Country music star Thomas Rhett welcomes baby girl, just months after adopting his first daughter

 

We love an uplifting story of a Monday morning, and this one is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

 

Country music star, Thomas Rhett, and his beautiful wife Lauren welcomed a baby girl over the weekend - just a few months after adopting their first baby. 

 

Thomas and Lauren shared their double-baby news on Instagram earlier this year, announcing that they were expecting two gorgeous daughters - one via adoption. 

 

 

OH BABY! actually...BABIES! Our hearts are exploding with happiness for y'all to meet our new baby who we are bringing home from Africa soon who is also going to have a little brother or sister because, SURPRISE! there's a sweet baby in my belly too  #adopting&pregnant #cominginhot2017

A post shared by Lauren Akins (@laur_akins) on Feb 15, 2017 at 8:15am PST

 

"OH BABY! actually...BABIES! Our hearts are exploding with happiness for y'all to meet our new baby who we are bringing home from Africa soon who is also going to have a little brother or sister because, SURPRISE! there's a sweet baby in my belly too #adopting&pregnant #cominginhot2017," Lauren wrote on Instagram in February. 

 

The loved-up couple, who met when they were just 8-years-old, adopted an 18-month-old baby, Willa, from Uganda in May 2017.

 

The couple had struggled to conceive, and admitted that they actually stopped trying when they decided to adopt.

 

However, miracles do happen, and the lovely Lauren discovered that she was pregnant while on safari in Africa.

 

 

YALL  Our baby girl is hommmmeeeeee  Thank you Jesus for bringing our family together on the same continent finally :) little cutie Willa Gray Akins came home yesterday after completely stealing our hearts in Uganda over a year ago & we're sooooo happy we just can't stand i**PARENTS OF THE YEAR: thank you mom & dad for bringing her home since this pregnant mama is officially grounded due to baby Akins #2 coming in August FRIEND OF THE YEAR: thank you sweet @kaileydickerson for capturing some of the most special moments for us & for traveling with me to Uganda and back* our FRIENDS & our FAMILY OF THE CENTURY: y'all have walked through and prayed through every single moment of this adoption with us, were our ROCKS through it all, kept it a secret, and truly had faith & hope for us when we felt like we had none left. I could cry thinking about each one of you-y'all know who you are & we are beyond blessed with our community God has given uswe love y'all more than any words could come close to describing. I might just throw you all a giant party celebrating y'all 

A post shared by Lauren Akins (@laur_akins) on May 12, 2017 at 1:54pm PDT

 

She spoke to People Magazine about her journey with fertility:

 

"When we began the adoption process, we said, 'Let's wait, let's give this adopted child his or her time with us and then we'll continue our family'. So I was convinced it was food poisoning."

 

"We tried to get pregnant for a little bit before," admitted the 27-year-old. "It was a good chunk of time and our family is extremely fertile, so I was expecting it to happen easily. I was like, 'Maybe this is the Lord's way of telling me adoption is what he wants me to do.' And I was okay with that."

 

Lat night, the new parents announced the borth of their gorgeous new baby girl, in heartfelt posts on social media.

 

 

Our baby girl is heresweet Ada James Akins came into the world at 10:28 last night after almost 36 hours of labor (only Jesus got me through that-& she is sooo worth it). She weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces and is so stinking cute I just can't take it! We are all doing well now, just resting. Thank y'all for your prayers-she is a miracle and God is so good. Thomas Rhett and I are so I love with her. And Willa Gray is so excited to finally have a baby sister  More pics to come, so get ready haha

A post shared by Lauren Akins (@laur_akins) on Aug 13, 2017 at 9:56am PDT

 

"Our baby girl is here! Sweet Ada James Akins came into the world at 10:28 last night after almost 36 hours of labor (only Jesus got me through that and she is sooo worth it ). She weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces and is so stinking cute I just can't take it! We are all doing well now, just resting. Thank y'all for your prayers - she is a miracle and God is so good.

 

Thomas Rhett and I are so I love with her. And Willa Gray is so excited to finally have a baby sister," wrote the proud new mum. 

 

We're sending major congratulations to this precious little family!