Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon have expanded their family.
The Bachelor Nation alums welcomed their second child together on Monday, they confirmed to People and in Instagram.
“Say hello to Hayden Cruise Haibon. Born at 2:29 p.m. on July 22, 2024, weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces at INOVA Fairfax Hospital,” Iaconetti and Haibon told the outlet.
“Baby is healthy and so is mom. Watching Dawson meet his baby brother for the first time was just as precious as we always imagined the moment would be. Dawson is full of love and couldn’t stop cuddling Hayden,” they added.
Iaconetti and Haibon met in 2015 on the set of “Bachelor in Paradise,” but didn’t officially start dating until May 2018. They announced their engagement just weeks after going public with their relationship and tied the knot in 2019.
The couple welcomed their first child, Dawson, in 2022. At the time, Haibon said the birth “couldn't have gone better.”
“He is so sweet and beautiful and has been sleeping all day. Unlike his mommy and daddy who are not sleeping right now but he is totally worth it!” she wrote on Instagram.
Both from families of four, Iaconetti and Haibon knew they wanted Dawson to have a sibling, they said. People at the beginning of this year.
“I think we're obviously a little nervous about how to juggle two things,” Iaconetti said in May, adding that having their first child together was a “significant lifestyle change.”
“But I think we're just curious and anxious to see what it's like to keep two people alive,” he said.
“Finding a boy name that we both liked was a lot harder the second time around,” Haibon told the outlet on Tuesday. Ultimately, they were inspired by Iaconetti’s teenage love for Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and their shared admiration for Tom Cruise.
“We bonded over being Tom Cruise fans when we met on ‘Bachelor in Paradise,’” Haibon said. “We’ve always loved the passion, determination and charisma of his characters.”
Haibon added that the couple met Cruise at the 2023 premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” and that Cruise’s “warmth and warm reception to the stories we shared with him further convinced us to use the name.”
According to Iaconetti's Instagram Story on Tuesday, she returned home from the hospital and promised to “tell the whole birth story soon.” She also shared photos of her two newborn sons side by side.
“Bachelor in Paradise” was not set to air in 2024, but ABC renewed the show for a 10th season that will premiere in 2025, following Jenn Tran’s season of “The Bachelorette” and the debut season of “The Golden Bachelorette.” Season 29 of “The Bachelor” is also expected to air in early 2025.
