文章里讲到两个人都对此非常高兴并对不久要出生的孩子充满期待。现在他们在表演的时候非常小心,并开玩笑说如果生的是男孩的话,小孩长大后可能会很不情愿去练花滑。
原文:
Pelletier and Sale expecting a child
By NEIL STEVENS
(CP) - David Pelletier is finding Jamie Sale a touch heavier to lift these days.
She is expecting their first child in October, but the 2002 Olympic pairs champions are completing their commitment to Stars On Ice before preparing for the new arrival.
"I was more paranoid when I first found out than I am now," Sale said of performing while pregnant in a discipline that requires lifts and jumps. "I didn't know what to expect but as the weeks and months have gone by I'm still feeling good so it doesn't bother me.
"We're taking it show by show. We're both aware there are some things are more difficult now that I'm five pounds heavier. He's got to lift me 15 times (during a show) so it's definitely more exhausting for him."
The tour ends with shows in Vancouver on Wednesday and Victoria on Friday and if Sale and Pelletier seem to be smiling a lot, well, they've got a good reason.
Sale, who turns 30 on Saturday, and Pelletier, 32, were married Dec. 30, 2005. They live in Edmonton.
"Obviously, we're very, very excited about the news," Sale said before a Monday night show in Calgary. "It's something we'd planned since we got married and we tried to plan it around our work.
"We're just thrilled. Our families off and on the ice are very excited for us. I feel great, which is lucky for what I do. It'd be a long tour if I wasn't feeling good."
Pelletier says they don't know if it's boy or a girl.
"I wanted to find out but she didn't," he said.
He was understandably ecstatic when she broke the news.
"It was the best news I ever had in my life," said Pelletier. "We were ready for this.
"It's fantastic it's working out how we planned it. When we turned pro, we said we'd go for four years at a time and, meanwhile, try to start a family."
Boy or girl - Pelletier doesn't have a preference.
"When you don't have one, you take whatever comes out," said Pelletier. "My brother has had boys.
"I guess a girl would be appropriate but we'll take whatever. He, or she, has got to like hockey though."
If it's a boy, Pelletier said he doubts whether the child will want to become a figure skater like the parents.
"I'll go through my closet and say, 'Boy, this is what you'll have to wear,' and he'll say, 'There's no friggin' way.'
"All joking aside, you don't stop a child from wanting to do whatever they want. But I won't push it." |
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