To be honest, you will be wasting your time and money getting the FAA license. The pilot situation in the US is 10 times worse than Europe. If you want to be with your girlfriend and baby then do it, but don't expect to get a flying job. Type Rated/Heavy jet people are everywhere over there. There are so many redundant airline pilots it is ridiculous. Go there, get a job doing something else to make money. Good luck.