Jackson Rathbone Welcomes Baby Boy
Another Twilight cast member has a new baby! Jackson Rathbone welcomed his first baby, a little boy, into the world last Thursday. The new little guy is followiung in dad’s footsteps with the name Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI. In addition, Twilight cast member Cam Gigandet also announced he was expecting his second child with girlfriend Dominique Geisendorff. Read more below from MTV:
There’s a new “Twilight” baby in town! On Thursday, Jackson Rathbone and girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi welcomed their first child, a baby boy, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI.
“Thank you ALL for the love & support! Sheila & I couldn’t be happier to have such a beautiful, healthy baby boy, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI,” the “Twilight” star tweeted. “Feeling so blessed! What an amazing day! Love and respect, Bone Daddy.”
The 27-year-old actor, whose real name is Monroe Jackson Rathbone V, continues his family’s tradition by naming his newborn son Monroe, who was born at 9:43 a.m., weighing in at 8 pounds, 11 ounces.
Jackson met Hafsadi, 24, a burlesque dancer, while on tour with his band 100 Monkeys, and after five months of pregnancy, announced they were expecting back in February. Later that month, Rathbone told US Weekly he couldn’t be more excited to become a dad.
“One of the greatest things I could expect to be in life is a father,” Rathbone said at the premiere of the Amanda Seyfried thriller “Gone.” “I’m very excited!”
Read more at MTV here.
