FOX News’ Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy Welcome Toddler Lady: ‘Handiest Project I’ve Ever Had’
Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy are officially oldsters!
The Fox Industry reporter and her husband, a Fox News White Condominium Correspondent, welcomed a toddler girl on Wednesday, Feb. 1, a procure for the couple confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
The couple’s daughter, Bridget Blake Doocy, modified into born in northern Virginia, weighing 8 lbs., 1 oz. and measuring 21 inches. She is the major toddler for every Vaughn, 32, and Doocy, 35.
“I didn’t note this until now, but I have been training for motherhood my entire career by looking out out for to secure lawmakers on Capitol Hill to answer my questions. This job is no longer genuinely unprecedented numerous,” the unique mom tells PEOPLE. “‘Toddler Bridget – are you able to give us a comment? Are you hungry or gassy, or every?’ Attempting to secure an on-the-document acknowledge is tough!”
Vaughn finds that her water broke whereas she modified into making her manner to Capitol Hill, however the expectant mom modified into “ready.”
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“I knew where the final places of work had been for senators who dilapidated to be medical doctors. Sen. Barrasso (Wyoming doctor of the year) saw me the day sooner than I went into labor and informed me to attain out if I ever important something. Happily, I did not have to call him to retract the toddler!”
“I’ve handiest been a mom for one week but it no doubt’s already the most attention-grabbing project I’ve ever had. She’s stolen the existing!”
Doocy jokes about one of the important important title ideas he’s gotten on the White Condominium all over his time at press briefings forward of Bridget’s birth.
“For the length of a briefing closing month, the Press Secretary gave me permission to title the toddler Karine and I joked we had been fascinated by naming the toddler after the President: ‘Joe-sephine.’ Nonetheless we’re going to document right here for the major time her title is Bridget Blake Doocy,” he tells PEOPLE.
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The photos existing the couple having fun with their unique child daughter, who is wearing a crimson onesie collectively with her title embroidered on the front, paired with an identical crimson bow. Moreover wrathful for the unique addition is Steve Doocy, FOX & Friends host and unique grandpa.
Congratulating his son on this unique segment of existence, Steve tells PEOPLE, “When I wrote a e book on fatherhood, I highlighted a successfully-known quote that, ‘There are three phases of a man’s existence: he believes in Santa Claus, he would now not factor in in Santa Claus, he’s Santa Claus.’ Peter, congratulations, you merely made it to fatherhood’s third round.”
“The day Peter modified into born at George Washington Health facility — no longer a long way from the White Condominium, whereas his mother Kathy modified into having killer contractions — she grew to change into and talked about to me, ‘When ought to aloof we originate a college fund?’ My wife modified into sounding like a Morgan Stanley commercial,” Steve laughs.
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“I spoke back ‘Why effort?’ unaware of the energy of twenty years of compound pastime. As a substitute, I talked about, ‘Mosey me the PEOPLE magazine, I are enthusiastic to enact the crossword.’ Vivid story. And on the present time PEOPLE magazine is announcing Peter’s toddler, even supposing it looks more appropriate the announcement ought to aloof advance from the Department of Labor (and Shipping),” he shares.
The proud unique grandpa is wrathful for the bogus for him and wife Kathy to transition “from rule-makers to rule breakers.”
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“Our grandkid wants Dairy Queen for dinner — all another time? Let’s plod!” he jokes. “Watching our formative years change into appropriate oldsters is fully heartwarming, Kathy and I are standing by to smash the grandkids unfriendly. We promise we will never speed out of hugs or candy.”
Steve also shares that the family had learned the toddler’s title almost in the present day sooner than her starting up. “What they didn’t know sooner than the starting up modified into that their toddler Bridget would be born on February 1st, which happens to be St. Brigid’s Day! She modified into Ireland’s patron saint of infants — what are the percentages? Narrative has it Saint Brigid also miraculously modified water into beer. We’re hoping Bridget Doocy waits until she’s no lower than 21 to avenue-test that skill,” he jokes.
