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Drew Baldridge is going to be a dad!
The country artist, 30, and his wife Katherine are expecting their first baby together in early December, they confirm exclusively to PEOPLE.
The “Beach Ain’t One” singer says 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,” says Baldridge.
While the singer says he and Katherine don’t yet know the sex of the baby, they are planning to find out ahead of the infant’s arrival. “We are working on a gender reveal surprise,” he says.
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The couple — who tied the knot last May in Tennessee — hasn’t “locked in” a specific name yet either but has a “couple of names that we’re thinking on.”
Baldridge says his wife’s pregnancy is “getting easier” as she comes into the second trimester and that the “first few weeks were pretty rough with nausea.”
As the couple prepares to welcome their little one this winter, the singer shares that they’re already working on a space for the baby. “We’re in the middle of transitioning our office room into the nursery!” he says.
Baldridge also adds that while the couple doesn’t have a babymoon planned, they hope to take “as many small trips as we can just the two of us” before welcoming the baby.
Speaking to PEOPLE last year at the time of their wedding, the couple said they were looking 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.”
