I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE NEWS,
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, WE ARE HAPPY
TO SHARE IT.
>> YEAH.
>> HODA SHARED THIS MORNING THAT
SHE HAS ADOPTED A BIBBY GIRL.
HER NAME IS HOPE KATHERINE.
>> YES.
>> AND OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED
WITH.
>>> AND I HOPE Y'ALL FEEL THAT
SAME FEELING.
HOPE IS A NAME THAT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT SPEAKS TO EVERYTHING THAT
HODA IS AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE
HAS BEEN WORKING FOR, AND THIS
DAY HAS BEEN IN HER HEART FOR
SUCH A LONG TIME.
>> YES.
>> AND NOW IT'S HERE.
SHE'S GOT HER LITTLE BABY GIRL.
HER FAMILY OF FOUR IS COMPLETE.
>> AND WE HAVE HODA ON THE
PHONE.
HODA!
>> OKAY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID A
FAMILY OF FOUR.
>> I KNOW.
>> YOU HAVE KIDS.
>> WILD.
>> YOU HAVE KIDS PLURAL.
>> YOU ARE A FAMILY OF FOUR.
OKAY.
>> HODA, YOU HAVE TO TELL US
ABOUT WHAT THESE LITTLE SISSIES
ARE LIKE.
>> OKAY.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLE -- I CAN
HEAR MYSELF IN MY EAR, BUT MAYBE
SOMEONE CAN FIX IT, BUT THEY ARE
AMAZING.
I MEAN, I WAS WATCHING HALEY
WITH HER, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THAT WAS GOING TO MEAN OR HOW IT
WAS GOING TO WORK, AND WE'VE
BEEN SAYING HOPE IS COMING.
HOPE IS COMING FOR THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
WE WALKED IN, AND I GOT TO TELL
YOU, GUYS, MAN.
WATCHING HEALY WITH HER.
SHE LITERALLY WRAPPED HER ARMS
AROUND THIS LITTLE GIRL AND I'M
STILL -- I'M STANDING IN THE
MIDDLE OF MY LIVING ROOM RIGHT
NOW.
SHE'S SLEEPING IN THE BASSINET
RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME AND I KEEP
LOOKING LIKE SHE'S RIGHT THERE,
LIKE SHE'S WRAPPED UP LIKE A
BABY BURRITO.
SHE'S HERE IN OUR HOUSE.
IT'S THE COOLEST THING EVER.
>> YOU KNOW.
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU HAD
YOUR CHILDREN'S BOOK OUT, YOU
PUT IT OUT INTO THE WORLD.
YOU HAD TOLD US THAT YOU WANTED
THIS, THAT YOU ENVISIONED THIS
BABY IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU PUT IT OUT IN THE WORLD, AND
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, LIKE HOW
BRAVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL
THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW.
>> I KNOW.
>> SO NOW THAT IT'S HERE, DO YOU
FEEL LIKE OH, MY GOSH!
IT'S HAPPENED.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO FUNNY
ABOUT THIS.
I MEAN, MY HEART IS LIKE
EXPLODING, BUT I REMEMBER,
SAVANNAH, I WAS AT AN EVENT WITH
YOU, AND I REMEMBER YOU SAID
SOMETHING TO ALL THESE KIDS.
THEY WERE YOUNG BUDDING, YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO
BE, AND YOU SAID SAY IT OUT LOUD
EVEN IF YOU WHISPER.
EVEN IF YOU JUST SAY IT TO
YOURSELF OUT LOUD BUT SAY IT OUT
LOUD AND IT CHANGES EVERYTHING,
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, SAYING
IT OUT LOUD WHEN IT CAME TO HOPE
WAS A HARD THING TO DO BECAUSE I
WANTED IT SO BADLY.
I FELT LIKE WHEN SOMEONE ASKED
ME, THEY COULD SEE IT IN MY
EYES.
THEY KNEW, IT AND I SAID, WELL,
IT'S NOT UP TO ME.
IT'S UP TO GOD.
IF IT'S MEANT TO BE, IT WILL
COME, BUT MY HEART WAS, I LIKE,
PLEASE, GOD, I HOPE THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU ANTICIPATE
FOR ME, AND -- AND THEN TO GET
THE CALL, IT'S LIKE SO
MIND-BLOWING.
LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE
SAYING LIKE COME AND GET HER.
LIKE SHE'S HERE.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE, AND SHE HAS
SUCH A PERFECT NAME BECAUSE
SHE'S LIKE THE EMBODIMENT OF
HOPE, THE WAY YOU ARE.
