Bachelor in Paradise couple Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon have welcomed their second child into the world -- and they didn't name him Tom!
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"He was born at 2:29PM on July 22, 2024, and weighed 8 pounds, seven ounces at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. Baby is healthy and so is Mama!" Jared told the magazine on Tuesday, July 23.
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Ashley and Jared decided to name their newborn Hayden Cruise Haibon.
Hayden Cruise joins the Bachelor in Paradise couple's eldest son, Dawson, who turned two-years-old in January.
"Seeing Dawson meet his little brother for the first time was as precious as we always imagined the moment would be," Jared gushed to People. "Dawson is full of love and kept petting Hayden."
Jared went on to explain of the moniker he and Ashley chose for their baby boy, "We joked about naming him Anakin as I'm a big Star Wars fan and Ashley fan girl-ed over Hayden Christensen as a teen. That sparked the idea for the name Hayden."
"It took a while to firmly decide on because of the alliteration with our last name," he admitted, "but ultimately we felt it fit!"
Cruise as the middle name pays tribute to actor Tom Cruise.
For a while, Ashley and Jared were considering the name Tom due to Matchbox20 lead singer Rob Thomas and iconic NFL quarterback Tom Brady, both of whom Ashley and Jared admire.
"Finding a boy name we both love was much harder the second time around," the couple shared.
"We always knew the middle name would be Cruise because we bonded over being Tom Cruise fans while first meeting on Bachelor in Paradise 2. We've always loved the passion, determination, and charisma of his characters."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOWAshley and Jared elaborated in their People interview, "We met the man himself last year at the Mission Impossible premiere, and his warmth and caring reception for the stories we shared with him further convinced us to use the name."
Ashley and Jared called themselves "so lucky" to have two handsome and healthy boys.
"They both have already given us so much more love in our hearts, and as parents, we're so grateful they are both happy and healthy!" the couple gushed.
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Ashley and Jared, who wed in August 2019, announced in late January on Amazon Live that they were expecting their second child together.
And then the Bachelor in Paradise couple shared on February 23 that they had another baby boy on the way.
Ashley gushed about how she couldn't wait to watch Dawson become a big brother at the time.
"I think that he's going to be extremely affectionate, wanting to be very helpful," Ashley shared. "And I think that'll just melt my heart."
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The Bachelor alum explained that she was anticipating having "full concentration on the kids and not having to think about baby planning in the future."
Ashley also insisted that she and Jared are "definitely" done having kids.
"We both come from families with two siblings and that's just what's in our hearts," Ashley concluded.
But Jared previously shared how he felt "bad" for Ashley because she's never going to have the baby girl that she had hoped for, and Ashley admitted that she was "upset for a day or two" upon learning Baby No. 2's sex but she looks forward to her boys developing a strong bond.
In March, Ashley and Jared had yet to decide on a name for their second child.
Ashley said she liked Dominic, potentially naming her youngest son after her father, but Jared liked Ethan, which Ashley apparently really disliked. They also threw out the names Logan and Clark, but the latter was the name of Jared's childhood dog.
Ashley admitted in May that she was "more nervous" about having her second child than she felt waiting for the birth of Baby No. 1.
"I think we're obviously a little nervous about how to juggle two. We are more nervous this time than last time just because you realize how much of a significant lifestyle change it is to have a child," Ashley told People at the time.
"And then you're like, 'Okay, well we just got all this down pat and now how do you throw in a whole other kid?' It's just like, how do you go out with a kid? How do you keep your eye on them both in the house at the same time?"
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Ashley added, "I think we're just curious and anxious to see how it is to keep two people alive, but then I'm a lot less nervous about birth because I was petrified of it the first time around."
Ashley announced she was pregnant with her first child in July 2021, and then she gave birth to Dawson in January 2022 after struggling with hyperemesis gravidarum. She was very sick during her first pregnancy and threw up constantly.
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The couple met in 2015 on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, and they attempted to navigate an on-and-off confusing romance on the show that simmered into a friendship in which Ashley largely pined for Jared as he dated other women on Season 2 and Season 3 of BIP.
Jared said he realized his feelings for Ashley and admittedly wanted what he couldn't have when she sparked up a romance with Canadian firefighter Kevin Wendt on The Bachelor Winter Games.
Jared eventually won Ashley over and the couple confirmed they were dating in May 2018.
Jared then proposed marriage to Ashley and they got engaged the following month in Mexico while the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise was filming.
Prior to their appearances on Bachelor in Paradise, Ashley competed for Chris Soules' heart on The Bachelor's nineteenth season and Jared found fame on Kaitlyn Bristowe's edition of The Bachelorette for Season 11.
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