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Eliza Limehouse is officially a mom of two!
The reality TV star welcomed her second baby, a girl named Bancroft Limehouse McBride, with husband Mark ‘Struthers’ McBride on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. local time, sharing the exciting news exclusively with PEOPLE.
Bancroft, who was 8 lbs. and 21 inches long at birth, entered the world at the exact time as her brother, Patton, 4, who was nearly the same weight and height when he was born.
“Funnily enough, it was the coldest night of the year when we brought Patton home and potentially one of our coldest days as well when we brought her home,” Limehouse tells PEOPLE, referring to residence in South Carolina. “Patton and I are excited to share our December birthdays with Bancroft.”
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“We thought she would come closer to our birthdays, but she decided to make other plans! Patton and I will be 5 and 30 on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,” the newly minted mom of two adds. “We have been laughing because I designed myself a bracelet with all of our birthstones, and my husband, Struthers, is the random April birthstone, while we are all three blue topaz.”
Limehouse shared the first official photos with PEOPLE of her new addition. In one snap, the proud mom and her little girl wear matching pajamas from the Beaufort Bonnet Company as they pose together in the hospital room.
Other pics show the newborn laying on her father’s shoulder, meeting her big brother at home and resting warmly in a pink fluffy blanket.
Limehouse tells PEOPLE her family is “beyond excited” to welcome their new addition into the fold, sharing that Bancroft is the “easiest baby.”
“Our family, especially her brother, is beyond excited to have our sweet Bancroft in our arms by the Christmas tree,” she says. “She is the easiest baby I’ve ever met! Feeling extremely blessed for my little family of four. I did not love pregnancy or birth, but she was definitely worth every minute of it.”
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The doting mom shares with people the one thing she’s excited to see if her baby girl enjoys.”I can’t wait to see if she ends up being a horse lover, like the rest of us!” she says.
Limehouse adds, “I was a little bit nervous about having another child, but nobody tells you that your heart just grows bigger and more love comes for both children. Being at our farm with our horses [with] just the four of us is heaven on earth.”
