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The celebrity chef, 47, and husband Allan Stewart welcomed twins on Saturday, Oct. 20, PEOPLE confirms exclusively. Son Noah Christian, weighing 5 lb. 12 oz., and daughter Emma Mariella, weighing 5 lb. 8 oz., were born in Miami.
“God enriched our life with two little miracles! We are filled with gratitude and joy,” says Arpaia, who also shares a son Alessandro, 7, with Stewart, the chief of cardiac surgery at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.
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Donatella Arpaia and family
But then Alessandro had a surprise: Heknew his mom would become pregnantafter a conversation, he said, that he’d had with God. “I said, ‘Alessandro, did you read a story at school? Where did this idea come from?’ He said, ‘God,’ ” Arpaia said. “I said, ‘Where are these babies coming from?’ He said, ‘From your belly, Mommy.’ ”
The conversation prompted the couple to give IVF one more try, and two months later the stick turned blue.
In a July conversation with PEOPLE, the couple also revealed that Alessandro had taken his premonition one step further. Explained Stewart, “He said, ‘God told me that you’regoing to have two babies. They’re going to be a boy and a girl, and their names are going to be Noah and Emma.’ ”
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Though genetic testing initially indicated that the twins were both boys, a follow-up revealed there had been a mix-up and that Alessandro had been correct after all.
And while Arpaiawasn’t 100 percent on boardwith the names Emma and Noah at first, she clearly had a change of heart.
source: people.com
