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By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
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The second family has shared a glimpse into their new lives as a family of six after Second Lady Usha Vance delivered a baby boy earlier this month.
‘Thank you for all the good wishes as we settle into life as a family of six,’ the Second Lady wrote in a post on social media accompanied by darling family photos.
‘Meet Alec and enjoy these attempts at taking a decent family photo with four kids!’
Usha, 40, and JD, 41, share four children: Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, Mirabel, 4, and now Alec.
A source familiar with the family confirmed its been a joyful time for the family, who are looking forward to making memories together and enjoying these early days with their newest addition.
The three family photos shared by the Second Lady show the young family dressed in outfits fit for a Sunday church service, a close-up of newborn Alec in a blue onesie and the siblings adoring their new baby brother.
Alec Neel Vance was born on Sunday, July 19, at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
‘Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family,’ Trump wrote on social media on Monday, sharing the first photo of the newborn.
Second Lady Usha Vance posted three photos of her newborn boy Alec Neel Vance on Friday
The images show the young family of six adoring their young brother
Alec Neel Vance was born on July 19. It is the first time a sitting Vice President has welcome a child in office in 156 years
That image showed Alec’s older brother Vivek holding him in the hospital as Mirabel looked on smiling.
Alec’s birth marked a historic milestone for the executive branch – the first time in 156 years that a sitting vice president has welcomed a child in office.
The last time an incumbent Second Family added a newborn to their ranks was in 1870, when Schuyler Colfax, VP to Ulysses S. Grant, and his wife Ellen had a son.
Usha and JD first announced that they were expecting their fourth child in January.
Vance revealed in his memoir Communion this year that the couple had decided against more children because of the pressures of public life, until the assassination of his close friend Charlie Kirk last fall changed Usha’s mind.
‘Something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. One life was stolen from us, but another was given,’ he wrote.
Usha has said Erika Kirk’s regret about not having more children with her murdered husband was ‘very powerful’ but not the deciding factor.
‘I think I had already started to open my mind to the possibility,’ she told CBS Sunday Morning.