Jenna Bush Hager reportedly expecting first child, Dubya to be a grandpappy

This isn’t official or anything. Nothing has been confirmed so far. But Jenna Bush Hager (formally First Daughter Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush) is allegedly pregnant with her first child. This could be Dubya’s first grandbaby! Jenna is the married daughter, in case you were wondering. Barbara is the unmarried daughter, but Jenna married Henry Hager in 2008, the last year Bush was in office. Apparently, when Jenna was on the Today Show yesterday (she’s a correspondent), she looked very bump-y and she was trying to hide it with a big coat.

She has become a hit on the Today Show with her warm on-air presence, but Jenna Bush Hager will be taking time off from the small screen to have her first child, MailOnline can reveal. The daughter of former President George W Bush is expecting a baby with her husband Henry Hager – and debuted her bump on the NBC show on Tuesday morning.

The pretty blonde, 31, looked blooming as she showed off her fuller figure as she joined her twin sister Barbara at the UNICEF Snowflake ball in Manhattan last month. And as she returned to her New York home on Tuesday afternoon, she carefully covered up by holding her dry cleaning over her stomach.

A source said that Jenna and Henry, 34, were ‘thrilled’ as were both their families. It will be the first grandchild for President Bush and his wife Laura. The couple, who have been married for four years, live in Manhattan, but last month, Jenna described herself as a ‘homesick Texan living in New York’.

Last year, the former first daughter admitted her parents were desperate for grandchildren, and told People: ‘I don’t have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents’ dismay. My dad saw my husband’s boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.’

The former teacher turned NBC correspondent said the couple were busy exploring New York and looking after their cat, Bernadette, adding: ‘We just try to spend as much time together as possible when we’re both home, even little things… I think the little moments are what’s most important.’

Jenna and Henry, who works for investment firm KKR, met while campaigning for President Bush in 2004. They were married in May 2008 – making Jenna the first daughter of a sitting President to marry in 16 years. Henry’s father John is a prominent Virginia Republican.

The pair exchanged vows just before sundown in a lakeside ceremony threatened by a tornado watch at President Bush’s secluded 1,600-acre Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. The President and his wife Laura later hosted a reception for the couple at the White House.

Jenna showed off her bump on the Today Show on Tuesday morning during a segment she hosted where the presenters were given their own holiday window at Manhattan store Henri Bendel. She donned a loose top for filming the pre-recorded segment, but could not disguise the bump – wearing a swing coat kept open as she joined hosts Natalie Morales, Al Roker, Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie for a live link later in the show.

[From The Mail]

Didn’t I call this? I know I thought it when I was covering the photos of the Bush girls at the UNICEF reception a few weeks ago, but I forget if I actually wrote my suspicions. Jenna was wearing a strapless gown and she looked a little extra busty and fuller in the face, and I suspected she was knocked up at long last. I’ll include those pics below! Anyway, I think this is happy news. I’m happy for Jenna and Henry, and I’m happy that Dubya and Laura Bush will be getting their first grandbaby. I’ve been having warm thoughts about Dubya over the past week, ever since he made an amazing political speech about immigration. Congrats, Grandpappy Bush!

UPDATE: Jenna just confirmed her pregnancy to People Mag! Congrats!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. brin says:

    Yay…congrats to Jenna, Henry and President & Mrs. Bush!

  2. Hannah says:

    Ok, let’s see how long it takes for this thread to get nasty…

    If true: Congrats!

    • Erinn says:

      I’d hope it doesn’t, though it probably will. No use spoiling a happy time with political crap, especially when it’s been terms since he was in office. Say what you will about the Bush family, they seem to love each other very much.

    • mln76 says:

      I am a liberal and as anti-Bush as they come I don’t see any reason to throw shade at a baby and the Bush twins have matured into really decent girls. Congrats!
      Oh and if I make it to 2064 I wouldn’t be surprised to see this kids name on a presidential ballot.

    • momoftwo says:

      As much as I dislike the Bush administration as a whole, in all of Dubya’s interviews, he came across like a really great father.

