Pregnancy Series: Bath Time Together!

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Wow, that's a great question baby, what's one thing that I hope for out of parenthood? Well, I think all parents want the best for their children and there's no blueprint or manual on how to be a parent. I'm a first time parent and I guess I really just want to be the best version of myself and to let our baby know that I love her unconditionally and I will always love her no matter what.

I know there will be ups and downs, I know there will be trials and tribulations, but honestly I just want to be a great support system. I want my daughter to feel safe, I want her to feel loved, and I just want her to know that she has great parents who's always loved her. I love her right now, man, it's just so hard to believe that everything is about to change.

No, I mean the whole dynamic of what we have. We have five beautiful years, beautiful years, married, we got to travel the world, we purchased houses here and abroad, we created businesses, we just had so many wonderful and beautiful experiences and I think in the next few weeks everything is going to change. The entire life that we created is going to change as we know it.

No, I'm not saying it that way, baby. I love the change, I'm inviting the change. I'm excited to be a dad.

I think this new chapter of our life is probably going to be the most beautiful chapter of our life. But I won't lie and say it's not a little scary. Well, I think being a parent is scary.

Just the ambiguity and not knowing, but also just having someone new in the house and knowing that the freedoms that we had as newlyweds and just being this single couple who traveled the world and did all these adventurous things together is going to change. No, I don't think it's a bad thing at all. I think growth and change and new goals are always what we should aspire for, right? This is what we wanted.

We wanted a family. We knew that the honeymoon phase of our relationship was only for a moment. It was only for a period, but this is going to be so beautiful.

How do I know? Because you're beautiful. No, I don't just say anything to make you feel good.

I mean that. I really do. I think you are the most beautiful woman I ever laid my eyes on.

And the most beautiful woman in every way. You have a beautiful personality. You have a beautiful smile, beautiful face.

You treat everyone around you with love and respect. And I absolutely adore that about you. I think you're the best part of me.

You're the best part of this family. And our daughter is going to be very lucky to have you as a mom. And I mean that with all my heart.

I love you. I love us. And I can't wait to meet our baby.

You know, sometimes I wonder if the baby can hear us. I talk to her when you sleep and you don't know. You be laying there so beautifully and so peacefully.

I just, I let you get your rest. I know the transition from having a baby to all these hormonal changes in your body and the way you look at yourself, it takes a toll on you. But I want you to know I appreciate you so much.

I want you to know I love you with every fiber of my being. I'm so excited. And there's nobody in this world that I'd rather be doing this with.

When that baby comes, she's going to know that she's loved. Oh, I'm sorry, babe. I did get sidetracked.

Yeah, basically, when you're sleeping, I pray for you. And I pray for the baby. And I talk to the baby.

I let her know how loved she is. I let her know how amazing her mother and father are and how much we can't wait for her to be here. But mostly, I just cover the two of you.

I'm so grateful and thankful for this blessing to have the most incredible wife in the world and the most beautiful baby, healthy baby in the world. Yeah, that's all I ever wanted. That's all I ever asked for was a healthy baby.

It's hard. No, it's really hard. I don't take anything away from that baby.

That's why I love you. That's why I uplift you. That's why I'm so grateful for you.

I know carrying a baby is a challenging thing mentally, emotionally, and I couldn't even imagine the physical implications of what you're going through. I'm proud of you. You're doing a damn thing.

What's one thing I'm hoping for? Again, baby, just looking forward to the new chapter. I told you how afraid I was of just the unknown.

I want to be a great dad. There's no manual. You can read books and you can take notes from your parents or other parents that you see are inspired by, but you don't know how it's going to be whenever you become a father.

You have a life, a baby, a person that's depending on you 100% for their survival, and that's a big deal, but I'm grateful. Thank you for carrying this baby for us. I know it hasn't been easy, and some days are harder than others, but I see you, and I'm proud of you.

I can't imagine life with anybody else. You have everything to me. You know that.

I've given some thought to some names, and the reason I've been taking my time is because I feel like a name carries so much power in how our life goes. Okay, I can explain it. So my name is Andre.

Andre means brave, right? When someone calls me by my name, they're reinforcing the meaning of my name, that I'm a brave person. Now, I don't think my parents actually knew that it meant brave.

They probably thought it was cool or something, right? But the idea of naming a child something that's going to be reinforced to their life as it's spoken for the rest of their life has a lot of depth and meaning. So whatever name we choose, it should reinforce how we want our daughter to be represented or upheld, like a name that means beautiful or honest or loyal or goddess or something like that.

A name is so significant, it's so powerful. You know, I've been thinking about how much we're changing. I see the growth, and I see the evolution of the relationship, and it's so beautiful.

I feel like we're both changing every single day, and we're becoming something new. And it's not just you becoming a mother or me becoming a father, but it's us becoming a family, the family we always dreamed about, the family we always dreamed about.