TheDatelinecorrespondent, 46, and her husband, USMC Lieutenant Colonel Tony Bancroft, welcomed their sixth child and first son on Tuesday, June 18, her rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
Courtesy of Andrea Canning
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Andrea Canning and family.NBC
As blue confettiburst through the air, she added, “It’s a boy! After five girls, it’s a boy! Happy New Year!”
The Canadian-born journalist welcomed her youngest daughter,Elle Corbin, in June 2015. She’s also mom to Georgia Rapalje, 5, Christina Margaret, 6½,Charlotte Brewster, 9, and Anna Katherine, 10.
Andrea Canning.Taylor Hill/Getty
While the idea of having six young children at home can be overwhelming, Canning shared onTodayin January that as her daughters have gotten older,parenting has actually gotten easier— and that she and her husband “wanted a boy so badly” after five girls.
“It starts to sort of feed off itself, where as they get older they start to help the other ones, and it gets easier and easier,” she shared. “I remember just pulling my hair out when they were little.It was so hard some days, and now it’s like, ‘Hey, can you go get this? Can you get her a bottle?’ And they start to do things for each other.”
She went on to praise Bancroft for being “the most hands-on dad,” explaining of the former fighter pilot, “He’sthe dad that’s doing everything at nightwhen I’m falling asleep. He’s Mr. Energizer Bunny.”
source: people.com
