Mario Lopez proudly shares photo of ‘healthy and beautiful’ baby boy after wife gives birth to third child
And baby makes five for the happy family!
Mario Lopez, 45, and his wife Courtney, 37, welcomed their third child, a healthy baby boy named Santino Rafael Lopez.
The TV host shared a photo of the newborn on Instagram on Monday along with photos of him holding the baby and his pregnant wife.
New baby: Mario Lopez and his wife Courtney welcomed their third child. A healthy baby boy named Santino Rafael Lopez
‘It’s a BOY!!!! Healthy, beautiful baby boy… Santino Rafael Lopez! Baby & Mom are doing great. Mrs. Lopez came through like a Champ!’ he wrote by the photo.
The little brother will be welcomed into the family by big sister Gia, aged eight, and brother Dominic, aged five.
The happy couple met back in 2008 while working together on A Chorus Line on Broadway. They got married in Punta Mita, Mexico in December 2012 and their daughter Gia served as their flower girl.
Little brother: The little brother will be welcomed into the family by big sister Gia, aged eight, and brother Dominic, aged five
The couple announced back in January that they were expecting their third child together.
‘Oh BABY!! Here we go again… #LopezPartyOfFive #DebutingInJuly,’ Courtney wrote on instagram.
‘We are adding to the team. We’re going to be a party of five,’ the Saved By the Bell star wrote. He also noted that they didn’t know the sex of the baby.
Oh baby! The couple announced back in January that they were expecting their third child together. Courtney is pictured above in the hospital
In an interview with PEOPLE, Lopez explained that he didn’t want to know the sex of the baby — a tradition they have had with all of their kids.
‘We’re pretty old school, you know, it being the tie-breaker,’ he told the magazine. ‘It doesn’t matter, to be honest, as long as it’s healthy. We’re just very excited. The gender reveal will be when it’s born!’
The happy father also went on to call his third child a ‘Christmas miracle’ for his family.
Bundle of joy: The happy father also went on to call his third child a ‘Christmas miracle’ for his family