Cody Cooper and April Marie. Courtesy of April Marie/Instagram
The Ultimatum alum April Marie is formally a mother, welcoming her first child with boyfriend Cody Cooper.
“Child Woman IS HERE! 🎀🎉😍💗👑,” Marie, 25, wrote through Instagram on Friday, August 11. “I knew I wished to undergo the expertise of our supply & time on the hospital in non-public. ❤️ As laborious because it was a secret to maintain, I’m so pleased to lastly share with you guys… Simply realize it’s been a protracted week for us, however we made it! 🤍”
She continued: “Cody & I’ve been on the hospital since Tuesday. The whole lot nonetheless feels so fully surreal proper now. 🌙 Child lady is wholesome & so excellent. 🎀😭. The MOST painful 24+ hours of my life, but essentially the most lovely expertise EVER. I’ll always remember. ☁️💗✨.”
The Netflix persona — who has not but shared her infant’s title or first photograph — uploaded snapshots of the proud mother and father within the hospital shortly earlier than their daughter’s arrival.
Marie additional praised Cooper for being “such an incredible associate” and “all the time being by my facet” in her Friday observe. “I’m so excited to transition into parenthood with you & I can’t inform you how proud I’m or how way more in love I’m with you & all the feelings I’m feeling for our little household. ❤️,” she gushed. “I already know you’re going to be such an superior daddy.”
April Marie Courtesy of April Marie/Instagram
Cooper, for his half, replied within the feedback, noting that Marie is “so sturdy.” He wrote: “I really like each of you a lot and might’t wait to make new recollections with you and our child lady.”
Marie beforehand dated Jake Cunningham for 2 years earlier than issuing him an ultimatum concerning their subsequent steps on season 1 of Netflix’s The Ultimatum: Marry or Transfer On. Marie and Cunningham, 27, ultimately known as it quits following their three-week experimental relationships with fellow contestants Colby Kissinger and Rae Williams, respectively.
After The Ultimatum wrapped, Marie discovered love with actual property dealer Cooper. “I might not waste my time with anybody that I don’t see myself being with long-term,” she solely informed Us Weekly in April 2022. “So, I 1,000 % adore this man. And I’m very pleased.”
Lower than one 12 months later, they introduced in February that they have been anticipating their first child.
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“Made a bestie with my bestie,” Marie wrote through Instagram on Valentine’s Day. “First off, I nonetheless can’t imagine I’m really scripting this. Two months in the past, on 12/12/22 I discovered I used to be pregnant with you. … These first two months flew, so we will solely think about how briskly time will fly earlier than you lastly come into this world & fully change ours 🌎.”
