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Today Show correspondent Natalie Morales [wiki] who hasn't appeared in the show for sometime is revealed that she has been pregnant with husband Joe Rhodes' second baby. Jen Brown writes:
Were you wondering why Natalie Morales hasn’t been tasting the adult beverages on the TODAY Show lately? Have you noticed she’s been conspicuously holding the newspaper in front of her stomach?
Well, the secret’s out — Morales is pregnant!
“We’re really excited!” said Morales, who is 12 weeks along. “It’s truly a blessing.”
This will be the second child for Morales, 35, and her husband, Joe Rhodes. Their son Josh is 4.
“He’s excited to be a big brother. He says he’ll share all his toys … he says that now!”
"...when I found out I was pregnant, it was the best news I’d gotten all year,” Morales said. “We had been trying for a long time … Most people think you can just decide to have a child, but it just doesn’t work that way.”
Morales said she knew was pregnant when she had an overwhelming craving for a cheeseburger, the same food she coveted when she was pregnant with Josh. When she was buying a big bag of deliciously acidic oranges a few days later, she and Joe were positive they were expecting.
“How amazing that your body knows what it has to do! We are so perfect in that way. We are so made to have children.”
That isn’t to say Morales is immune to the pitfalls of pregnancy. While she’s escaped morning sickness — a relief, considering she’s at work so early in the day — she’s been getting nauseous at night. And she said she’s feeling much more tired than she was during her first pregnancy.
Apparently, baby Morales will not be the only tiny addition to the TODAY family in 2008, anchor Giada De Laurentiis is expecting her first child next month.
Natalie Morales was born to Penelope Morales and Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales Jr on June 6, 1972 in Taiwan. She spent much of her life living overseas with her family in Panama, Brazil and Spain. Morales married Joe Rhodes on 22 August 1998.
Natalie Morales joined “Today” as a National Correspondent in February 2006. Prior to joining Today, she was an anchor and correspondent at MSNBC since March 2002.
Source: Msnbc