>> YES.
>> BECAUSE ALL THESE WEEKS AND
MONTHS AND MAYBE IT'S EVEN BEEN
YEARS, HODA, WE'VE KNOWN IT'S IN
YOUR HEART TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY
COME, AND, I MEAN, LOTS OF TIMES
I THINK ABOUT IT, AND I DON'T
KNOW WHERE IT IS IN THE PROCESS,
AND TO CONTINUE TO HOPE IS LIKE
THE GREATEST COURAGE, AND I LOVE
SEEING YOUR HOPE ANSWERED, AND
YOUR HOPE FULFILLED.
WHEN YOU TOLD ME HER NAME, I
CAN'T TAKE IT.
I CANNOT TAKE IT.
IT'S JUST SO PERFECT AND IT'S SO
BEAUTIFUL.
>> YES, TELL US ABOUT THE NAME
BECAUSE CATHERINE, DID YOU SEE
THAT CATHERINE AND KAREN, HODA'S
BEST FRIEND BECAUSE HODA TALKS
ABOUT HER INCESSANTLY.
THEY WERE HERE IN TOWN.
TELL US ABOUT HER NAME AND WHAT
IT WAS LIKE THAT YOUR BEST
FRIEND HAPPENED TO BE THERE.
>> WAIT.
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR HER?
WAIT.
SHE'S CRYING.
HI, LITTLE ONE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
SHE'S LIKE THE BEST CHILD.
YOU KNOW.
>> PUT US ON.
>> SHE WILL CRY.
>> THE NAME CAME BECAUSE I
THINK, LOOK, THERE ARE A LOT OF
WOMEN OUT THERE -- I HEAR YOU --
THERE ARE A LOT OF WOMEN OUT
THERE THAT ARE HOPING THEIR DAY
IS COMING, TOO, AND I KNOW THE
FEELING OF IT NOT HAPPENING FOR
A LONG TIME, AND I FEEL LIKE
SOMETIMES IT'S MEANT TO HAPPEN
IT WILL, AND SO I WAS JUST --
THEY TOLD ME AT THE ADOPTION
AGENCY TO WAIT WISELY.
THEY SAID DON'T COUNT THE DAYS,
DON'T WONDER, AND TRUST ME I
FEEL LIKE I'M OVERFLOWING WITH
GOODNESS, SO WHEN THE CALL CAME,
AND THEY SAID TO COME GET HER, I
RACED THERE, AND WE HAD ALREADY
THOUGHT OF A NAME, JOEL AND I
HAD, AND -- AND WE HAVE BEEN
LIKE HOPE IS IN MY JOURNAL ABOUT
SO MILLION TIMES SINCE I WAS
WRITING FOR HER, AND -- AND
CATHERINE IS MY BEST FRIEND'S
DAUGHTER NAME, AND IT JUST SO
HAPPENS THAT THIS WEEKEND WHEN
SHE WAS BORN WHEN WE GOT HER IT
WAS ALSO JOHN'S BIRTHDAY, MY
BEST FRIEND'S HUSBAND WHO
PASSED, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY
PROMISED HIM THAT THEY WOULD
COME TO NEW YORK AND GO TO
YANKEE STADIUM TO A BASEBALL
GAME FOR HIM ON HIS FIRST
BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN, SO IT WAS A
VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR ALL OF
US, AND I SAID TO CATHERINE, I
SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE
STRONGEST KID I KNOW, SO I -- SO
I WANTED TO NAME HER AFTER
CATHERINE.
>> WE'RE PULLING DOWN THE
KLEENEX BOX.
I'M SO GLAD, BECAUSE THIS IS SO
BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE THERE IS DEATH
AND THERE IS LIFE, AND WE HAVE A
BABY HOPE IN OUR FAMILY.
WHAT DOES YOUR -- YOU LOVE BEING
YOUR SISTER IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PARTS OF YOUR LIFE.
NOW YOU HAVE SISTERS.
WHAT DOES SHE THINK, AND YOUR
MOM MUST BE GOING CRAZE, TOO.
>> MY MOM IS ON THE WAY.
SHE SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE.
I'M MEETING HER AT THE DAY.
SHE'S ON HER WAY.
LIKE HAVING A SISTER TO GO
THROUGH LIFE WITH IS SO
IMPORTANT, AND I ALSO KNOW,
LOOK, JOEL AND I ARE OLDER
PARENTS, LIKE I -- I WANTED HER
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS
SOMEBODY TO WITNESS HER LIFE,
YOU KNOW.
