Second Child on the Way for Christian Bale

I knew she looked pregnant – Congrats to them!

Woo hoo! Good for them. Hope they have a boy this time.

Why does there always have to be people who’s response to a second or third pregnancy is always “hope they have the boy/or girl this time” as opposed to the gender child they already have. I am not even saying this to be snarky just genuinely curious, why? I have noticed similar comments on a lot of the other pregnancy announcement posts too, “oh hope Gwen gets that little girl now/hope Bruce Willis can finally get that son he never got”. Something tells me most people would be perfectly happy with a healthy baby. And if you do get the same gender as your oldest child you will still love them and cherish them just as much. Not everyone has to have an little male heir after daughters in row and not every mom has to have her little princess after sons.

To anonymous – because most people (myself included) really want to experience both genders so when we hear someone else will we thinks it’s perfect: a daughter & a son :)

Congratulations to the couple and a smooth pregnancy for sibi. they make a lovely couple.

HIs daughter’s name is Emmeline, it’s out there in numerous places.

His daughter’s name is actually Luca. His former assistant revealed that in a tell all book a couple years back, and it was confirmed a year or so ago when they were seen at Disneyland with his daughter sporting a ‘Happy Birthday Luca’ button on her chest. The press has continually called her Emmeline, but he has never publicly confirmed or denied her name.

As far as this news, we Baleheads kind of figured this out a while ago. Her bump has been showing a little while now. ;)

Christian Bale, the way it is written you should go down in history. Congrats.

Congratulations! How exciting it must be to be having a baby after 9 years.

For goodness sakes people. A baby on the way is appropriate for both parents grammatically speaking as it does not refer to the actual carrying of the baby. The article goes on to state the couple are “expecting” a baby together. Also correct. It is not appropriate to say someone’s wife has a baby on the way because BOTH parties are about to become parents.

Christian Bale is a nice guy. He came unexpectedly to a small memorial that was set up by the locals in our small city in Colorado, to pay his respects to the people who were killed in a movie theatre shooting that took place on the opening night of the film he starred in, ‘The Dark Night’. That was very kind of him to do, and it was such an amazing surprise to see a Hollywood celebrity such as himself, take the time out of his life to come to our small city to show his support for such a horrific tragedy as this. Thanks Christian Bale! That was awesome!

Congrats to them, they are really lovely people. I met them, and they are not at all pretentious or uppity. Just really kind and down to earth. And he is unexpectedly shy!

“Second Child on the Way for Christian Bale”.

How about give his wife some credit already.

He seems like a very angry guy. But, I’m hoping he is gentle with children.

Katey- Exactly! The baby is both Sibi’s and Christian’s, therefore s/he is “on the way” for both of them. Same with saying they are “expecting” a baby. That term has more meanings than just being pregnant, as a quick look at any dictionary will tell you!

Jen- Thanks for the info. Interesting that the media still insists on calling her Emmeline despite the “Happy Birthday Luca” button!

Anyway, congrats to them! I wonder why they waited so long before having a second child?

I didn’t know what his daughters name was, but I had thought he had shot down the rumors that her name was Emmeline years ago. I have seen it misreported numerous times online since then. Seeing how private they are with their family life I wasn’t surprised.

Congrats to them!

@Anon– His wife’s name is Sibi not Siri. And as the article states, she’s 43. She will be 44 in April. I think they have been planning the child for a while as he’s been talking about taking a little bit of a break from movies for months and months.

I was wondering for years if they were ever gonna have a second child. Happy for them. They seem like a very nice family, private and decent.

Congrats to them.

Is she wearing the same dress as Emma Hemming wore at the Oscars? The sleeves are slightly different. Emma’s didn’t have the tails on the bow like Sibi’s does but other than that, they look like the same dress.

Jennifer- I know her name is Sibi. I honestly don’t know why I wrote Siri! As for her age, I should have known she probably wasn’t yet 44, seeing as how we’re only three months into the year. Sometimes even I don’t understand myself! ;)

So happy for Christian and Sandy. I love a family man,so sweet that he’s so protective of his wife and daughter! Congrats!