Blessed with beautiful babies
CELEBRITY moms and dads will have their hearts and hands full this new year. There was a baby boom of sorts in la-la-land in 2022, and these personalities celebrated their first-ever Christmas and New Year’s Day with their new bundles of joy.
Angelica Panganiban’s precious Amila Sabine is going on 4 months and the actress said that last Christmas was the best ever.
“It was my first-ever Christmas as a mother and that will always be special. My fiancé Gregg (Homan) and I call her Bean and our daughter is learning new things as she grows. She reacts, smiles and even makes faces when we communicate with her. Bean is our focus, our world and everything, including work, has to be set aside for the meantime because our baby is our topmost priority.”
Entertainment news presenter Iya Villania and her husband Drew Arellano welcomed their fourth child Astro Phoenix last June and she shared that their growing family gives her a lot of joy. “He’s our fourth but the discovery about babies and toddlers and parenting never stops. Our Christmas was a riot, a happy and wacky one!”
GMA artists Jennylyn Mercado and Dennis Trillo are also very happy with the new addition in their family. Their daughter Dylan turned exactly 8 months on Christmas Day and the holidays couldn’t be happier. Trillo has a 15-year-old son named Calix Andreas with former beauty queen Carlene Aguilar, while Mercado has a 14-year-old son with now retired actor Patrick Garcia.
Twenty twenty-two became extra special for character actor Smokey Manaloto, who became a father for the first time at 51. “Kiko is the biggest blessing of my life, the best Christmas gift I received four months in advance. In fact, we found out that my wife was pregnant during the Christmas holidays of 2021.”
Power belter and occasional actress Angeline Quinto also gave birth last year to her and her nonshowbiz fiancé’s baby boy Sylvio. The couple was engaged last September and are planning a simple wedding this coming year.
Joey Marquez’s darling beauty queen daughter Wynwyn Marquez also had her first child last year. The baby has three names: Luna Teresita Rayn and she is now 8 months old. “My apo is our family’s little princess and everybody adores her. She brings so much happiness to my life and I am a very proud lolo!”
Joey told us recently when we spoke to him.
Comedienne Kitkat gave birth to her daughter Uno Asher last August and she described her being a mom as a most wonderful blessing. “My daughter completes me. My husband Walby (Favia) and I waited and prayed for her and she is God’s most precious gift to us. This Christmas is our happiest ever! Our happiness is now on a different level,” Kitkat enthused.
Rocco Nacino also became a first-time dad last October when his wife Melissa Gohing gave birth to their son Ezren Raffaello.
“Our son gives us many reasons to smile every day. We are thankful for the most precious gift we have received, and we vow to be the best parents for our son,” said Nacino.
Gino de la Peña and stephanie Henares also received their early Christmas gift last November—a bouncing baby girl they named Natalie Elle. Henares, the daughter of Ronnie and Ida Henares, married de la Peña six years ago. the baby is an answered prayer for the couple.
Rita Daniela gave birth three days before Christmas to her baby boy she named Juan Andres. She wrote her first love letter to her son she nicknamed Uno—“hi, my son. You’re the greatest Christmas gift that God has given me. You’re such a blessing to us. Your Tatay and I are so joyful to have you. Can’t believe I’m celebrating Christmas this way... with you.”
It will surely be a happy, busy and joyful new year for everyone. Cheers!