Jeb Bush Jr. and his wife Sandra are expecting their third child together.
The 36-year-old businessman’s cousin Jenna Bush Hager revealed the exciting news on the Today show Wednesday while recounting a recent FaceTime call she had with her extended family, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s youngest son.
‘My cousin Jebby…told us on FaceTime that he’s pregnant — or his wife,’ Jenna, 38, said, correcting herself. ‘He’s not pregnant. That would be really crazy. But his wife Sandra is pregnant.’
News!Jeb Bush Jr. (top right) and his wife Sandra (bottom right) are expecting their third child. They have two daughters Georgia Helena Walker Bush and Vivian Alexandra Columba Bush
Growing family: The baby will be Jeb and Columba Bush’s fifth grandchild. The former Florida governor’s eldest son George P. Bush has two sons with his wife Amanda
The Today host, who filmed the segment from her home while self-quarantining, didn’t say how far along Sandra is or when the baby is due.
She did, however, note that another member of their family is becoming a doctor amid the coronavirus pandemic.
‘When you have those conversations, you realize you’re desperately missing the people you love,’ she said of being apart from her family during the global crisis.
Jeb Jr. and Sandra wed in Miami over Memorial Day weekend in 2010 and will be celebrating a decade of marriage this May.
Spilling the beans: Jeb Jr.’s cousin Jenna Bush Hager revealed the exciting news on the Today show on Wednesday
Mystery: Jenna didn’t say how far along Sandra is or when the baby is due. She is pictured with her husband Henry Hager and cousins, including Jeb Jr., after a family workout in the summer
The couple has two daughters: Georgia Helena Walker Bush, eight, and Vivian Alexandra Columba Bush, six.
The baby will be the fifth grandchild for Jeb and his wife Columba. In addition to Jeb Jr.’s daughters, their eldest son George P. Bush has two young sons, Prescott Bush, six, and John Williams Bush, four.
When Jeb Jr.’s eldest daughter Georgia was born in 2011, she became the first great-grandchild of former President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush, who both passed away in 2018.
Although Jeb Jr.’s unborn child won’t have the opportunity to meet his late grandparents, their memory will always be with him or her.
Legacy: Before her death, Jeb Jr.’s late grandmother Barbara Bush needlepointed Christmas stockings for her future great-grandchildren, including his unborn child
Throwback: Jeb Jr. and Jenna are pictures with their grandparents, parents, and cousins at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine
After Barbara’s death, Jenna revealed that her grandmother had spent the last years of her life feverishly needlepointing Christmas stockings for the future great-grandchildren she wouldn’t get to meet.
‘She knew she was sick, so she did as many as she could,’ Jenna shared on the Today show in 2018. ‘She needlepointed as many as she could so that great-grandbabies that came after she passed could have a stocking from her.
‘I think those are the things y’all, those are the things that matter. That’s what I remember.’
Jenna’s baby boy Hal, who was born in August, was the first child in the family to receive a stocking from his late great-grandmother. She and her husband Henry Hager also have to daughters, Mila, six, and Poppy, four.
‘What a beautiful thing she did so that all three of my kids could have that,’ she told People, tearing up. ‘He will never have met her, but they’re so ingrained, literally in this case, in the fabric of our family.’