Joey Lawrence, Samantha Cope Welcome 1st Child Together

Whoa! Joey Lawrence and spouse Samantha Cope welcomed their first baby collectively on Monday, January 16. 

“1.16.23 ~ Dylan Rose Lawrence ~ Mother, Dad and massive sisters are all so smitten with you candy lady!” Lawrence, 46, and Cope, 35, wrote through a joint Instagram publish on Friday, January 20, alongside a photograph of the couple with their new child. “We welcomed her into this world with probably the most wonderful midwife, everyone seems to be comfortable and wholesome and we’re overjoyed with gratitude wow what a phenomenal journey. thanks for all of your continued love surrounding this lovely new life! keep tuned for child spam xoxo.” 

The Melissa and Joey actor first shared the information that he and the Workaholics alum had been anticipating child No. 1 in September 2022. “The blessings simply carry on coming. Happy with youbabe! ,”  Lawrence captioned an Instagram picture of himself cradling Cope’s child bump on the seaside. 

Whereas Dylan’s arrival marks the pair’s first baby collectively, the Blossom alum shares daughters Charleston, 16, and Liberty, 12, with ex-wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson. The exes had been married for over a decade earlier than they referred to as it quits in July 2020. Their divorce was finalized nearly two years later. 

In August 2021, Lawrence opened up completely to Us Weekly about how he and his ex-wife efficiently coparent their daughters. 

“On the finish of the day, you at all times take the excessive highway. There’s no excuse for being something however sort,” he defined. “[My relationship with Chandie] didn’t work out on a private stage, however we nonetheless share two wonderful folks. You’ve obtained to place them first and set an instance.”

In relation to Cope’s relationship with Charleston and Liberty, the Leaping Ship star advised Us that the transition was a “easy” transition. “She’s an awesome individual, and the ladies do like her, which is nice. It’s superior,” he gushed in regards to the Insecure alum. 

Lawrence and Cope tied the knot in Might 2022 after assembly on the set of Lifetime’s My Husband’s Secret Brother — proper on the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. 

“So we met there and out of nowhere, you understand, it was a loopy 12 months and a half for everyone, clearly the entire world,” the Brotherly Love alum advised Us. “Then once you least count on [it], wonderful issues occur and assembly her has simply been actually the best factor ever.” 

Us completely broke the information that the twosome had been engaged in August 2021, with Lawrence later taking to social media to share his pleasure about his future with the Utah native. 

“We’re past excited to see what the longer term holds for us and to know we are going to develop outdated and tremendous wrinkly collectively is the last word blessing,” he wrote through Instagram on the time.