Alex Cooper

So throughout the period where Matt and I had put the decision to start trying to get pregnant on hold, we were having constant check-ins.

And as more and more time went on and we traveled and we accomplished certain goals we had set for ourselves,

your girl started to get the itch.

And I remember the exact night, I remember telling Matt, we were in the hot tub, we were having one of like our whiskey nights.

And I just looked at him and I said,

We have had such an incredible time of pouring into our relationship, building a strong foundation, being with our family.

Now that my family's out in LA, like we spend so much time with them.

And literally all I can think about, the only thing that feels like it's truly missing right now is a child and starting our own family together.

And I have never felt more ready.

And when I said that out loud in that moment, it was such an exciting feeling, but also,

I don't know how to describe it.

Like it almost felt just like such a calm feeling as well, maybe.

Calm?

Yeah, I guess it was calm.

Because I think we both felt so together and so unified in our desire for this really big next step.

And it was one of the most beautiful moments because Matt and I had been so intentional about everything we had done in our relationship up until that point.

And...

I think we both felt so sure in the foundation that we had built and there was really zero fear and finally saying out loud, OK, here we go.

We are going to try and we are going to do this together.

It was really only joy and excitement.