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Ashley Tisdale and her husband Christopher French are now parents of two.
On Sept. 7, the 39-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a black-and-white photo of her newborn holding hands. In the snapshot, Tisdale, French, and their three-year-old daughter, Jupiter, are holding the baby's hands.
Tisdale used the caption to reveal the name and gender of her second child. “Emerson Clover French, the three of us are obsessed with you. She landed 9.6.24,” she wrote.
In the comments, many famous faces and fans congratulated Tisdale and French on the new addition to their family.
“We love you Emerson!” wrote Broadway star Lea Michele, who welcomed her second baby with husband Zandy Reich last month.
“Congratulations to you and your sweet family!” added Mandy Moore, while fitness instructor Amanda Kloots also commented: “Awww congrats mama! Love the name!”
He High School Musical The alum first revealed in March that she was pregnant again. At the time, she shared a photo of herself wearing a white button-down shirt with the bottom half unbuttoned to show off her baby bump.
“We can't wait to meet you,” Tisdale captioned the Instagram post, which also included a photo of her and her husband and another of her with Jupiter.
“I am beyond grateful,” French shared alongside his own set of photos. “Thank you my beautiful love @ashleytisdale for another baby French.”
Tisdale sweetly commented on her husband's post: “I love you!! Juju is too cute, we had to have another one!”
In April, Tisdale took to her Instagram Story to talk about the challenges she had during her second pregnancy. She revealed that she had gotten very sick at the time, which she said was “not fun at all.”
“It’s horrible, literally,” she said. “It’s horrible. This pregnancy, guys, I’ve been sick a lot because my three-year-old brings a lot of crap home. Stomach gas, colds, everything. And it’s very hard, very hard.”
However, she still found humor in the situation, as she concluded her video by laughing at the camera and sending a message to mothers who were also expecting.
“So if there are any pregnant moms out there trying to cope, I understand,” she said.
In March, Tisdale also shared a post on her wellness brand Frenshe's site about her new pregnancy. She reflected on her first time with a child and why it was a difficult experience for her.
“Two years ago, if you had asked me if I was planning on having a second baby, I would have said no. I loved being a mom, but I was really glad to be done with the pregnancy,” she wrote. “The pregnancy took a lot out of me, and the fourth trimester was really hard because I had a lot of postpartum anxiety. I just didn’t see myself doing all that again.”
She acknowledged that “after having some time to reflect,” she realized there were “a lot of positives” from her first pregnancy. Tisdale then described how she and French realized they wanted to have a second child.
“On a spiritual level, I asked myself, ‘Do I see Jupiter as an only child?’ Chris and I both have siblings, and we agreed that Jupiter would be an amazing big sister,” she wrote. “So we were open to the possibility of expanding our family. We left it all up to the universe, and it wasn’t long before the universe responded.”
