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Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins won’t be sharing the sex of their baby on the way.
After announcing in August that he and his wife are expecting their fifth baby together, the country singer, 35, spoke with Taste of Country and shared that he and his wife will not be finding out the sex of their baby before Lauren gives birth.
“Due date is in March and we are going to wait until the day of to figure out what the gender is,” says Thomas Rhett. “It’s terrifying for me, but there’s not many surprises left in this world, and I feel that’s one that you kinda get to be surprised with, if you choose to.”
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He also shared that their family may be done growing after they welcome their newest little one.
“I mean, five has kind of always been our number,” he said, joking, “anything above five, we will have to get a Sprinter van.”
This past August, Thomas Rhett and his wife revealed on Instagram that they’re expecting another baby. In their announcement video, the couple stood side-by-side as the country star updated his hit song “Life Changes” to share the happy news.
“Well, I was wrapping my head around being a dad. Big wrench got thrown in the plans that we thought we had. Now Lauren’s showing — got one on the way. That’s —” the soon-to-be dad of five paused, looking at his wife, before continuing, “five under 10. Hey what can I say? Yeah, life changes. You wake up ain’t nothing the same. Yeah, life changes.”
The couple, who is already parents to four daughters — Lillie Carolina, 3 Lennon Love, 5, Ada James, 8, and Willa Gray, 9 — wrote in their caption, “Here we go again! We’ve got some really excited big sisters in our house. God is so good.”
Last November, Thomas Rhett posted a series of photos on Instagram as he celebrated his youngest daughter Lillie Carolina’s third birthday. In the sweet pictures, the proud dad could be seen sitting with his daughter on a carousel, posing with her on a fence and sitting on wife Lauren’s hip.
He also included a video of his daughter greeting a horse, holding her hand up to its nose. “Lillie Carolina there are no words to describe how much I love you..How in the world are you 3?!?!” Thomas Rhett wrote in his caption.
“Can’t wait to celebrate you today! Happy birthday!!”
