'We're looking forward to welcoming one more!' Ben Fordham and wife Jodie Speers announce they are expecting a third child
Ben Fordham and his wife Jodie Speers are expecting their third child.
The Channel Nine star, 42, announced the happy news via Instagram on Tuesday, sharing a video of an ultrasound scan.
'Incoming! Baby #3 coming soon to the Fordham family,' he wrote in the caption.
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'We're looking forward to welcoming one more!' Ben Fordham (left) and his wife Jodie Speers (right) announced on Tuesday they are expecting a third child
Jodie also shared a sweet video to Instagram showing the couple's two children Freddy, four, and Pearl, two, discussing possible names for the new baby.
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In the clip, Ben asks his son and daughter: 'Have you guys got any good names? What name do you like, mate?'
'Chocolate!' replies Freddy, before Pearl says: 'Apple!'
Baby on board! The Channel Nine star, 42, announced the happy news via Instagram on Tuesday, sharing a video (above) of an ultrasound scan
Baby No. 3! Ben and Jodie already have two children, son Freddy and daughter Pearl
Jodie, who works as a newsreader for Channel Seven, revealed in the caption that their third child is due in September.
'We're looking forward to welcoming one more sibling for these two come September!' she wrote.
'Not sure their name suggestions will make the cut, but we'll keep working on it!'
Ben told Daily Mail Australia in a statement on Tuesday: 'We're really excited and can't wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl.'
'Apple!' Jodie shared a sweet video to Instagram (above) showing the couple's two children Freddy, four, and Pearl, two, discussing possible names for the new baby
Ben and Jodie first met as young journalists in 2008 and married three years later.
Their first child, Freddy Fordham, was born in December 2014 and Pearl followed in October 2016.
Speaking to 9Honey in July last year, the 2GB presenter said he fell in love with Jodie after being impressed by her skills as a reporter.
Too cute! Ben's son Freddy often accompanies him to work at talkback radio station 2GB
After hearing Jodie delivering a radio news report, he called up his friend who happened to be a senior executive at the station.
'I remember thinking to myself, "She's really good, this Jodie Speers." So much so that I called my mate, Greg Burns, who was the boss of the radio station, and I went, "Mate, that Jodie Speers is bloody amazing,"' he recalled.
The pair eventually met for the first time at Greg's 40th birthday party and Ben later managed to get hold of Jodie's phone number.
Love story: Ben and Jodie met as young journalists in 2008 and married three years later. Their first child, Freddy Fordham, was born in December 2014 and Pearl followed in October 2016
Wonderful memories: The couple are pictured on their wedding day in 2011
Ben realised Jodie was 'The One' after just a few months of dating.
'I'd had girlfriends before, I'd had relationships before, but with Jodie I was like, "Okay" – and I know it's cliché – "this is the one. Don't stuff it up",' he said.
He proposed around a year later, on the same day that his younger brother Nick Fordham proposed to Jodie's friend Liz.
The brothers' engagement rings were designed together.
'Of course, when the girls compared rings they were like, "This might have been pre-meditated." But it was was a nice thing to be able to share,' Ben said.
Family comes first! Ben famously declined an invitation to Karl Stefanovic's Mexican wedding last year so he could attend his son Freddy's fourth birthday
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