      The way his kids interacted with him seemed very sweet and loving (you can’t fake kids being comfortable around their parents). I bet he’s a good dad and he’s be a fun grandpa!

      • aims says:

        It’s because he’s on the same intellectual level as the kids. Sorry couldn’t help it. Really sorry. Congrats on the upcoming grandbaby. Hoping its a healthy happy baby.

      • Esmom says:

        I’m with you. I wasn’t a W supporter politically but I’ve developed some empathy for the man and I think he’ll make a great grandpa. Post presidency, he’s impressed me with his warmth and humanity.

  3. Skipper says:

    Hooters!

  4. marie says:

    good for them, congrats..

  5. Hannah says:

    She just announced it on the Today Show.

  6. judyjudy says:

    I love that purple dress!

  7. Chrissie says:

    Funny story. I live in Baltimore and, apparently, look like Jenna Bush alot. When Jenna and her busband lived in Baltimore, I would get people coming up to me in restaurants and bars asking me if I was her! It also happened alot when I was with my boyfriend because he has to wear a suit to work and kind of looks like her husband as well, so I think we passed off really well as Jenna and her hubby. Now that they don’t live here anymore it doesn’t happen to me, but it was kind of nice to be mistaken for a celebrity!

    • Esmom says:

      I’d say that’s a flattering comparison for sure. My dad used to get mistaken for Robert Duvall all the time and once I was with him when someone asked for his autograph. It is kinda nice!

  8. Brooklyn says:

    She confirmed it over at people mag Kaiser. Congrats!

  9. mommak918 says:

    Love President Bush. Regardless of what happened in office…I met him twice (tho brief) he spent over two hours shaking all the hands in my small town of all the children of the schools. He wasn’t campagining then. He was just passing through. He was very sweet and sincere to all the children and teachers. So was his wife.

    Congrats to their family!

  10. vvvoid says:

    I’m so happy for them.
    I genuinely found his presidency to be beyond dismal, but I could never hate the man no matter how hard I tried. He’s a good person, he just gets out of his depth with some things and unfortunately that contributed to a lot of lives lost.
    I always felt it was really unfair the way he was accused of racism and essentially, evil indifference, when Katrina happened. Can’t people tell the man isn’t exactly a brain-trust? He’s certainly no racist though, not in any meaningful sense.
    At his core, he seems to be a compassionate, loving human being. He will be a wonderful grandfather! Fun, I bet.
    Funny story, my mother worked for a law firm around the mid-late 70’s, in Houston where she’s from. The firm got invited to a Christmas party at the Bush family estate. George Jr. was there, I believe he was just out of college, and he had a wing of the house for himself and younger party goers. He came and rounded up all the people around his age…and offered everyone a big tray of coke. No lie. My mom did coke with George W. Bush. LOL. She said 2 interesting things about him:
    1. He’s very nice, very warm, funny
    2. He is not a playboy, she didn’t see him flirt with any of the females at the all night party, just goofed around and was friendly to everyone. Even coked up and in a position to show off to the ladies, that wasn’t his bag. I think he’s a very good husband to Laura and I love their marriage. Everyone talks about President Obama’s marriage as amazing, and it really seems to be, he has a strong, powerful wife and he respects and admires her, the sign of a really good man. But not enough was said about the Bush marriage. It’s lovely.
    Granted, the Obama’s I believe set an even better example for what modern marriage can be. But either way it’s refreshing to have two presidents in a row who didn’t scamp around on their wives after Bill Clinton, bless his heart.

  11. Melissa says:

    Congrats to her.

    What is up with Laura Bush’s legs in that top photo? Are those liver spots? And if that’s the case, she should probably go for longer length dresses.

    • Esmom says:

      I don’t know about her legs, not much she can do about aging. But she could ease up on the mask-like makeup and helmet-like hairstyle. She’s always been pretty but has chosen styles that are far too matronly and aging on her.

    • taxi says:

      They’re from sun exposure that she experienced years ago. It’s pretty common in fair-skinned older women who grew up in warm climates before we were aware of the dangers of tanning.

  12. Nancy says:

    Congratulatioins to her.