Ciara is juggling a new baby, new music and a family secret her children nearly uncovered before she was ready to tell it.
“I have to just pause and just give God thanks for just all the favor and blessings that have, you know, been happening in my life,” the singer told Entertainment Tonight.
Ciara is expecting her fifth child, her fourth with former NFL quarterback Russell Wilson. The couple announced the pregnancy Sept. 6 in a joint Instagram post that showed four children’s shirts on a clothesline beside a blank baby onesie, according to ABC News.
They later shared the children’s reaction to the news in a home video, according to Revolt. Ciara is mom to Future Zahir, whom she shares with rapper Future, and Sienna Princess, Win Harrison and Amora Princess, whom she shares with Wilson.
“The block was hot. It was time to be free and I’m so happy,” Ciara said, laughing as she described trying to hide her growing baby bump around the house. She said she repeated the same strategy for days: oversized clothes, baggy sweatpants and a classic black T-shirt.
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The cover nearly fell apart when Sienna told her mother she was pregnant before Ciara made the announcement. Ciara said her daughter has correctly sensed the pregnancies of her siblings before, and this time she even warned her mother, “There’s a baby in your tummy.”
Ciara and Wilson have not told the children whether they are welcoming a boy or a girl. “They don’t know, but they ask me every day,” she said, adding that the children have been trying to trick her into revealing the answer.
The family news arrives as Wilson moves into a new professional chapter after retiring from the NFL. WBLS reported that he is preparing for a broadcasting role with CBS’s THE NFL TODAY, and Ciara said the transition has one especially sweet benefit.
“We get to have more of him,” Ciara said. She described FaceTiming Wilson while he was in bed with Amora watching PAW PATROL, then hearing the rest of the children call for their dad as he moved through the house.
The couple also marked their 10th wedding anniversary this year. Wilson has described their marriage in simple terms — “A lot of praying and just a lot of love,” he told WBLS — while Ciara said in the ET interview that the family’s ordinary closeness is what fills her cup.
That same faith is part of Ciara’s work routine. “My rule is we never go on the stage without a prayer,” she said, explaining that the rule holds even when the group is running late and must pray at the stage instead of in the dressing room.
The simplest way to describe Ciara’s current season: busy, grateful, prayerful and very ready to make room for one more.
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