Country music star Lisa McHugh has announced the safe arrival of her second child - a baby girl named Hallie.
The Scotland native and Co Fermanagh-based musician took to social media on Tuesday evening to announce the happy news of the early new arrival last Friday night.
Having moved to a Northern Ireland over a decade ago with husband Nathan Khan, Glasgow girl Lisa is now very much at home in Enniskillen and their newly arrived second child, who had been due in August, will be a welcome new addition for their two-year-old son, Milo.
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Posting on social media, Lisa said: "On Friday 19th July at 20:12pm our beautiful little girl Hallie arrived very unexpectedly into the world & completely stole our hearts.
"We cannot thank and praise the doctors, midwives, nurses & staff of the Maternity & Neonatal wards in both The South West Acute Hospital & Altnagelvin Hospital enough for the incredible care & support they have given both Hallie, myself & our family since Friday.
"I will go into more detail on this in time, but right now, we’re just so grateful to have our angel here & we’re beyond excited about hopefully getting her home to introduce her to the best big brother in the world very soon."
The arrival of baby number two comes weeks after the singer took a major U-turn in her hugely successful music career. She has only recently released her new album ‘Black Mountain Sessions’, featuring a fully acoustic setlist.
The five-track album features Lisa’s unique twist on ‘Falling’ by former One Direction star Harry Style and Newsboys classic ‘Magnetic’.
Recorded at the stunning Black Mountain Studios in The Cooley Mountains in Co Louth, the record sees her perform a stripped back intimate set of fan favourites from her recent Top 5 album 'Watch Me' released last October, further cementing her rising global status.
Speaking to Belfast Live just last month, the 36-year-old said she was looking forward to some brief time off to be with her family after a busy few months: "I'm trying to get everything done ahead of schedule. I've been working on new material and travelled to Nashville for songwriting on my next album (due out later this year all being well).
"I'll be finishing up soon to have baby number two which I'm very excited about. I took a longer period of time off from my first pregnancy with Milo but I'll be back working pretty sharpish after this one - that's the plan anyway she says!" she told us.
"Nathan is a great dad already and really hands on and Milo adores him so I'm very lucky to have him when I have to go away with work or not feeling great, he'll jump in and pick up the reins.
"Milo is grasping it all a bit more now and will come up, rub up my tummy and say 'mummy the baby's in there' and feel it kicking - whether he's as impressed when the baby arrives and is here to stay I'm not so sure!"
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