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*** c h r i s t i a n .
If we're being honest? I was nervous as fuck to be a dad. I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I supposed to do. I had to be happy for Nadia, I couldn't show my nerves or fears, that would just stress her out. I could tell she was already nervous to tell me she was pregnant because she didn't know how I would take the news. Of course I'm happy about the news, but, I never thought it would happen this soon.
The season wasn't over yet, and I wasn't sure if we were going into the offseason. My mind raced and I didn't know how I was going to balance my career and starting a family. This also meant finding a new place for Nadia and I to have room for the baby when they were born. I was going to be gone right around the time of the baby being born because of spring training, and I couldn't leave Nadia alone to care for the baby. I'm almost positive she couldn't fly to Arizona either, which I knew she wanted to do next season. But this? This was just another bump in the road.
Telling my mom was going to be the most stressful part, in my opinion. I had a feeling she would be excited to become a grandmother, but at the same time, she'll have the same thinking as I did; I'm in the peak of my career, I'm doing amazing, and I don't need stressors such a child on the way to hinder my performance. I didn't want to tell Nadia that, though, because she knew how I was already feeling about this season, and how badly I wanted it to go well.
Looking for a new place to live in Milwaukee was the first thing on our list of things to do. My two bedroom apartment wouldn't suffice for when the baby came along. My guest bedroom was already full of my baseball stuff and some of Nadia's extra storage things that couldn't fit into our bedroom. I wanted to make sure that when the baby comes, they would have a welcoming, loving home where they would be comfortable growing up in.
I cleaned up around the place while Nadia ran some errands around town. It was an off day so usually that consisted of me lounging around, cleaning up, and just not worrying about baseball. I may not have to worry about baseball, but I have to worry about figuring out life for a child. The thought ran through my mind the entire time I was alone; It wouldn't shake away and it didn't help that no one else was in the apartment with me to distract me from thinking about it. I wanted to be a good dad. Sure, I have nine months to prepare myself, but, I need to be ready now.
Nadia walked in the front entrance about a half hour later, carrying in some grocery bags. I walked to her, taking the bags out of her hands and set them on the counter so she didn't have to carry them. I then walked back by her, embracing her in my arms and kissed the top of her head.
"Hi, love," Nadia said, smiling up at me, "I could've carried those!" I shook my head, keeping my arms around her.
"No way, you shouldn't be carrying anything heavy! You have a little human growing in you, I wanna make sure you're comfortable as possible." I told her, moving away and went to put the groceries away. "Everything went okay? No problems?"
Nadia shook her head, walking by me as helped me put away the groceries, "No, I had no problems at all, baby boy." She kissed my cheek and stretched out. She wasn't showing yet, but I was so excited for her to start showing a little belly; Nadia was going to be the greatest mom.
"Good, babe." I replied, walking into the living room with her and sat on the couch. "When did you wanna tell your mom and dad...? I was trying to think about when I wanted to tell my mom..." I told her, sighing and wrapped an arm around her.
Nads shrugged, looking at me before leaning against me, "I kind of want to fly out there? But I don't know when I can't fly anymore.." She said, "I think we should tell them all at the same time..But, that's just my idea, I don't know if you had a different idea."
I nodded, looking at her, "I think we should go and fly out there before you're not allowed to fly anymore." I told her, twirling a strand of her hair on my finger, "But I do like the idea of sitting them all down together and telling them at the same time. I think that'll help them better process it." I said, letting out a chuckle.
Nadia ran her fingers up and down my arm, looking at our hands, then at me. "Are you nervous..?" She asked me, I paused for a second, not even thinking that she would ask me that.
I took a deep breath, sighing as I thought about how I would want to word my response. "You want the truth?" Nadia nodded and I nodded as well, "I'm nervous as fuck. I didn't really know how to react to the news at first. I had to be happy for you, for us. It's a child that you and I created, but at the same time, I'm hitting a high in my career and I know that I'm going to be busy with everything and I don't want to leave you to raise the kid by yourself." I confessed, looking over at Nadia, who's face was emotionless. I didn't know whether to take that as a good thing or a bad thing.
"I'm not going to raise the kid by myself, babe...I'm only a couple of weeks along, and that way you'll have the offseason to be with me. Yeah I might be on my own for a little bit when you go for spring training, but other than that, I think we'll be fine." Nadia said, resting her head on my shoulder, "I'm nervous too, trust me. But, it's expected to be nervous, right? It's our first time being parents.." She rubbed my arm and I gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"You and I are going to get through it, okay? You don't have to worry about me or the baby for a couple more months until I start showing. You have baseball to focus on, and you have yourself to focus on. Your career is important right now, and that's what matters.." Nadia told me and I just shook my head.
"Nads, you're important to me. If anything, you come before that. You come before baseball, and that baby is going to be my first priority as well." I said, grabbing her hand and gave it a kiss. "You and I are both nervous like you said, but, I'm not going to put baseball before my family."
