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\"I don't yet have words for what just happened but the update right now is we have a daughter and Jess is recovering so well,\" he continued. \"The nurses and doctors who cared for us should be lifted high. Also I am biased but God spent a little more time on our baby girl because she's real beautiful!\"

He concluded, \"This beauty will be revealed soon but first she needs a bath.\"

Higgins and Clarke married in November 2021.

The couple announced they were expecting their first child together via a sweet Instagram reel in August 2024, writing at the time that a baby girl was on the way in \"the next chapter of our love story.\"

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