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\"I'm very excited, but it feels like I'm 44 now, let's get this show going,\" he joked.

In a June interview with Variety, Mikita said the couple is \"just really excited to meet this person and experience what fatherhood is like.\"

\"We both have amazing fathers who we look up to very much, but it's different when it's you,\" he added.

Ferguson and Mikita, who have been married since 2013, have not shared any photos of their son yet.

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