Anais Gutierrez
Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder welcomed their baby girl on July 25. According to reports, the couple finally welcomed their first child, and they’re planning to keep her for themselves for a while.
Reed and Somerhalder welcomed home, Bodhi Soleil!
Actors Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder add another title to their resume: parents! The couple welcomed their baby girl into the world on July 25, according to E! News.
The baby girl, named Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder, is the first child for the couple who wed in April 2015, nine months after they started dating. They first announced their pregnancy in May via Instagram. Nikki shared the cutest picture of her precious baby bump along with the most tender words.
“I know you, but only because I feel you. How is it possible to love someone so much already? All I know for sure is it’s the strongest feeling I’ve ever felt,” she wrote.
She added, “We’ve been sharing this body for quite some time, and we’ve already experienced so much together. We can’t wait to meet you…Love your parents.”
Ian also shared his excitement on Instagram at the time.
“To our friends, family, and rest of the world. In my 38 years on this earth I’ve never experienced anything more powerful and beautiful than this,” he wrote.
Congratulations to the family!
The stars are not ready to show off their beautiful child
Reed recently covered Fit Pregnancy and Baby, and shared how the couple has been preparing for parenthood.
“We’ll take the baby’s first month for ourselves, just the three of us, no visitors,” she said. “And we’re turning off our phones too, so there’s no expectation for us to communicate … You don’t get those first 30 days back, and we want to be fully present.”
The couple decided not to know the baby’s sex, and she assured they’d be excited either way.
“A close friend had a son and I remember thinking, ‘I hope I have a son one day.’ Then another friend had a girl and I thought, ‘How fun would it be to have a miniature version of yourself?’ ” she said. “You can’t lose, no matter what.”
As for Ian, he opened up to People about how caring for cats has helped prepare him for fatherhood.
“I’ve learned to smile through cleaning endless amounts of poop and pee,” he said.
“To get up in the middle of the night to bottle feed eight kittens that would die without you, it gives you a sense of what it’s like to care for something that depends on you for its survival,” added the actor of his duties as a cat dad.
“It’s a very special thing. It’s a great beginner’s course.”
Source: Glamour