>> OH, GOSH.
WE CAN'T CONTROL OURSELVES.
WE'RE HAVING A MELTDOWN.
>> IT'S TRUE.
I KNOW THAT WE ALL THINK ABOUT
THAT, HODA, YOU AND I HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT OF TIMES
I.ALWAYS TELL MY KIDS AND I TOLD
HOPE ON SUNDAY.
I TOLD HALEY.
YOU KNOW WHAT A SISTER IS,
RIGHT, IT'S A BEST FRIEND FOR
LIFE, AND IT'S JUST SOMEBODY TO
DO LIFE WITH, AND HOW BEAUTIFUL
THAT THEY HAVE EACH OTHER, AND,
I MEAN, HALEY SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S
JUST ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES SO
FAR.
SHE'S LOVING IT.
>> BY THE WAY, SHE WAS ACTUALLY
SLEEPING UNDERNEATH HER
BASSINET.
IT'S THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER
SEEN.
HOPE HERE, I'M DOWN HERE.
YOU'RE DOWN THERE, OKAY.
>> TAKE ALL THESE NOTES.
I GOT A TEXT LAST NIGHT, EVERY
TIME YOU TEXTED OR CALLED OR
ANYTHING, IT'S LIKE TEARS LIKE
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.
IT'S ACTUALLY EMBARRASSING, BUT
WHEN YOU SAID LIKE I DON'T WANT
THIS MOMENT TO END.
I'M LIKE WRITE IT ALL DOWN.
>> WRITE EVERY MOMENT.
>> BY THE WAY, I WISH YOU COULD
SEE RIGHT NOW I HAVE A JOURNAL
OPEN ON MY TABLE, AND WHEN SHE'S
NOT -- WHEN SHE'S SLEEPING I'M
SCRIBBLING BECAUSE I WANTED HER
JUST TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
LIKE I PLAN ON GIVING IT TO HER,
AND ONE DAY SHE WILL KNOW HOW
MUCH WE DREAMT ABOUT HER AND I
SAY TO HALEY ALL THE TIME THAT
YOU DIDN'T COME FROM MOMMY'S
TUMMY, AND I SAID YOU CAME FROM
MOMMY'S -- AND SHE LOOKS AT ME
AND SAYS HEART.
>> WE CAN'T TAKE ONE MINUTE
MORE.
>> SERIOUSLY.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO COSTCO AND
GET AT CARTON OF KLEENEXES.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, HODA.
THERE IS JUST NO ONE ON EARTH AS
FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WHO IS MORE
RICHLY DESERVING AND MORE
CAPABLE OF LOVE THAN YOU, AND
WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU NESTING
IN YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR BABIES
ALL AROUND YOU, I THINK YOU'RE
IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW.
I REALLY THINK YOU'RE IN HEAVEN.
>> IT'S THE BEST.
I WISH I COULD BE DRINKING WITH
YOU.
>> WE'LL COME OVER AND BRING
WINE.
>> YOU HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO
DO LIKE TAKE CARE OF THAT BABY
HOPE.
BY THE WAY, WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY
EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.
>> I WILL.
>> I KNOW WE JUST STARTED A NEW
SHOW.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT.
WHO CARES.
>> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.
>> THE SHOW WILL BE HERE.
>> I'LL HOLD DOWN THE FORT.
YOU WILL BE MISSED.
>> HAVE FUN.
>> ENJOY EVERY MOMENT WITH THAT
BEAUTIFUL BABY.
>> I WILL.
>> YOU GUYS, HAVE FUN.
>> WE LOVE.
>> YOU ALSO, WE'RE COMING OVER.
>> YEAH, TODAY!
>> LET US KNOW IF WE CAN BRING
SOMETHING.
>> GOOD-BYE, YOU GUYS.
LOVE YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> LOVE YOU.
>> I CAN'T.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Y'ALL SHOULD SEE HOW BELOVED
HODA IS HERE.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM
IS EITHER CRYING OR LAUGHING,
THRILLED WITH HOPE CATHERINE.
>> YOU KNOW THE REACTION WHEN
PEOPLE WERE HEARING THAT HODA
HAD ANOTHER BABY.
YOU KNOW WHEN LIKE OPRAH GIVES
OUT A FREE CAR IN THE AUDIENCE
AND EVERYBODY IS LIKE YES!
THAT'S HOW IT WAS.
THAT'S HOW WE FEEL.
>> LIKE 100 GIFTS OR