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Child makes three! Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari introduced the delivery of their first youngster collectively, son Shepherd Lawrence Duhamel, by way of Instagram on January 16. The married couple shared a black-and-white picture of the toddler’s ft and revealed within the caption that he was born on January 11. That is the primary youngster for Audra, 30, and second for Josh, 51, who has a 10-year-old son, Axl, along with his ex-wife, Fergie.

Josh and Audra confirmed they had been anticipating a baby again in September 2023. They shared an ultrasound snapshot of their child and wrote, “Child Duhamel coming quickly.” Over the subsequent few months, Audra shared a number of being pregnant images the place she proudly flaunted her child bump. On January 6, she posted a photo of herself touching her bump whereas in a black gown, with the caption, “Simply waitin’ on you candy child.”

Fergie, who was married to the Transformers: The Final Knight actor from 2009 to 2017, congratulated the couple on their child information when it was introduced. “I’m really completely satisfied for you guys,” she commented on Josh and Audra’s Instagram publish from final 12 months. “Axl can’t wait to be an enormous brother,” she added.

Audra Mari and Josh Duhamel in September 2023 (Photograph: AG Photograph/Shutterstock)

Josh and his spouse had been married on Sept. 10, 2022, about three years after he finalized his divorce from Fergie. Over one 12 months previous to the being pregnant information, a supply near the couple informed PEOPLE that Audra would “like to have children with Josh,” and that she was additionally “attending to know” Josh and Fergie’s son. “Josh spends lots of time along with his son,” the supply informed the outlet on the time. They added that Josh is “very protecting of Axl” and that it “took some time earlier than Audra met him.”

Whereas Audra was pregnant, Josh revealed his son’s response to studying that he was going to be an enormous brother. “He’s like, ‘Wait, now, am I going to be — You’re nonetheless going to like me, although, too, proper?’ ” the Shotgun Marriage ceremony star informed Parade. “I used to be like, ‘After all, I’m going to nonetheless love you.’ And he’s like, ‘I’m nonetheless going to be your firstborn son, although, proper?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, you’re nonetheless the firstborn son!’ ”

“He’s a very candy child,” Josh added about his eldest son. “And he loves infants! I used to be the identical method at his age. I simply have at all times liked infants. There’s one thing about them. And he’s actually good with youthful children. So I believe he’s going to be an excellent older brother.”