FOX News’ Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy Welcome Shrimp one Lady: ‘Ultimate Assignment I’ve Ever Had’

Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy are formally other folks!

The Fox Enterprise reporter and her husband, a Fox News White Apartment Correspondent, welcomed moderately one lady on Wednesday, Feb. 1, a fetch for the couple confirms to PEOPLE completely.

The couple’s daughter, Bridget Blake Doocy, used to be born in northern Virginia, weighing 8 lbs., 1 oz. and measuring 21 inches. She is the major shrimp one for both Vaughn, 32, and Doocy, 35.

“I didn’t price this till now, but I’ve been coaching for motherhood my total profession by attempting to in finding lawmakers on Capitol Hill to respond to my questions. This job is no longer in actuality unheard of diversified,” the unusual mom tells PEOPLE. “‘Shrimp one Bridget – are you able to give us a allege? Are you hungry or gassy, or both?’ Looking out for to in finding an on-the-describe resolution is powerful!”

Vaughn finds that her water broke whereas she used to be making her manner to Capitol Hill, however the expectant mom used to be “ready.”

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“I knew the keep apart the complete offices were for senators who faded to be doctors. Sen. Barrasso (Wyoming physician of the three hundred and sixty five days) saw me the day sooner than I went into labor and instructed me to reach out if I ever wished something else. Fortunately, I didn’t want to name him to win the shrimp one!”

“I’ve most effective been a mom for one week but or no longer it’s already the correct assignment I’ve ever had. She’s stolen the unusual!”

Doocy jokes about one of the critical title solutions he’s gotten at the White Apartment all the strategy via his time at press briefings sooner than Bridget’s birth.

“All over a briefing last month, the Press Secretary gave me permission to title the shrimp one Karine and I joked we were pondering naming the shrimp one after the President: ‘Joe-sephine.’ But we can describe right here for the major time her title is Bridget Blake Doocy,” he tells PEOPLE.

The photos unusual the couple enjoying their unusual child daughter, who is wearing a purple onesie alongside with her title embroidered on the entrance, paired with a matching purple bow. Additionally livid for the unusual addition is Steve Doocy, FOX & Chums host and unusual grandpa.

Congratulating his son on this unusual section of lifestyles, Steve tells PEOPLE, “Once I wrote a book on fatherhood, I highlighted a famed quote that, ‘There are three stages of a man’s lifestyles: he believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t judge in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.’ Peter, congratulations, you factual made it to fatherhood’s third round.”

“The day Peter used to be born at George Washington Neatly being facility — no longer some distance from the White Apartment, whereas his mom Kathy used to be having killer contractions — she turned and mentioned to me, ‘When must we commence a college fund?’ My wife used to be sounding respect a Morgan Stanley commercial,” Steve laughs.

“I spoke back ‘Why problem?’ blind to the energy of twenty years of compound ardour. As an different, I mentioned, ‘Pass me the PEOPLE journal, I are attempting to attain the crossword.’ True memoir. And this day PEOPLE journal is announcing Peter’s shrimp one, despite the truth that it looks extra appropriate the announcement must come from the Department of Labor (and Offer),” he shares.

The proud unusual grandpa is worked up for the different for him and wife Kathy to transition “from rule-makers to rule breakers.”

“Our grandkid desires Dairy Queen for dinner — again? Let’s slither!” he jokes. “Watching our formative years change into correct other folks is in actuality heartwarming, Kathy and I are standing by to spoil the grandkids rotten. We promise we are going to by no manner escape out of hugs or sweet.”

Steve also shares that the household had learned the shrimp one’s title rapidly sooner than her offer. “What they didn’t know sooner than the provision used to be that their shrimp one Bridget would be born on February 1st, which occurs to be St. Brigid’s Day! She used to be Ireland’s patron saint of infants — what are the possibilities? Tale has it Saint Brigid also miraculously changed water into beer. We’re hoping Bridget Doocy waits till she’s no longer no longer up to 21 to avenue-test that skill,” he jokes.