Wow, Mariska Hargitay is baby-crazy! People Magazine confirms that Mariska and her husband Peter Hermann have adopted for the second time, welcoming their third child into their family. Mariska and Peter have a biological son, August, who is five years old, and they just adopted daughter Amaya six months ago. Their second adoption was for a little boy who they’ve named Andrew (one of my favorite boy names!). People Magazine only identifies Andrew as being born “over the summer.” I think Amaya must be about six or seven months old now, and judging from the photo of Mariska with Amaya and Andrew, Andrew looks very, very small.
When Mariska Hargitay welcomed her daughter Amaya Josephine six months ago, she started thinking about adopting another child down the line.
She never imagined the new addition would be right around the corner.
Within a week of processing their paperwork for the second time, Hargitay, 47, and her husband Peter Hermann brought home a son, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann, who was born over the summer.
“We never in a million year thought it would happen this quickly, but something inside of us knew that this was right, and we said, ‘Yes, yes, yes!’” says Hargitay, who is also mom to son August, 5.
“We knew this was our guy. Everything about it felt right. It felt divinely right.”
Two babies may be a handful, but the Law & Order: SVU actress — who will continue working four days a week — says Andrew and Amaya have already bonded.
“They’ll lie in the crib together, and she’ll hold his hand and put her arm around him,” says Hargitay. “She’s already so protective of him.”
[From People]
Wow, they got another baby WITHIN A WEEK. At first I thought that maybe Mariska and Peter had pursued adoptions at several different agencies, and then they were just thrilled that two babies came up for adoption, but it sounds like they used the same agency for both, right? I guess the agency had already thoroughly vetted Mariska and Peter, so the second adoption was a lot faster.
Incidentally, Viola Davis also adopted a little girl very recently too – Viola named her girl Genesis… are they going to call her “Genny”? Hmm…
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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