Lauren Burnham & Arie Luyendyk Jr. Share Baby's Name & First Photos
Awwww! She's finally here! Arie Luyendyk Jr. and his wife, Lauren Burnham Luyendyk, welcomed their new baby girl on Wednesday, and the couple shared the news with a sweet Instagram story announcement. Not long after, they both posted some sweet photos of their newest addition, and we finally know her name too!
Introducing ... Alessi Ren Luyendyk!
What a beautiful photo! If Arie thinks he's in love with that little one now, just wait a few months, when she's smiling, laughing, cooing, and saying "Dada." Sorry Lauren, but it looks like you've got some stiff competition! (Kidding.)
When it comes to the birth, Arie gave credit where credit is due.
Although we don't have confirmed details, from the updates Arie shared on his Instagram story, it sounds like it took a while to get the ball rolling as far as Lauren being ready to push. At one point, he even joked that he was stepping out of the room to grab breakfast so that he wouldn't make Lauren jealous. They were giving her pitocin to help bring on her contractions. Odds are good that she's one very exhausted mama today.
Lauren also shared this sweet photo, taken right after Alessi entered the world.
Props to the birth photographer on this one. What an intimate moment to capture that Arie and Lauren will now be able to remember for the rest of their lives.
Fans are overjoyed for the couple, and even Bachelor nation chimed in.
Lauren and Arie certainly had their fair share of criticism, given the circumstances under which they got together. It's not every day that a man breaks up with one fiancée and then asks you to marry him in the next breath, but in Arie and Lauren's case, it's pretty clear that he knew what he was doing and made the correct decision. Funny how things have a way of working out ...