Parker McCollum Opens Up About Son Major’s Latest Milestones and Preparing for Baby No. 2

Nearly two years into fatherhood, Parker McCollum is soaking up every moment with his first son, Major, who will celebrate his second birthday in August. During a recent interview with Audacy’s Katie Neal, the country star shared a few adorable updates on the toddler as well as how the family is preparing to welcome their second baby later this summer.

McCollum says that one thing Major is really loving at the moment is being in the water. However, since he is still very young and doesn’t quite know how to navigate that setting on his own yet, he and his wife Hallie Ray decided that now is the right time to put the boy in swim lessons.

“We have a pool and every day it’s ‘dad, dad, Wawa.’ And so when I’m home, we spend a lot of time swimming. And the other day, this was like last week, there’s like a beach entrance, I guess is what you would call it, kind of not really…he’s like sitting on it and he’ll be two in August. So he’s very small and he’s sitting on it and I’m sitting on their side of the beach and I’m just watching him. Well, all of a sudden he kind of tries to scoot off of it and it’s only ankle deep. It’s for little kids. All of a sudden he’s like on his back and the step is holding his head.”

McCollum watched for a moment to see if Major would be able to safely get himself out of the possibly dangerous situation.

“I was just like, ‘What’s he going to do?’ And then all of a sudden, he tries to roll over on his face and I’m like, ‘Oh God, get him out the water.’ He was totally fine. But I’m like, yeah, I told Hallie, I was like, ‘The swim lessons are next week.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I think he needs some.’”

Aside from spending time in the pool he has also taken a liking to playing golf and baseball.

“His big thing is ball. He’s got these little golf clubs and he’s got these little baseball bats and just everything is all good and well until he sees a ball and then it’s like, you better get him the damn ball, football, or it’s going to be very different afternoon. But he just wacks the sh** out of it.”

McCollum has also noticed that Major is in a phase of watching every movement and has now started to even copy his mannerisms.

“I guess it’s from watching me in the yard, but he sets up and focuses and he looks like he’s looking down the fairway because I guess he sees me do that…has a great high finish and great rotation. He’s not even two yet. And I’m like, he’s going to be a beat me in golf in three years,” the Texas native jokes.

In another month or two, he and Hallie Ray will become parents of two when they welcome their second son so they are currently trying to enjoy as much solo time with Major as possible before entering the newborn phase again. Even though his arrival is coming very soon, McCollum admits they have not decided on a name yet, however he does know that the newborn won’t be named after him.

“We argued about it in the family group chat last night and she got the pictures…sonogram, and she sent me a closeup of one. She’s like, ‘It’s you. He looks just like you already,’ the one that’s in the belly. And I said, ‘Well, then it settled. Parker Yancey McCollum Jr.’ And she was like, ‘No, no, no. I can’t handle another one of you and the world can’t either.’ So we were arguing about it in the family group text. But once she said that, my feelings were hurt, so I stepped out of the group chat, but we do not have a name yet,” he confirmed.

It is possible that the timing of the new baby’s birth will coincide with a weekend that Parker McCollum is out on the road for his 2026 run. He says right now, all they can do is play things by ear and if he is forced to make a last minute cancelation in order to make it home for his family, he hopes fans are understanding.

“If he shows up early or whatever and you got to buzz out of the road and head back home for the birth of your child, I think that’s pretty understandable.”

As of now, he has a slew of headline dates as well as a few festival performances on the books through November.