The actress also reflected on the experiences that had brought the family to the birth of their younger daughter, whom she has nicknamed Philo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so grateful for the crazy wild up and down journey that brought us to our little Philo!<\/p>\n
\u201cFamily officially complete. Time to bring Matilda\u2019s baby home! @tommypelphrey life exploded the minute we met, and the gifts keep coming. I love you forever, girl daddy!\u201d<\/p>\n
The announcement was accompanied by photographs of the newborn in hospital, as well as additional images and videos posted to Cuoco\u2019s Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n
One photograph showed Philomena wrapped in a blanket, with Cuoco writing: \u201cShe\u2019s here!\u201d<\/p>\n
Another image featured Matilda smiling in a T-shirt bearing the words, \u201cBig Sister\u201d.<\/p>\n
Cuoco captioned the photograph: \u201cSomeone waiting at home for us!\u201d<\/p>\n
The birth comes after the actress documented parts of her second pregnancy on social media, sharing photographs of her growing baby bump and family preparations.<\/p>\n
When she first announced that she was expecting another child, Cuoco posted pictures of herself, Pelphrey and Matilda standing beside a cake covered in rainbow sprinkles.<\/p>\n
The cake carried the words, \u201cIt\u2019s a … \u201d, with a missing slice revealing a pink interior to announce that the couple were expecting another girl.<\/p>\n
Cuoco also included a photograph from a medical appointment showing a sonogram.<\/p>\n
Announcing the pregnancy, she wrote: \u201cCompleting our little family, what a dream come true!\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cThis second time around journey has been a little windier in many ways, but wow, we are so grateful for this moment!! Little sissy on the way!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Cuoco also joked about one of the ultrasound photographs, writing: \u201c@tommypelphrey girl dad for life, and yes, the last pic is our dainty princess giving us the middle finger!\u201d<\/p>\n
The actress subsequently celebrated the pregnancy with a fiesta-themed baby shower attended by friends from the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n
Guests included Lacey Chabert, 44, Kimberly J. Brown, 41, Amy Davidson, 47, and Ashley Jones, 50.<\/p>\n
Cuoco shared photographs from the gathering, including an image of herself holding Matilda while the pair wore co-ordinating dresses.<\/p>\n
She wrote on Instagram Stories: \u201cToday was just the sweetest.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new arrival follows a successful period for Pelphrey, whose television career includes acclaimed performances in Ozark, Banshee and Outer Range.<\/p>\n
In September, while attending the 2026 Emmy Awards, where he won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the actor spoke about preparing for fatherhood again.<\/p>\n
Speaking to E! News, Tom described the family\u2019s excitement about welcoming another child, while acknowledging the transition from one daughter to two would bring changes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re both so excited. Our daughter\u2019s excited. We\u2019ll see how it goes when it actually gets there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The actor explained he and Cuoco had been reorganising their home to accommodate the new baby.<\/p>\n
He said they were \u201cswitching rooms, swapping things around, and laughing at how different it is from one to two\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe things that are new and the things that feel like not a big deal this time. But mom and baby are healthy, so God willing, that keeps up, and we\u2019re thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple welcomed Matilda in March 2023, before announcing their engagement the following year.<\/p>\n
The actress has previously discussed the pressure she experienced to expand her family almost immediately after becoming a mother for the first time.<\/p>\n
Speaking to People, she said: \u201cThe minute I had my baby, they\u2019re like, \u2018When\u2019s your second one?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my God, is anyone gonna just let me just enjoy this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
She also revealed in September 2024 that she and her fiance were in no hurry to arrange their wedding, despite becoming engaged the previous month.<\/p>\n
Cuoco told People they \u201chaven\u2019t started planning anything yet\u201d and suggested that \u201cmaybe another kid will have to come first\u201d.<\/p>\n
The actress became an international television star through her portrayal of Penny in The Big Bang Theory, appearing alongside Johnny Galecki, 51, and Jim Parsons, 53, throughout the sitcom\u2019s 12-season run.<\/p>\n
She subsequently received critical acclaim for playing flight attendant Cassie Bowden in HBO\u2019s dark comedy thriller The Flight Attendant, for which she earned Emmy nominations.<\/p>\n
Her other television credits include 8 Simple Rules, Charmed and the Peacock comedy thriller Based on a True Story, in which she starred opposite Chris Messina, 52.<\/p>\n
Cuoco has also voiced Harley Quinn in the adult animated superhero series of the same name, expanding her career beyond live-action comedy and drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actress also reflected on the experiences that had brought the family to the birth of their younger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,42611,8834,2511,3381,309375,12817,1359,36174,156,2109,16798,2203,106248,111,139,69,59966,309376,5994,34504,8466,2737,165,32333,5134,1849,45531,102],"class_list":["post-631167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-bang","tag-big","tag-child","tag-complete","tag-cuoco","tag-declared","tag-described","tag-difficult","tag-entertainment","tag-family","tag-fiance","tag-journey","tag-kaley","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-officially","tag-pelphrey","tag-pregnancy","tag-rewarding","tag-second","tag-star","tag-their","tag-theory","tag-tom","tag-welcomed","tag-welcomes","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}