Bethany Hamilton Welcomes Baby No. 4, Her First Daughter

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Bethany Hamilton is riding the waves of motherhood bliss arsenic a first-time miss mom.

The pro surfer and shark onslaught subsister precocious gave birth to her and hubby Adam Dirks' 4th child. Bethany, 33, announced the quality connected Instagram June 30, writing, "Meet our beauteous girl Alaya Dorothy Dirks!"

The athlete, who lost her near limb successful a shark successful a shark onslaught successful 2003, included successful her station a video of herself holding the newborn portion wearing matching pinkish and achromatic angiosperm crowns and lasting adjacent to her husband. She besides shared clips of the couple's 2 eldest sons, Tobias, 8, and Wesley, 5, bonding with their babe sister.

"We are feeling truly grateful to God for the blessing of family," said Bethany, who besides shares lad Micah, 2, with Adam. "We are honored for this accidental to rise our children, to love, serve, support and usher them done life!"

The surfer, whose 2004 memoir Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back connected the Board inspired the 2011 film Soul Surfer, announced her latest gestation connected Instagram successful March, writing, "The blessing of being capable to bear, and prolong a caller beingness is ne'er mislaid connected me."

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In June, she shared another Instagram photo of herself showcasing her babe bump portion posing successful shallow h2o connected the formation with her 3 sons.

"Time [flies]!" she wrote. "If you told maine 8 years agone I'd person 4 children I'd prob [laugh]. But I'm truthful beyond grateful to beryllium present with these beauteous children! This is much than I dreamed but adjacent amended than I dreamed. Grateful to God for the blessing of family!"

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