Jake Owenis now a father of two.
The “Down to the Honkytonk” singer and his girlfriend, Erica Hartlein, welcomed their first child together, daughter Paris Hartley, on Monday, April 29, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.
“It’s a Willie great day!!” Owen, 37,announced on Twitter. “Well Happy Birthday to Willie Nelson, born on this day April 29th, 1933. Also, happy birthday to my little beautiful daughter Paris Hartley Owen born today April 29th, 2019 #GodIsGreat.”
“To be blessed with another beautiful little girl is a big deal because I do think that it takes special men to be a great dad to a little girl,” he said. “And I feel like, thanks to Pearl, she’s shown me how to be a good father to little girls, and I’ll be a great father to Paris because of that.”
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“We found out it’s a girl,” he said. “I just kinda threw that out there — people have been wondering. We found out it’s a girl … I’m good at making girls.”
“I drank for the both of us,” he admitted. “[Not drinking] sounded like a good idea [before].”
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Last year, Owen opened up to PEOPLE about his life as a father, recalling a recent time when he flew down to Florida for a daddy-daughter doughnut day with Pearl.
“I went down and hung out with her and she was pretty excited to show me her teachers and all the stuff she’s learning,” said Owen, whosplit from Buchananin 2015 after three years of marriage. “She’s learning Spanish and reading right now.”
He added, “It was a super big deal to me, but it’s so fulfilling to see her be so excited to show people her daddy. To her, I’m not the singer Jake Owen, I’m just dad.”
In July 2017, Owen told PEOPLE that he appreciates the sincerity of his young daughter and how spending time with Pearl pulls himback to a simpler life with less distractions.
“People spend so much time on their phones and on social media and things like that,” he said. “What I love the most about my time with my little girl is just — I feel like it’s the only true time where when I ask her a question, she genuinely is listening and giving me her 100 percent honest opinion. She hasn’t even learned how to lie.”
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“She hasn’t learned how to preface her stories because of how she thinks people will take them or not,” he continued. “It’s that pure, genuine conversation, and I love that. I think that’s what kids add to the world, is that theyremind you that life is beautifuland the little things matter.”
Turns out Pearl is a new big sister twice over — her mother Lacey is a new mom to 11-week-old daughter, Elenora, from her second marriage.
source: people.com
