Christina Perri is expecting her second child with husband Paul Costabile.
“Rosie sent Carmella a little sister and we’re very excited,” the songwriter announced on Instagram Monday, referencing the baby girl she lost in 2020 and her 4-year-old daughter, respectively.
“We’ve been having all the feelings, but mostly trying every day to choose joy,” Perri concluded.
In the sweet social media upload, Carmella opened a gift containing sonogram shots. A pink bow was tied to the present, and matching confetti rained down on the little one’s head.
When Perri and Costabile, 34, joined their daughter, Carmella adorably kissed her mom’s budding belly.
The couple, who wed in December 2017 in New York, welcomed their daughter in January 2018. Two years later, Perri suffered a miscarriage.
“Baby was 11 weeks old at the time,” the Pennsylvania native wrote via Instagram in January 2020. “We are shocked & completely heartbroken. We were only 1 week away from sharing the news.”
Perri clarified that she was “sad but not ashamed,” writing, “When the time feels right we will try again, but today, we mourn our little life lost.”
Six months later, she and the comedian announced another pregnancy. “Carmella is gonna be a big sister !!!” the then-expectant star gushed in July 2020. “Our rainbow baby is coming in January.”
The couple’s daughter was “born silent” in November 2020, with Perri tweeting, “Last night we lost our baby girl. … She is at peace now and will live forever in our hearts.”
The “Jar of Hearts” singer gave an Instagram update the following month, writing that she was continuing “to heal” from the pregnancy loss.
“The days have been long and yet also feel like they all blend into one,” she wrote in the now-deleted December 2020 post. “We’re not OK, but we believe in a day we will be.”
Perri concluded that while the tragedy was “the worst experience” of her life, she had also never felt “more loved” at the same time.
“Me, paul, and carmella all wrap each other up in love and in sadness everyday,” she explained. “We’re learning to navigate our grief together. Some days we can’t swim, some days we float fine. Every day we burst into tears and every day we find moments to laugh.”