One other one! Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are formally the dad and mom of two — they usually gave their second child boy a particular title.
The Colorado native, 36, took to Snapchat to introduce her new child shortly after Us Weekly confirmed his arrival on Thursday, November 17. Montag uploaded a selfie from her hospital mattress, overlaying her toddler’s face with a blue coronary heart emoji. “Ryker Pratt,” she wrote, including that he weighed 7.9 lbs and was born at 11:31 a.m. native time.
Us broke the information in June that the Hills alums, who share 5-year-old son Gunner Stone, had been anticipating their second little one.
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“I couldn’t be extra excited. I don’t know who I’m probably the most excited for — myself or Gunner or Spencer,” the then-pregnant star instructed Us. “I simply felt like one thing was lacking. I felt like an individual was lacking in our household that I had this intense love for. And I stored praying about it. I’m like, if I’m not meant to have one other child — as a result of I had accepted that at this level — I simply wished to not have that want so strongly and I simply wasn’t certain if it was going to occur or not. I simply get so emotional about it.”
The couple spent “about 18 months” attempting to conceive, revealing to Us that former costar Brody Jenner even supplied to pay for IVF remedies “a couple of months” earlier than they went public with Montag’s being pregnant.
“I feel a variety of girls battle with this and it’s simply not one thing lots of people discuss as a result of it’s so exhausting and it’s so private. And I felt actually blessed having Gunner and having such an exquisite wholesome son, so I used to be attempting to not be ungrateful for my life and for what I do have,” she continued. “And on the similar time, it was such a deep longing in my coronary heart that I had — wanting a sibling for Gunner and eager to increase our household.”
Heidi Montag and Ryker Pratt Courtesy of Heidi Montag/Instagram
Earlier than welcoming child No. 2, the “Increased” singer was “attempting to be actually cautious about” her well being, however she wasn’t slicing out her largest cravings. “My urge for food has actually spiked as a result of the newborn wants a lot extra nourishment, so I’m consuming a lot meals,” she instructed Us. “I’m attempting to not simply leap on the size too. I’m like, ‘Let’s simply be wholesome and eat as wholesome as I can and never fear what the size says.’”
Montag and Pratt, who eloped in 2008, had been candid concerning the more difficult facets of their fertility journey forward of Ryker’s delivery. In October 2021, the Princes of Malibu alum confessed that attempting to increase their household put “stress” on their relationship.
“I can’t think about [this bringing us] nearer collectively,” he solely instructed Us on the time. “[It’s] positively [added] stress. It’s the primary time I really feel like we’ve had an actual … hardship. We’ve had a lot drama and negativity [from] exterior components, and that is the primary time that one thing is internalized in our relationship that’s out of our palms.”
Regardless of their struggles, the pair couldn’t be happier with their rising household. “You’ll all the time be my child… how time flies!” Montag captioned an Instagram carousel of lovable pictures together with her eldest little one earlier this month. “Candy angel Gunner goes to be the perfect large brother. Issues are going to alter, which might be exhausting but in addition enjoyable and thrilling. Possibly I gained’t have as a lot time however our household love will enhance. Feeling so emotional these previous couple of days with G being an solely little one. 🥹.”
