Congratulations, Andrea Canning!
The Dateline journalist, 42, and her husband, Major Tony Bancroft, welcomed their fifth child, a daughter named Elle Corbin Bancroft, on Wednesday, May 27, Us Weekly confirmed yesterday evening.
Celebrating @CanningAndrea! She's about to start her maternity leave, 5th baby girl due very soon. Congratulations! 🎀 pic.twitter.com/BJVbdCetag
— Dateline NBC (@DatelineNBC) May 18, 2015
The newborn — who weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces — joins big sisters Anna, 6, Charlie, 5, Kiki, 2, and Georgia, 15 months.
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“After five girls our family is complete and we're blessed beyond words. Five is what happens when you keep going for the boy!" Andrea joked in a statement to the magazine.
My girls about to be kicked out of the grownup tv area for #dateline ! pic.twitter.com/pTbjp7z0xs
— Andrea Canning (@CanningAndrea) November 29, 2014
“All six years old and under we have our work cut out for us,” she added. “But we hope they will be the best of friends forever.”
Andrea and Tony married in 2008 and reside in NYC with their family.
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