{"id":1083,"date":"2013-12-23T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2014-10-29T01:59:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T01:59:02","slug":"nikki-websters-dancing-with-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/nikki-websters-dancing-with-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Webster&#8217;s dancing with joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To many of us, Nikki Webster will always be that bright-eyed, curly-haired poppet who flew high above Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Games. But 13 years on, the 26-year-old is taking another magical journey &#8211; starting a family with husband Matthew McMah, 33.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s what everybody dreams of,&#8221; smiles Nikki, who is almost seven months pregnant. &#8220;We feel very lucky and can&#8217;t wait to be parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the newlyweds, who tied the knot in Sydney 13 months ago, weren&#8217;t planning on having kids so soon, they&#8217;re thrilled. &#8220;We weren&#8217;t trying, so it was a beautiful surprise,&#8221; says Nikki. &#8220;I felt a bit strange, so I went to the doctor and the first thing she did was hand me a pregnancy test. I said, &#8216;What are you talking about?&#8217; But it was positive!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nikki, who runs her own dance studios, couldn&#8217;t wait to break the news to Matt. &#8220;I took the test home, wrapped it up and gave it to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cried,&#8221; admits Matt. &#8220;I was over the moon. I don&#8217;t think anything, apart from the wedding day, can beat that feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While many couples frantically scramble to kit out the nursery, Nikki and Matt are in no rush. &#8220;I&#8217;m just enjoying where I&#8217;m at and I think Matt can set it up while I&#8217;m in hospital, can&#8217;t he? Isn&#8217;t that what men do?&#8221; laughs Nikki, eyeing her husband. &#8220;I&#8217;m very superstitious, too. I don&#8217;t want anything set up in the house until the baby is born.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pair won&#8217;t find out the sex of their baby but they know just what qualities they want their bub to inherit from each other. &#8220;I hope it can cook and clean and wash like Matt, because it certainly won&#8217;t get that gene from me!&#8221; jokes Nikki. &#8220;I&#8217;m a self-confessed house-husband,&#8221; confirms Matt, who works for an airline. &#8220;If I had to pick qualities from Nikki, it&#8217;d definitely be her drive, her passion and her looks, because I don&#8217;t want it to look like me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was a really ugly baby, I just want to put that out there,&#8221; laughs Nikki.<\/p>\n<p>As they argue over what other traits they want their bub to inherit, one thing is certain &#8211; it will be a talented tot. &#8220;Hopefully is has Nikki&#8217;s artistic side and my sporty side,&#8221; says Matt, a keen soccer player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Or who knows? It could miraculously be a genius,&#8221; giggles Nikki. &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t know what to do if it tried to make me sit down and do maths homework!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Either way, they know they&#8217;re in for the ride of their lives. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to make mistakes,&#8221; says Matt. &#8220;But it&#8217;s all about trying to provide the best possible life for the baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And having fun as well!&#8221; smiles Nikki.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nWords: Shari Nementzik<br \/>\nPictures: Yianni Aspradakis<br \/>\nHair and make-up: Lores Giglio<br \/>\nSyling: Maia Liakos<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em>Woman&#8217;s Day<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkiwebsterfan.net\/gallery\/displayimage.php?pos=-11022\" title=\"Woman's Day - December 16, 2013\" target=\"_blank\">View scan of this article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To many of us, Nikki Webster will always be that bright-eyed, curly-haired poppet who flew high above Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Games. But 13 years on, the 26-year-old is taking another magical journey &#8211; starting a family with husband Matthew McMah, 33. &#8220;It&#8217;s what everybody dreams of,&#8221; smiles Nikki, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/nikki-websters-dancing-with-joy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nikki Webster&#8217;s dancing with joy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,10],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-46","category-headline","tag-nikki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1178,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}