Congratulations to Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks.
The championship surfer, 25, and her youth minister husband are expecting their first child – a son – in early June, she reveals via YouTube.
“We have a little surprise for you … baby on board!” Hamilton says in the clip.
“She’s pregnant, yes!” adds Dirks.
At 22 weeks along, the mom-to-be is “prowling” for boy names while preparing for impending motherhood.
“It’s been a pretty crazy last four months, finding out that we’re going to be parents and life’s going to be changing,” the Soul Surfer author says. “[We’re] starting to prep for bringing a new little being into the world.”
And she admits that the pregnancy hasn’t stopped her from surfing.
“Once the belly’s pretty big, maybe [I’ll] just mellow it out and spend more time swimming, just enjoying the ocean and doing other activities,” she shares.
Hamilton — who lost her left arm in a shark attack in 2003 — will learn to adapt to care for her baby boy.
“I’ve been thinking about it, but I often forget that I have one arm,” she shares. “When I think about it, a squirming baby and changing the diaper … I think how I live life, just adjust and adapt to different things, especially things that are a lot easier with two arms.”
She adds: “There’s going to be things that will be very challenging with one arm, but I’ll just have to find my own way to take care of this baby. Of course, I’ll have Adam to help, but if he’s out and about busy, I’ll have to … figure it out and be creative.”
As for Dirks — who wed Hamilton in August 2013 — he sounds ready to take on the challenges of fatherhood.
“The early days of life we’re going to have to find the balance. Bethany is going to be feeding the baby and taking care of it, and it’s really essential for her to be able to do that,” he says. “As we start traveling more, getting into surfing, I know I’m going to be there to support my wife and support our family and do what I can … changing diapers on the beach while Bethany is out there surfing some gnarly wave. I’m all for that and I’m just going to be really stoked to be a dad!”
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