Sofia Richie shared a heartwarming second birthday album Wednesday for her daughter Eloise, whom she shares with her husband Elliot Grainge.
The milestone came just two months after the daughter of Lionel Richie gave birth to her second child and first son Henry Cecil Grainge.
In Richie’s new Instagram tribute to her little girl, Henry also made an appearance in utero – one of the photos showed his mother pregnant sitting next to Eloise.
He was also featured after his birth in a sweet picture that showed one of his arms and one of Eloise’s as the siblings reached toward each other.
Still another snap saw Richie smiling radiantly as she sat in a ball pit with her daughter, who tossed one of the inflatables cheerfully up into the air.
Grainge, the son of music mogul Sir Lucian Grainge, was also prominently featured in the birthday album his wife captioned: ‘two years of loving you.’
Sofia Richie shared a heartwarming second birthday album Wednesday for her daughter Eloise, whom she shares with her husband Elliot Grainge
In Richie’s new Instagram tribute to her little girl, her son Henry also made an appearance in utero – one of the photos showed his mother pregnant sitting next to Eloise
He was also featured after his birth in a sweet picture that showed one of his arms and one of Eloise’s as the siblings reached toward each other
He could be glimpsed in one photo reading a soft touch baby book to little Eloise as she perched on his lap on a sun-dappled lawn.
Another picture showed Grainge beaming proudly as he sat in what appeared to be a restaurant booth holding Eloise, who reached curiously towards something up above.
Richie included a picture of herself cradling Eloise as they picked out a baby dress in a walk-in closet, as well as solo shots of Eloise on the beach or in the backyard.
Grainge and Richie revealed last October that they were expecting their second child, and then this March 18 she gave birth to her little boy.
Two weeks later the couple announced the arrival of Henry Cecil, whose middle name was the first name of Elliot’s paternal grandfather.
Meanwhile Eloise’s middle name is Samantha, in a tribute to Grainge’s late mother Samantha Berg, Sir Lucian’s first wife who died tragically in 2007.
In the process of giving birth to Elliot in 1993, Berg had an amniotic fluid embolism, resulting in a coma that she remained in for 14 years until her death, according to a profile of Sir Lucian in the Financial Times.
Six months after Eloise was born, Richie gushed about the experience of motherhood while appearing on her friend Jake Shane’s podcast Therapuss.
The post, including this picture of Eloise, came just two months after the daughter of Lionel Richie gave birth to her second child and first son Henry Cecil Grainge
Grainge, the son of music mogul Sir Lucian Grainge, was also prominently featured in the birthday album his wife captioned: ‘two years of loving you.’
One picture showed Grainge beaming proudly as he sat in what appeared to be a restaurant booth holding Eloise, who reached curiously towards something up above
Richie included a picture of herself cradling Eloise as they picked out a baby dress in a walk-in closet, as well as solo shots of Eloise on the beach or in the backyard
‘My life makes sense now,’ she said. ‘I’ve never loved anything more in my life and I’m obsessed with her. She’s perfect. And I’ve lost 50lbs,’ Sofia added with a laugh.
She remembered taking ‘weekly update photos’ to ‘watch herself expand’ during her pregnancy, which ‘was cute…until it wasn’t.’
However she later acknowledged her baby bump was ‘beautiful,’ saying: ‘This is the thing. I always tell my friends: “Oof, it got crazy,” but I was always empowered the entire way. I was like: “I am unbelievable that I can do this.” But I was also plus 60.’
Richie and Grainge exchanged vows in the South of France in April 2023 at the glamorous Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, a venue that becomes a hornet’s nest of celebrities every year during the Cannes Film Festival.
They began dating in 2021, but had apparently been acquainted with each other for several years before striking up their romantic relationship.
Six months after Eloise was born, Richie gushed about the experience of motherhood while appearing on her friend Jake Shane’s podcast Therapuss, saying: ‘My life makes sense now’
Richie previously spent three years involved with Kourtney Kardashian’s ex Scott Disick, 42, amid a parade of drastically younger women he dated.
After giving birth to Eloise, Richie confessed she had been trying to ascertain ‘ways to cover up just some of the scarring’ that resulted from hormonal acne during her pregnancy, in an interview she gave to British Vogue.
During her pregnancy, she had confessed that the skincare issues she experienced while pregnant brought back painful memories of her adolescence.
‘I really suffered a lot in my teenage years with acne and rosacea, and when I found out I was pregnant, it returned like I was back in high school,’ she said.
‘I really wasn’t expecting it; there’s so many things that come with pregnancy and it just wasn’t something that I factored in,’ she noted to Harper’s Bazaar.
Her experience triggered a ‘pivot’ in her beauty routine, such that ‘My number one priority with my beauty routine right now is to try to have the healthiest skin possible.’
