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discouragement while
tr ying to conceive.
“Oh yeah, that was
the hard part, because
we’re ver y healthy
people in general, so
when it didn’t happen
right away, Kelly got
[upset],” he says.
“You start to feel para-
noid, but I fi nally just
said, ‘Babe, there’s
nothing wrong with
you. You just have to
let go and trust. This is God’s gift, and
it’s going to happen to you when it’s
right.’ And eventually, it did.”
All Hail The Princess!
Growing up with a brother, Brooks says
he’s looking for ward to having a little
girl, and he’s ready for the pink, frilly
unicorns-and-rainbows world that this
may entail. “I will love the tea parties and
the dance recitals. I’ll probably be up on
stage tr ying to participate, because that’s
the kind of crazy dad I’m going to be.
They’ll probably kick me out!” he laughs.
“I’m just a big kid myself!”
In addition to teaching his daughter how
to surf (“before she can even walk,” he
teases), the native of Hawaii says he envi-
sions her having the feisty spirit of a cool
surfer/skater chick. “I already plan on
buying her 100 different
pairs of Vans [skate shoes]
as soon as she’s born,” he
jokes.
While it remains to be
seen if this little one will
actually share her dad’s
passion for surfing, it
seems clear that she
shares his tastes in other
regards. “I’m the one who
loves Mexican food and
chocolate, and Kelly has
never really been into ei-
ther, but right now, she’s
craving both,” he says.
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PHOTOS^THISSPREADBYBENJORGENSEN“She’s going to be a badass,”
Brooks predicts of his baby girl.
“I call the baby Little
Miss Cleo to mess with
Kelly,” says Brooks.
“She’s like, ‘Our child is
not the psychic
[hotline] woman,
okay?’”