Hoda Kotbis a mom again!
TheTodayshow co-anchor has welcomed her second child: a daughter named Hope Catherine Kotb, she announced via phone on Tuesday’s episode.
The outlet shared a photo of the longtime television journalist holding her new addition, with her older daughter, 2-year-oldHaley Joy, standing next to her mama and new little sister with a big smile on her face.
“It’s a girl! And her name is Hope!” Kotb, 54, could be heard saying through tears over the phone as her fellowTodaypersonalities wiped their eyes.
The showshared a similar photoof the adorable family to their Instagram account, writing alongside it, “Congratulations are in order for@hodakotb, who adopted a second little girl, Hope Catherine, this week. 💕.”
Kotb teased her new addition on her own Instagram account Monday,sharing a snapshotof the words “CHOOSE HOPE” in front of a stunning sky filled with clouds.
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Kotb further raved about her newborn on the phone Tuesday, saying she “can’t believe” this is her new reality and adding that she’s “so happy” and having “so much fun” with her two girls.
“How’s Haley liking having a little sis? How’s she doing? Is she helping?” askedSavannah Guthrie.
“This morning at breakfast, she was trying to feed her her raspberries and I was like, ‘Not yet, babe,’ ” recalled the new mother of two.
Haley hascompletely taken to her new role, Kotb said: “She was literally marching around saying, ‘I’m a big sister!’ ” — so much so that “she did try to crawl into [Hope’s] bassinet.”
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Kotb explained that she thought she was “full” when it came to giving love after welcoming Haley in February 2017, but her experience when she and boyfriendJoel Schiffmanbrought Hope home proved otherwise.
Kotb toldEntertainment Tonightlast month that while she and Schiffman, 61,were thinking about another child, they weren’t sure about the timing. “We don’t know when, but it is something that is important to me and to Joel,” she revealed. “We like the idea of Haley [having] a sibling becauseshe has had such interesting circumstancesto grow up. So it would be nice to be able to share it with somebody.”
“I always had this thing inside me like a voice that I couldn’t quiet,” she recalled toET. “It was a voice that [told me I] wanted to be a mom, but I thought it was too late. You can push a voice like that away for a long time but sooner or later it comes back up, and you have to address it.”
Kotb added, “I think the thing we all need to know [is] when your childarrives for you, that child is right on time. So your time may be when you are in your 30s or in your 40s or your 50s, but your child is right on time.”
source: people.com
