Victoria's Secret Angel Lais Ribeiro welcomes baby with husband Joakim Noah: 'Thankful for my family'
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Supermodel Lais Ribeiro joyfully announced on Black Friday that she has given birth to her second baby, her first with her husband Joakim Noah.
Lais, who shot to fame as a Victoria's Secret Angel, has a son called Alexandre, 16, from a past relationship, and is stepmother to Joakim's children Leia and Emaan.
She and Joakim tied the knot in her native Brazil in 2022 and in August of this year she revealed that she was expecting their child.
Now, in a heartwarming Instagram post from her family's Thanksgiving dinner, she ecstatically informed her fans that the baby has arrived.
Her picture showed Lais, 33, Joakim, 39, and Alexandre all standing at the table - with the proud mother of two cradling her newborn in her arms.
In the spirit of the holiday, she wrote in her caption to her more than three million Instagram followers that she is 'Thankful for my family.'
Lais Ribeiro joyfully announced on Black Friday that she has given birth to her second baby, in a picture with her husband Joakim Noah and her 16-year-old son Alexandre
Joakim, a former basketball player who used to be with the Chicago Bulls, wrapped a loving arm around his wife's shoulders in the snapshot.
The pair first started dating in 2018 and got engaged the following year before exchanging vows at a romantic ceremony in the Brazilian city of Trancoso.
She went public with her pregnancy in August by showing off her blossoming baby bump in an Instagram album of her trip to Maui with Joakim and his children.
The dazzling photo shoot included an evocative picture of her laying back in a creek, her sheer dress draping over her burgeoning belly.
The Brazilian bombshell, who was born in the town of Miguel Alves in the northeast of the country, shared in the caption that she was at that stage 25 weeks along.
In a heartwarming follow-up album, she posed topless except for her bra in the jungle, with her husband standing just behind her and beaming.
Lais has always spoken warmly about being a mother to Alexandre, and the two tattoos she has gotten over the years are both dedicated to him.
She has his name inked along the back of her neck and the symbol for special needs children on her side - a nod to the fact her son has autism.
She and Joakim tied the knot in her native Brazil in 2022 and in August of this year she revealed that she was expecting their child while on vacation in Hawaii
The pair first started dating in 2018 and got engaged the following year before exchanging vows at a romantic ceremony in the Brazilian city of Trancoso; pictured this January
Lais welcomed Alexandre during a past relationship, and is stepmother to Joakim's children Leia and Emaan, with whom the former basketball star is pictured
'I always wanted to do a second tatto and I couldn’t find anything meaningful enough till a meeting that I had couple weeks ago about autism and kids with special needs,' she wrote on Instagram in 2018 while unveiling the body art.
'Don’t know if you guys know and I was never open about it but my son was diagnosed with autism 5 years ago,' she revealed in the caption.
'My first tatto is his name on the back of my neck and finally I found what I wanted to be my second. I decided to do the symbol of autism( and kids with special needs) as a tatto and it’s beautiful and perfect just the way I wanted to be thanks to @robgreennyc'.
Showering praise on New York City tattoo artist Rob Green, she gushed: 'THANK YOU SO MUCH! I’m so happy about it it means A LOT to me!'
