Drew Arellano and Iya Villania. Image: Instagram/@iyavillania
Iya Villania and Drew Arellano will welcome another baby girl into their family, the second one following the couple’s now-only daughter Alana.
The couple revealed this by documenting their intimate gender reveal with their kids Primo, Leon, Alana and Astro in a video shared on Villania’s Instagram page on Saturday, Nov. 2.
In the clip, Villania and Arellano, who were the first to know about their fifth child’s gender, surprised their kids with a sweet treat which had pink fillings inside — indicating that their new sibling is a baby girl.
“A different kind of gender reveal,” Villania captioned her post.
“Initially I just wanted to wait until delivery but Primo wanted to know gender and, well, I didn’t want to rock up to a regular ultrasound and have an anti-climactic reveal by accidentally seeing a [eggplant emoji],” she added.
Villania and Arellano, who tied the knot in 2014, welcomed their firstborn Primo in 2016, their second son Leon in 2018, their daughter Alana in 2020, and their fourth child Astro in 2022.
After announcing her pregnancy with her fifth child last September, Villania declared that this would be her last one. She also recently admitted that she can’t help but worry about her current pregnancy at times as she is already 38 years old.
“But I like to trust that my body will honor the work that I’ve put in and as long as I also honor and respect my body through this journey, it will tell me what I need to do,” she said.
“God’s trusted me with this for a reason so I’ll do my best to honor Him with the gift of movement and carrying this child the best way I know how,” she added. “Praying this will be as smooth as the other [four].”