Olympian Bode Miller and his wife Morgan welcomed a new baby boy into the family this week, just four months after losing 19-month-old daughter Emmy in a tragic accidental drowning. The couple have yet not yet released the baby’s name, but they did share a picture of him with the TODAY show via their midwife.
“Exactly one month before Emmy’s second birthday… the sun rose and they knew this day would be different. An overwhelming feeling of joy started to fill a valley of deep grief and sadness,” midwife Lindsey Meehleis told TODAY.
“Morgan’s fingers grasped onto their son, who filled such empty arms,” she added. “While nothing will ever replace the feeling of aching arms to hold Emmy again, this baby provided something new this day: joy, inspiration and hope.”
The baby is the couple’s third child together. Bode Miller also has two older children from previous relationships.
In August, Morgan Miller bared her soul on Instagram, showing her final picture holding her dying daughter and saying: “I wish I could have one more day to hold you, but until that day comes, continue to work through me and give me the strength to bring awareness, my love,” the grieving mother wrote. “I told you as I held you in this moment that you could still change the world, you could still move mountains.”
