Paolo Contis, LJ Reyes welcome baby girl Summer

 “We’ve waited for you… and now I can’t believe you’re already in our arms! Worth every single pain!” (Photo: @lj_reyes/Instagram)

Celebrity couple Paolo Contis and LJ Reyes are starting off the year in the most delightful way as they welcome their first child together, daughter Summer Ayanna Contis last Friday, January 4.

LJ posts a photo of Summer’s toes captioned, “We’ve waited for you, and now I can’t believe you’re already in our arms! Worth every single pain! I love you so much Summer! Mommy is so crazy about you!” Paolo, on the other hand, initially shares that Summer was born at 4:56pm then jokes around in a separate post, saying in Filipino, “You already wanted to get out last December, my child.

Thank you that you waited until 2019! It’s hard to change the hashtags from my old posts!”

The couple announced their pregnancy last August 2018. In November, the couple already anticipated naming their daughter “Summer” because LJ always admired the name. “Ayanna” is an African name that means ‘beautiful flower,’ as the duo wanted their daughter’s name to start with the letter ‘A.’ Before finishing off the year, LJ says her “biggest blessing [of 2018]” was “the little Summer that will light up [their] lives! The little Summer that will bring so much joy into [their] days.”

This is Paolo’s third daughter, as he also has two girls Xalene and Xonia from ex-wife Lian Paz. As for LJ, Summer is her first baby girl, as she has a son named Ethan “Aki” Akio from former boyfriend Paulo Avelino. The day before giving birth, LJ honored her eight-year-old son Aki on her social media, wanting to “express how grateful [she] is for [him].” In the lengthy caption, LJ tells Aki, “Thank you for teaching me how to be a tough, yet loving mother. I have learned so much from you and I am so blessed to have you.

I may not be able to give you the world, but I give you all of me, my heart, my soul and my mind. You showed me what love really is!”