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Drew BaldridgeandKatherine Krausare officially parents!
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“Being a songwriter and musician, it felt like a perfect fit. We’ve had a boy name and girl name picked out for as long as we can remember so luckily that’s something we didn’t have to stress much about,” he explains.
The new dad adds, “Lee, which is Lyric’s middle name, is in honor of Katie’s dad, whose middle name is also Lee.”
The poignant moment comes just after the release of Baldridge’s new song, “The Best Gift for Christmas.”
“I wrote it for our little boy as there is nothing more we could ask for this holiday,” the singer notes. “I also recently released my sophomore albumCountry Bornwhich I am also super proud of. Fans have been so supportive and now I can’t wait to share the next chapter of my life – fatherhood – with them.”
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Confirming their exciting news exclusively to PEOPLE in May, the “Beach Ain’t One” singer said the couple found out the exciting news on March 31, admitting that it was “a little unexpected.”
“Katie took a test the night before I was going out on tour, and she didn’t expect to get a positive result. She screamed my name upstairs and came downstairs holding the test and we both about fell over with shock and excitement,” said Baldridge.
Speaking to PEOPLE last year at the time of their wedding, the couple said they werelooking forward to “starting a family.”
“We started talking about starting a family and a life together, and we knew we needed to take this next step so we could make that happen,” Baldridge said of getting married. “Katie makes me a better man. She reminds me to put others first and to love with a bigger heart. I really can’t picture my life without her anymore and I know if she wasn’t in it, I’d feel empty.”
source: people.com
