Mom’s day out!
Kotb, 54,shared a slideshow of photosfrom the celebration, which includes shots of her and the guest of honor, 37, sharing a sweet embrace, as well as a group shot of Kotb, Bush Hager and other event attendees.
Bush Hager responded to the Instagram post writing, “Love you. Love you. Love you!! 💕💕”
On Wednesday, the third-time mom-to-be shared a sweet note Kotb gave her at the shower on air, getting emotional asshe read it for the first time aloud: “Jenna, you represent everything I love. Your friends are lucky, your children luckier. Three good people in the world thanks to you and Hank. Maybe they will change the world.”
Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb.
“Hoda, can you believe it?” Bush Hager asked Kotb, who is also mom to 2-year-old daughterHaley Joy, after the pair were connected on the phone.
“Oh my God, I’m so happy!” her co-host shared, adding that she had actually been “eavesdropping” from home on her headset earlier in the show.
Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb.Hoda Kotb Instagram
Offering her heartfelt congratulations, Kotb went on to praise her new 10 o’clock hour co-host.
“I feel like this is your year for a million reasons. Youare on the show you were born to be on, you’re expanding your family, which is exactly what is supposed to be happening. This is the year of Jenna Bush Hager,” she shared.
“That is so sweet, Hoda,” Bush Hager replied, quipping that it’s also “the year of Hope Catherine.”
Bush Hager went on to share that after she first found out she was pregnant,she initially felt guilty becauseshe knew others who wanted to be moms but were struggling.
“I said, ‘Barbara’ — who just got married — ‘and Hoda, they want these babies, and I have this guilt.’ And my mom said, ‘Everybody gets their babies when they’re supposed to,’ ” she said. “My mom and her mom before herstruggled with infertility forever, and so I thought that was a beautiful thing to say.”
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Bush Hager and her husband of 10 years are also proud parents to daughtersPoppy Louise, 4 next month, andMargaret “Mila” Laura, 6.
Since becoming a mother of two after adoption Hope in April, Kotb revealed thesecond time around is much differentthan when she adopted Haley.
“I just can’t believe how in a blink, life changes, and all of a sudden there are two babies in this house. I’mjust overwhelmed with joy,” Kotb said.
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.Today Show
Kotb announcedher new bundle of joy in a phone callon the April 16 episode ofToday.The outletshared a photoof the longtime television journalist holding her new addition, with her older daughter Haley standing next to her mama and new little sister with a big smile on her face.
“It’s a girl! And her name is Hope!” Kotb could be heard saying through tears over the phone as her fellowTodaypersonalities wiped their eyes.
With two children to care for now, Kotb told PEOPLE that she has been ableto let go of some the pressurethat comes with being a mom.
source: people.com
