August: Live the August Life Mandy Moore Taylor Goldsmith became parents in February 2021 and have been documenting their baby boy’s life via Instagram ever since.
The This Is Us star announced the little one’s arrival with a close-up shot of his blue onesie. “Gus is here,” the actress captioned the social media upload. “Our sweet boy, August Harrison Goldsmith. His parents were thrilled that he was punctual and arrived on his due date. We were prepared to fall in love in all sorts of brand new ways, but it goes beyond anything we could have ever imagined.”
The New Hampshire native, whose full name is Amanda, went on to write later that same week that she and the Dawes frontman had “settled on” their newborn’s name months ahead of his birth.
“For our anniversary in November, T gifted me with this [August] blanket with the ‘A’ (for Amanda) made from extra material from my wedding dress and ‘T’ (for Taylor) from his wedding shirt,” the singer wrote via Instagram. “Felt like a very fitting amalgamation of our whole story. I can’t wait to pass this on to our sweet August one day.”
One year after their engagement, they were married in Los Angeles in November 2018. They announced their intention to start a family in September 2020.
“Baby boy Goldsmith coming early 2021,” Moore captioned her Instagram reveal at the time.
During a TodayTwo months later, the show made its debut.Princess DiariesStar said that she felt like playing Rebecca Pearson on This Is UsShe had helped her prepare to become a mother.
“It’s funny, I mean having played a sort of matriarch of a family for the last five years and getting to sort of see children at various different chapters and stages, I feel like I’m as pseudo-prepared as I can be,” Moore explained to Hoda KotbIn November 2020. “I’ve had babies and toddlers and I have adult children, so I’ve kind of gotten a pretty good taste and lay of the land.”
While filming the NBC show, the then-pregnant star used “very conspicuous costumes” to hide her bump, she added at the time. “I’m sure you’ll see Rebecca carrying a lot of laundry baskets and oversized purses, god knows what, for the next couple of months.”
Keep scrolling to see the Emmy nominee’s best moments with her and her husband’s first child, from playing at the park to hanging at home.
