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John Legend Shares What Makes Him Emotional About Fatherhood
We emotion each of what John Legend has to accidental astir becoming a begetter of three.
The "All of Me" vocalist precocious shared however helium and woman Chrissy Teigen's 2 oldest children—Luna Simone, 6, and Miles Theodore, 4—have showered newborn Esti Maxine with emotion since the mates welcomed her connected Jan. 13.
"Our kids are precise excited to beryllium large siblings," John told Fatherly successful an nonfiction published Feb. 22. "They emotion holding Esti. They emotion kissing her. They conscionable emotion embracing this caller small beingness successful the house."
Their adoration for their little sister comes arsenic a pleasant astonishment to John and Chrissy, who "didn't cognize however that was going to go."
"We didn't cognize if they would beryllium jealous oregon beryllium sad," the 44-year-old shared. "Miles mightiness beryllium bittersweet that helium wasn't the babe anymore. But he's wholly embraced being Esti's large brother, and it's honestly made maine precise affectional and joyful seeing them together."
In fact, arsenic Luna and Miles person gotten older, the household enslaved has lone go stronger.
"When Miles was born, we were fixed each this proposal astir however to bring him location from the infirmary to Luna," John explained. "She was 2 years aged erstwhile helium was born. But we didn't bash immoderate of that for Esti, I deliberation due to the fact that the kids are older present and they conscionable benignant of get it, and they're much unafraid successful who they are. They weren't that disquieted astir losing america to Esti. They cognize we person plentifulness of emotion to spell around."
Luna and Miles person besides showed signs of taking aft their parents' creator pursuits, peculiarly erstwhile it comes to creativity.
"Luna's precise originative visually," John noted. "She loves coating and creating ocular art. She likes to physique things. Miles loves to physique things arsenic well. Luna truly loves euphony and sings on with the euphony successful the car and likes to dance."
However, it's not yet wide to the 12-time Grammy victor if Miles has inherited his involvement successful performing: "He loves listening to music, but helium doesn't truly sing on a lot."
Will Esti besides travel aft her parents' footsteps? Only clip volition tell, but for now, the babe miss already has a beardown household connection—through her name.
As John revealed to E! News on Feb. 1, "It turns out, my great-grandmother was named Esther."
"We wanted to already sanction her mediate sanction Maxine aft my grandmother, whose mediate sanction was Maxine," helium said. "So, it's a batch of my household successful the name."
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