Life On The Farris Wheel: 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.