Fast forward two months, and the pair are soaking up every last second of baby bliss with their newborn. "Fatherhood is one of the most humbling, exciting, loving experiences I've ever had," Tim gushed. "I'm truthfully overjoyed. Candace laughs at me because I can't stop holding her. I'm just so in love with this little girl. My wife says she already has me wrapped around her finger because before she even starts crying, she makes little sounds and I come running, and like, 'What's wrong? What's wrong? What does she need?'"
Now that Candace finally has the baby she's been dreaming about for almost 10 years, she has some advice for couples struggling with infertility.
"It's so cliche, but don't give up," she said. "If you're on a pathway, sometimes the pathway changes, but the destination is the same. Sometimes the path doesn't take you [straight there]. You think it will happen naturally, or you think it will happen through IUI, but sometimes it takes IVF, it takes surrogacy, it takes adoption. Just to be open-minded, but just don't give up. When one way doesn't work, then try another. And when five ways don't work, then try a sixth way."
As for what's on the horizon for the Farris family? More kids, hopefully!
"We're open to whatever the future holds," Candace said. "I definitely don't want Victory to be an only child. I want her to have somebody to talk things through and celebrate life with."
Image Source: Candace and Tim Farris