Jenna Bush Hageris giving her father a grandson!
Opening up about how her parents, former presidentGeorge W. Bushand wifeLaura Bush, are taking the exciting news, Hager tells PEOPLE they couldn’t be happier — especially her dad.
“They’re over the moon about it,” she shares in this week’s issue, on newsstands now. “Everybody is so excited.”
The soon-to-be mother of three — already mom to daughtersPoppy Louise, 3½, andMargaret “Mila” Laura, 6 — adds that her father wouldn’t be upset if he and his grandson end upsharing the same name.
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Whether or not the former president ends up sharing his moniker with his grandson, Hager says he’s just looking forward to finallyhaving a little boy in the family.
“We had two girls. That’s all he’s ever known,” she tells PEOPLE. (In addition to having two granddaughters, her father is also a proud parent to two daughters of his own: Hager and her twin sister,Barbara Pierce Bush.)
Although Hager shares that her dadabsolutely adores “our girls,”the former first daughter adds that it’ll “be nice for him to have a little fishing buddy as well.”
Of course, choosing a name for their son is just one of many tasks on the couple’s to-do list. “I know I’m far along in my pregnancy, but because we werekeeping it quiet and working on the show, there’s so much I have to do,” Hager tells PEOPLE, revealing that she’s “due in the late summer.”
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Opening up about her “unexpected pregnancy,” Hager shares that having a child while taking over asnew co-host forToday‘s 10 o’clock hourwasn’t a part of her and her husband’s plan.
But she also says her co-workers have been nothing but supportive to her and her new co-hostHoda Kotb, who recently welcomed daughterHope Catherinevia adoption on April 12.
“There was no hesitation when I told anybody at work. It is a beautiful journey for you and your family. And I know they feel the same way for Hoda,” Hager tells PEOPLE.
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Hagerannounced her own pregnancyon April 22, six days after Kotb revealed she had adopted her new bundle of joy, daughter Hope.
“These decisions about expanding our families are personal … our work is wonderful and I’m thrilled with how our show is going. But it’s really forward thinking,” Hager tells PEOPLE.
“And the fact thatHoda and I get to start this journey together[with babies] who will be months apart and we get to do the show together,” she continues, “we are creating these new things together. New lives, and a new show as a team.”
For more from Jenna Bush Hager and otherTodayshow moms, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE,on newsstands now.
source: people.com
