with Mimi and eating all day, then I’m ready!!

This weekend is my Baptism.  My Godparents, Ann & John, are coming in town for it- along with my other grandparents, (Grandma and Papa Neidhardt) and the rest of the in town family.  Its going to be fun to have another day dedicated to me!  My cousins, William and Sarah, are also coming!  Sarah is my age, but she is huge.  One day, I’m going to be bigger than her, but right now, she could probably eat me.

I guess that’s all for now.  I gotta eat-or cry-or go to the bathroom-or spit up…gotta do something to keep my mom on her toes.  Yall have a great week! I’ll be back for my next birthday!

I’ll stay cute,

Luke

Watcha looking at?

Happy Bday Scott!

Happy 29^th Birthday Scott!!  #YoureOneYearAwayFromOLD  yea, that’s right- He’s (almost) old.  We had a nice little family bday party that included going to Scott’s favorite restaurant, Outback, (its all about the bloomin’ onion) and back to the house to open gifts.  Of course I made him a bday cake in the shape of “29”…. every year I try to out do myself with his cake.  I believe last year I made him a golf cake.  I’m already brainstorming what his 30^th bday cake will be….maybe in the shape of a rock, since he’ll be that old.

29 cake.

i'm so sneaky- I put trick candles on the cake! hahaha

Anywhoooo…Everything is going well here in the Farris household.  Mr. Luke is still adorable and is growing about a pound every week.  His 2-month bday is just around the corner.  If I were a betting person, I’d bet that he would be 15 lbs at his 2-month doctor appointment.  What a chunker!  Sarah, his cousin, is currently the family’s chunky baby…but she better watch her back- Luke is on a rollllll

The resident chunker...LOVE HER!!!!

He is starting to smile, although he hasn’t figured out how to use both smile muscles at the same time- so when he does smile, it’s sided/lopsided- melts my heart. 

I’ve learned so much lately- like how to feed a kid, pump, and eat lunch at the same time.  However, the most important thing I’ve learned is that I’m not as smart as I thought….yeaaaaa…sounds funny- but all those little bits of advice that people gave me while I was pregnant- you know, the silly stupid little tid bits….yea- well 99% of them are right.  I wish I would have written them all down.  At the time I got annoyed with all the ‘word-of-wisdom’….but now, I realize that I have no wisdom, therefore, I should start listening when people try to help.  I told Ann this, this morning, she goes “its taken you 27 years to figure that out” (in her bossy, big-sister voice).  I guess it could be worse, I could have never figured it out.

This weekend is going to be a busy one. I’ve got the Jr. League new member retreat on Saturday morning, my BFF Taylor and her hubby are in town for a wedding, so we’re hanging out, and the Bell Center Tailgate cookoff is this weekend too!  I love being busy!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend-and when the old lady behind you in the checkout line at walmart starts to talk to you and tells you how to make a baby sleep through the night, listen.

My sweet family

The Bham family

Passing the Time

Time is going too fast for comfort.  Luke is already 6 weeks old.  How in the world is that even possible?  I feel like if I take my eyes off him, he’ll be going into preschool! 

Mom came to visit this past week- for an entire week- the longest she’s ever visited!  It was wonderful- she did all the night time feedings so Scott and I could sleep.  In fact, it was beyond wonderful…Its going to take while for me to get use to not having her around- but thankfully, Mimi (Lisa) lives right around the corner and loves to night time babysit too!!  Gosh, when I think about how fortunate Luke is to have such grandparents it brings a tear to my eye. 

Thanks Mom for the help!!

This week (Week 5) Luke started to make consistent eye contact and is very curious about the world around him. He just discovered the monkeys flying over his head in the swing and gets a shocked look on his face whenever he notices them.  We measured him at about 23 inches and 10lbs. 

During my time at home with Luke, I’ve learned quite a bit of useless information.  I now know all the anchors on The Today Show and Good Morning America, daily lineup on TLC, and I know all the neighbor’s morning walking schedules.  Useless. Very useless.

In other exciting news, Susan Church and George got married this weekend in Sea Island!!! Mom was still kinda hoping they would get married on their next trip to Big Sky! Hahaha.  They are both such wonderful people, and together I know they will have many years of happiness! 

Scott as a newborn

Like father, like son

He got his lips from his daddy

My little family

Welcome to the world Luke Jorgenson Farris

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 1^st.   Once we finally made the decision, everything else just fell into place perfectly. 

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.

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. 

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.  

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.

My little family

Papoose and his great grandson that is named after him.