“Bottoms up!”Brantley Gilberthas a lot to celebrate.
The country singer-songwriter, 34, and his wifeAmberhave welcomed their second child, daughter Braylen Hendrix Gilbert, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
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Braylen Hendrix Gilbert.Lyn Sengupta
Brantley, Barrett, Braylen and Amber Gilbert.Lyn Sengupta
Barrett Hardy-Clay Gilbert.Lyn Sengupta
“We hadjustfound out Amber was pregnant with Barrett when I wrote the song originally — we couldn’t even tell family yet as it was so early along in the pregnancy — yet I couldn’t keep that excitement bottled up. I had to dosomethingas all these emotions were hitting me at once. I wrote ‘Man That Hung the Moon’ on the bus heading home thinking how life was about to change in the most incredible ways,” Gilbert explains of the song, which will be included onFire & Brimstone, out Oct. 4. “Braylen joining our family now makes it all that much more special.”
“Lost my breath when I saw you take your first / My whole world stopped like that / And I ain’t the cryin’ type / But I just saw your eyes / Words just can’t describe what I see / You look just like me,” the lyrics read.
“You’re gonna think I hung the moon / You’re gonna think I made the sky / That the sun rises / And sets inside of my eyes / And it won’t be long /’Til I hear “Daddy’s home” and / Footsteps running to / The man that hung the moon.”
Brantley Gilbert and family.Lyn Sengupta
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The pair shared their pregnancy news with PEOPLE exclusively in March after an emotional “gender-reveal party,” where pink balloons, balls and confetti rained down on the family of three after they pulled a string on a box above their heads.
Brantley Gilbert’s sex reveal.Lyn Sengupta
“I know I have so much to learn,” added the"What Happens in a Small Town"crooner. “You even diaper them differently, so I’m gonna be learning a whole lot of stuff from these books Amber reads — and I can’t wait!”
“I am just mush with Barrett,” he admitted. “But I’m getting to where I’m okay letting him tough it out. I think a girl is going to be a whole new level of everything, and I’m ready. I already know she’s gonna own me, and that’s okay.”
Brantley Gilbert (L) and wife Amber.Ben Trivett
Speaking with PEOPLE ahead of the show, Gilbert couldn’t help but crack a joke aboutbecoming a dad to a little girl, quipping, “Hopefully I got 15, 16 years before I go to prison.”
source: people.com
