Ashley Iaconetti It is Jared Haibon are in heaven — because they just gave birth to their second child!
O Bachelor in Paradise alumni — who got engaged on ABC’s reality show in 2018 and married the following year — they are officially parents of two children after the birth of their son, Hayden.
“Say hello to Hayden Cruise Haibon. He was born at 2:29 p.m. on July 22, 2024, weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces at INOVA Fairfax Hospital,” Iaconetti and Haibon said. People.
The little one joins his brother Dawson, 2, who was born in January 2022.
“Baby is healthy and so is mommy!” the couple’s statement continued. “Watching Dawson meet his little brother for the first time was as precious as we always imagined the moment would be. Dawson is full of love and has continued to cuddle Hayden.”
The duo also revealed the Star Wars– thematic inspiration behind the newborn’s name.
“We joke about calling him Anakin, because I’m a big Star Wars fan and Ashley fan both fell in love with Hayden Christensen as teenagers. That gave us the idea for the name Hayden,” they shared. “It took a while to settle on it because of the alliteration with our last name, but in the end we thought it fit!”
Christensen played Anakin Skywalker in 2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and 2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
As for Hayden’s middle name, Cruise, Iaconetti and Haibon shared that it’s a tribute to none other than Tom Cruise.
“We always knew the middle name would be Cruise because we bonded over being Tom Cruise fans when we met in Bachelor in Paradise 2,” they shared. “We’ve always loved the passion, determination and charisma of his characters. We met the man himself last year at Mission Impossible debut and his warmth and thoughtful reception of the stories we shared with him further convinced us to use the name.”
Fans learned first The couple were expecting a child again in January. when they broke the news during a Amazon live with Dawson’s help.
During the live broadcast, the couple asked Dawson to join them. The young man then appeared wearing a shirt that said “Big Brother”.
“We are so excited to announce that Ashley is pregnant,” Haibon said.
After the birth of his son, Iaconetti told ET in October 2022 that his life was “absolute chaos.”
“It’s funny because we were still, like, very optimistic about it calming down, but I don’t know why. We kept saying… ‘It’s going to be so much better when we get through this week. After that week, after the event is over, it’s going to be so much better. We’re actually going to be able to have more time to enjoy it.’ It hasn’t happened yet,” she said. “But we’ve been optimistic that it will happen for about eight months now.”
While a newborn has undoubtedly made things busier for them once again, their dream for Dawson has come true. As Haibon previously said People“We want Dawson to have a brother… That’s really important. We both come from two-child families. So we wanted to give that to Dawson.”
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