Valentine Holmes and his wife Natalia have welcomed their second son and revealed his adorable name.
The NRL star, 29, and his fitness trainer wife shared a precious gallery of photos which captured the happy parents at the hospital with their newborn.
One heartfelt picture showed the new parents introducing their elder son Billy, three, to his new brother and another captured the exhausted family resting in bed.
The parents also revealed their baby son’s adorable rugby-themed name alongside the images, writing, ‘Ardie Makianu Holmes. 18.02.25. Beautiful boy of ours.’
The name appears to be inspired by New Zealand Rugby Union star Ardie Savea, who is a close friend of the couple.
Valentine looked every inch the doting father as he tenderly cradled his bub in the adorable photos.

Valentine Holmes and his wife Natalia have welcomed their second son and revealed his adorable name
Many of their celebrity friends quickly took to the comment section to extend their well wishes.
‘Congrats guys,’ wrote The Amazing Race Australia presenter Beau Ryan.
‘Congrats fam,’ added NRL player Lachlan Ilias.
In August, Valentine and Natalia announced they were expecting their second child.
Natalia shared a photograph of herself sporting a blue bikini as she debuted her blossoming baby bump.
She also shared a snap of her ultrasound scan as well as an email from her doctor confirming the gender of their second child.
In a caption, Natalia gushed: ‘After almost 3 years of being ruled by one small sir, we have decided the only thing that could be better, is to be ruled by 2 small sirs.
‘We can’t wait to welcome another little man into our world. See you soon our little baby.’

Valentine looked every inch the doting father in the adorable photos

The NRL star and his fitness trainer wife shared a precious gallery of photos
She also shared the words to a heartfelt poem which saw her praise her husband Valentine for being a doting father.
The poem read: ‘Let me tell you something about your dad, let me whisper a secret, there is nothing, he won’t do for you, he thinks about you all the time, he works so hard for you, for his family, he wants you to have, the very best life.’
Her post came one day after it was reported that fullback Valentine has signed on to join the St Illawarra Dragons in the 2025 season on a three-year $2.5million deal.
Valentine and Natalia tied the knot on Easter Sunday in 2019, exchanging vows surrounded by their loved ones in the Dalgety Apartments penthouse in Townsville.
The swanky apartment, which has been hailed as the ‘perfect escape’ for visitors, is owned by Natalia’s lawyer father.
The wedding guest list included retired Cowboys legend Johnathan Thurston and North Queensland Cowboys Michael Morgan, who is Natalia’s brother-in-law.
The couple have gone from strength-to-strength ever since tying the knot and welcomed their son Billy two years later in November 2021.