In an exciting Team Busted Halo announcement, Brett Siddell surprises Father Dave and Krista with news that his wife Brittany is expecting their first child. For more than 19 years, Brett has served the show in a variety of roles, including phone screener, producer, and now co-host. Father Dave, Brett, and Krista reflect on his growth over the years and excitement about becoming a father.
Brett shows Father Dave and Krista his wife’s sonogram and expresses how hard it was to wait to share the news. “I don’t know how the heck people keep this a secret from anybody,” Brett says. “People have been asking me, including you guys, ‘What’s been going on?’ Then I have to say out loud, ‘Nothing much,’ when really the answer is, ‘The biggest thing that’s ever happened to me is what’s happening currently.’”
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“It’s hard to even find the words for this, which is tough because I’ve been thinking about it constantly. I am over the moon. I am so thrilled and so in love with [the baby] already, and I love my wife so much,” Brett continues. “My wife has basically just been throwing up and I’m just sitting there pulling her hair back…I just love her so much for going through all this.”
After the initial news sets in, Father Dave reflects on Brett’s journey as he approaches fatherhood. “We’ve been through 19 years together on the air, but also a lot of journeys about you looking to find the one person in your life that you want to settle down with. You wrestled with a lot of the statistics that say your generation isn’t having a lot of kids,” he begins, and recalls that when they first met, Brett expressed wanting to become a father. “[I know] you want to be supportive of Brittany right now, but I also know that you have a tendency to think about the future and maybe even stress about things.”
“If you thought I was overthinking before you should go inside my brain now,” Brett jokes. “What’s fascinating about that, though, is that I think my worry list is actually shorter now than it was when I was single or even just married. It’s really specifically about one day at a time of helping my wife have a healthy baby. When I was just single and trying to figure the world out, I was trying to figure out every decision, like, Is this good? Is this right?”
Father Dave notes, “In the intervening years, you have done work to answer those questions for yourself. You’ve gotten a master’s degree, you have committed your life sacramentally to one woman. There are other reasons that are, to your credit, why those are no longer questions swirling questions in your life.”
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They discuss Brett’s past hypothetical concerns overly having children, compared to his viewpoint now. “We talk about this with faith all the time; We sit in a classroom and try and figure out if God exists or not,” Brett says. “When people have felt [God’s presence], that’s a different story. That changes people — sometimes a lot more than trying to mentally break it down. So that is where I am now; very much in love and, of course, concerned, but thankfully, my goals and my concerns are kind of streamlined now.”
They joke about how there will be plenty more to discuss as his wife approaches her due date in July. Brett says, “No matter what you’re hearing through the airwaves on our show, I will be freaking out in the back of my head about the fact that my wife is pregnant. That is the most accurate.”
