Jenna Bush Hager (left) and Barbara Pierce Bush.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Jenna Bush Hageris congratulating twin sisterBarbara Bushon becoming a mother.
“With full hearts, Laura and I are delighted to announce the birth of our new granddaughter,” read the statement. They added, “Cora is healthy and adorable, and we are proud and grateful.”
Jenna — who shares kidsMargaret “Mila” Laura, 8;Poppy Louise, 6; andHenry “Hal” Harold, 2; with husband Henry Hager — celebrated the news on Instagram, writing: “Dearest Cora Georgia, Today is the day I got to meet my most beautiful, precious, feisty, niece (a bit earlier than we expected!)”
“I witnessed in awe as my dearest, toughest @barbara.p.bush became a mama,” she continued alongsidea series of photosfrom the hospital. “And today is the day I fell in love! Some cousins are anxiously waiting to play with you, but not just yet love. Xx auntie j”
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
RELATED GALLERY:Celebrity Babies Born in 2021
In an interview with PEOPLE ahead of this year’s George H.W. Bush Points of Light Awards, Barbara said one of the “silver linings” of the pandemic was being able to stay with her parents at their Texas ranch.
“When we went to stay with my parents, we thought it would be for a handful of weeks — we didn’t anticipate that it would be for the majority of a year,” Barbara said. “But it’s time that we never otherwise would’ve had, of course.”
“There’s something really lovely about the simplicity of being with someone every day, rather than when we normally are with our family where it’s around the holidays or it’s for this very condensed amount of time,” she added.
From left: Craig Coyne and Barbara Pierce Bush.Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Last year, Jenna wrote in her bookEverything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Lossabout becoming pregnant with son Hal, sharing that she feltnervous to tell her newlywed sisterabout the news. She wrote that even her parents were worried about her sister’s response to the pregnancy at the time.
Jenna explained to them, however, that she had already told Barbara, who had laughed at the news, saying, “Three kids? Holy s—!” before congratulating her.
source: people.com
