Season 5’sJillian Harrishas given birth to a daughter named Annie, she and fiancéJustin Pasuttoannounced on Instagram Monday, sharing their newborn’s first photo. She is the second child for the former reality star, 38, and Pasutto, who also share 2-year-old son Leo George.
“We are obviously over the moon! And we were so worried about Leo and his feelings but he is actually so in love with her,” Harris tells PEOPLE exclusively. “The labor and delivery was absolutely phenomenal and actually fun. Justin and Ihad gone on a little datenight golfing, and the contractions started around the fourth hole … I was insistent on finishing the game and then we went into the hospital a little later on that night.”
“We had friends and family in the delivery room until it was time to push and then it was just the two of us and the medical team,” she adds. “We are so grateful for our amazing doctor Kristie and nurses — and of course, Justinwas a rock star during delivery! He kept on telling me, ‘Good job, babe, you’re doing so good.’ ”
“But meanwhile, I was thinking the exact same thing about him!” Harris raves of her husband. “It literally was the perfect date night. So grateful to not have any complications andhave a healthy, beautiful little girlin our arms and back home.”
Jillian Harris
Jillian Harris and daughter Annie
“Her name is Annie, after my dad’s mom,” she explained of her daughter’s monikerin an Instagram Story, holding Annie and addressing her sweetly, “You kinda look like your great-grandma.”
In an Instagram Story Pasutto shared, he tries getting Leoto acknowledge his sisterand give her a hug and kiss before school, but the new big brother doesn’t seem too jazzed to indulge his parents’ wishes just yet!
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Jillian Harris, son Leo and daughter Annie
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Harris announced her pregnancy in anApril YouTube videoand on Instagram, sharinga family photoof herself, Pasutto (whom she gotengaged to in December 2016), the family pupNacho Cilantroand Leo, who was sporting a shirt that declared, “Big Bro.”
Jillian Harris and family
Those “interesting” first few months of pregnancy included a bout with depression, which theLove It or List It, Toohost opened up about in anApril interview withTodaywhile sharing that the feelings have since passed.
Harristold PEOPLE in mid Septemberthat she has had “a rough pregnancy” but every bit has been worth it — and that while she “secretly wanted a girl” she “was expecting to have another boy.”
“I’m so excited to have one of each!” she raved.
source: people.com
