{"id":200515,"date":"2019-04-21T08:27:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=200515"},"modified":"2019-04-19T16:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T21:25:42","slug":"today-hoda-kolb-adopts-baby-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/today-hoda-kolb-adopts-baby-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Today Show host Hoda Kotb adopts second baby girl, Hope Catherine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Tuesday, Today Show host Hoda Kotb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/hoda-kotb-shares-details-on-her-new-baby-daughter-hope-catherine-1495154755911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that she has adopted a second daughter. The baby\u2019s name is Hope Catherine.<\/p>\n<p>The co-host of \u201cToday with Hoda &amp; Jenna\u201d managed to keep the exciting news under wraps. When Kotb appeared on the Today show by phone on Tuesday morning, none of the other hosts knew what was coming except Savannah Guthrie, who joked that she had \u201can exclusive.\u201d Eliciting applause and spontaneous tears of joy, Kotb announced, \u201cIt\u2019s a girl!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Kotb <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/today-show-host-hoda-kotb-adopts-baby-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that she and partner Jeff Schiffman had adopted their first daughter, Haley Joy. Today hosts asked Kotb how she is adjusting to life with two children. She gushed, \u201cI didn\u2019t know that my heart could feel like this. I just didn\u2019t.\u201d She added, \u201cWith all the love I\u2019ve ever had in my life, and I\u2019ve had the best love; I mean I\u2019ve had the love of a wonderful mom, a wonderful man, siblings, all those things&#8230; I never ever imagined that I could feel this kind of&#8230; it\u2019s like a warm hand on my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yv77grE6FCc\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/five-adoption-questions-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five common adoption questions you might be asking\u2026 and their answers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kotb is not the only one whose heart has grown. She told the Today Show that her older daughter has been thrilled with the experience, saying, \u201cHaley is digging it. This morning at breakfast, she was trying to feed [Hope] her raspberries, and I was like, \u2018Not yet babe!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kotb said, \u201cShe was literally marching around saying, \u2018I&#8217;m a big sister!\u2019 I mean&#8230; she did try to crawl into her bassinet, but it&#8217;s so much fun you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kotb, who is 54, has been open about her desire to give Haley a sibling. She previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-6927939\/Hoda-Kotb-reveals-adopted-second-daughter-54.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cHaving a sister to go through life with is so important.\u201d She explained, \u201cI also know that Joel and I are older parents. I wanted to make sure that there was someone there to witness [Haley&#8217;s] life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to the heroic sacrifice of Hope\u2019s birth mother, Haley now does have a sister to share her life with. With many couples waiting to adopt, Kotb\u2019s story is an inspiration for many. As Today co-host Jenna Bush Hager said, \u201cThink of how many people you are giving hope to today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Today Show host Hoda Kotb announced that she has adopted a second daughter. The baby\u2019s name is Hope Catherine. The co-host of \u201cToday with Hoda &amp; Jenna\u201d managed to keep the exciting news under wraps. When Kotb appeared on the Today show by phone on Tuesday morning, none of the other hosts knew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":200562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Today Show host Hoda Kotb adopts second baby girl, Hope Catherine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today Show host Hoda Kotb is the proud mother of two, as she just announced the adoption of her second child, a girl named Hope Catherine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/today-hoda-kolb-adopts-baby-girl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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