How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor and his wife, Jordana Jacobs, have welcomed their first child. The 51-year-old actor took to Instagram on Feb. 4 to announce the big baby news.
“So my wife and I had a baby a few months ago (!!),” the sitcom favorite wrote alongside several sweet snaps of the new baby and his happy parents.
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“Here’s what we know so far: His smile lights up the room,” Radnor continued. “He’s super observant and thoughtful. He gets hypnotized when I play him songs on the guitar. He thinks the word ‘baba ghanoush’ is hysterical. He’s a total delight, and Jordana and I are thrilled he’s here.”
“Thanks for all the kind words from @howwemadeyourmother listeners (I dropped the news a few episodes back on the podcast.),” Radnor added, tipping his hat to the podcast he hosts with the sitcom’s co-creator Craig Thomas. “Sending love to all my fellow parents of newborns out there. What a wild, beautiful, exhausting, heart-opening initiation. So grateful.”
Meanwhile, the photo carousel included a sweet snap of Radnor holding his baby close, another of the newborn (whose name has yet to be revealed) chilling on a guitar while dad tuned up. The final picture featured Jordana resting with their little one in a hospital bed.
Of course, fans of How I Met Your Mother and high-profile pals alike congratulated the couple on their first baby.
“Please keep it short this time,” one sitcom fan joked, referring to his HIMYM character telling a seemingly endless story of how he met his children’s mother… “And that’s how he became a fatherrrr,” another fan added.
“To quote a TV show we both like: ‘Love is the best thing we do’ — congrats to you all and the pure love in these pics!” How We Made Your Mother podcast co-host Thomas added.
Snow White star Rachel Zegler also chimed in with, “CONGRATS FAMILY!!!”
Radnor and his wife, Jordana Jacobs, tied the knot back in 2024.