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Alex Drummondand her husband are in no rush to start expanding their family.
The daughter of Food Network starRee Drummondspoke to PEOPLE about the possibility of having kids sincetying the knot with husband Mauricio Scottback in May. Though it’s been a hot topic, the 24-year-old says the newlyweds are simply enjoying the marriage as is.
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“If anything, they’ve been like, ‘Take your time. Enjoy marriage. You guys are both still so young,’ " she continues. “I mean, we’re both 24. I think they had me when they were 28, and so they are like, ‘You can take your time. You don’t have to rush into the whole kid thing.’ "
Alex adds that, as of now, her mother,The Pioneer Woman,isn’t “dying to become a grandma yet.” She explains that she and Mauricio both feel comfortable enough to “set our own pace.”
“I feel like our parents are in no rush to become grandparents, but also, I mean, I know they’d be so excited if we did, but I think we’re taking our time, not rushing into it, trying to enjoy being married for a little bit,” she says.
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“We’re both the first of our families to get married too, and so it’s not like we have to catch up with our older siblings that have had kids already,” Alex explains. “We can set our own pace, I feel like.”
Alex and Mauriciotied the knoton the Drummond family ranch in Oklahoma back in May, afterannouncing their engagementthe previous August. The couple met during their freshman year of undergrad at Texas A&M University.
source: people.com
