In June 2018, during an emotional interview with Hoda Kotb on the 'Today' show Sandra
Bullock opened up about her journey to motherhood and how she came to build a compete family
via adoption. She was still in double minds about the adoption process in the early 2000s,
but after the 5 Hurricane Katrina struck her then-home city, New Orleans, in 2005, she
had a feeling that her child was there. Following a four-year-long process, she and her then
husband, Jesse James, co-adopted Louis Bullock in January 2010.
Unfortunately, she split with her husband reports within a few days after the Oscars
and continued the adoption process as a single mother. In the same interview, she shared
how a three-year-old Louis led her to Laila by telling her girlfriends that she was going
to have a baby daughter soon while she was not even thinking about that. Looking back,
now she thinks it happened around the same time when Laila was born, even though she
adopted her three years later, following another complicated adoption procedure.
Sandra makes it a point to keep her personal life as private as possible, sharing very
little detail about her current relationship and her children's lives. Here are the facts
we managed to dig up about Sandy's kids.
Louis is a sensitive dude. Louis, now eight, is the family's sensitive
soul. His mother has often described him as her 78-year-old son with a certain "spiritual
bigness" to him. Louis's mother appreciates this quality in her son and can only hope
that he never loses it.
Laila has a strong and bold personality. While Louis has established himself as the
sensitive soul of the family, little Laila is growing up to be the fearless little fighter.
Her mother is not surprised at this development in the least. Laila has been fighting for
a chance at survival from the very get-go. She spent her initial months of life in foster
care, which will toughen up any child. That spirit she developed so that she could survive
and go on to be her best self hasn't left her. Her mother can't wait to see what things
this little lady grows up to accomplish later on in life.
Louis spent some time on the set of Birdbox. If you have not yet heard of Bullock's latest
thriller, Birdbox, then you probably reside in a cave somewhere, because it is all anyone
can talk about these days. The mom of two brought her son onto the set with her, and
he became fascinated with people's biggest worries. He supposedly walked around asking
other actors and crew hands what their deepest worries were. Let's hope he didn't pick up
too much plot and premise on set because Birdbox will give even the toughest grown up raging
nightmares.
Laila has post traumatic stress disorder. Little Laila is said to be a heroic, entertaining
little lady who lights up the lives of her mother and brother, but she does have some
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, thanks to the fame of her mother. Laila's adoption had
to be kept under wraps for a while, and because of this, Sandra had to work extra hard to
keep her out of the sight of gawkers and priers. An allergy scare sent them to the hospital,
where paparazzi followed them. Laila ended up having PTSD symptoms with all of the hiding
from view, but most of that ended up resolved when official pictures of the family got released
to the public and the paparazzi backed off.
The Bullock kids have a very involved mother. Sure Sandra has some help when it comes to
her children. She has made mention of using a nanny's services more than once in her interviews.
Just because she has a nanny in her employment doesn't mean that she isn't hands-on with
her children though. Sandra gets the kids up in the morning and gets them ready for
school. She does the dreaded drop-off and pick-up just like us typical mothers. She
takes her kids to their activities and birthday parties and is fully present in Louis and
Laila's lives.
Louis is a fantastic skier. This family is known for keeping very active.
The kids are known to run about and play tennis on their property. They are also turning into
avid skiers. Sandra and Bryan enjoy the snowy sport, so it made sense to introduce it to
Louis and Laila early on. Louis has already taken to the slopes and shows a lot of promise
in the downhill area. Laila is just starting on the slopes and learning the basics, but
in no time she will be racing around, catching up to her parents and big brother.
The Bullocks day starts very early. Some celebrity mommies let the nannies get
the kids up, moving and fed, but not Sandra. She is about as hands-on a mom as one comes
and has no problem rolling out of bed at the crack of dawn to get her kids up and at 'em.
The family wakes up around 5:30 each morning so that they have plenty of time to get going
and out the door, where Sandra helps with the carpooling to school. She returns home
wot workout and seize the day before heading back out the door to pick her children up
from their day.
Her children fight, just like ours. Louis and Laila Bullock are eight and six
years old, and they are just like our kiddos folks. They are loud, wild, active and they
fight. Some famous parents are quick to convince the world that they are raising the next generation
of peace warriors, only eating vegan, gluten-free meals and relishing in one another's presence.
Yeah, we aren't buying that malarky. Kids fight, siblings fight. Sandra is here to tell
us that her children bicker and squabble just like non-celebrity kids.
The kids are being raised with old school values.
She wants her kids to grow up happy, but also to grow up normal and grounded. Making sure
solid values surround her kids is what makes Sandra such a fantastic mother. The 14-time
producer works to enrich her children's minds but also encourages them to be physically
active. She is doing everything in her power to help Laila and Louis become well-rounded
adults someday. The kids, thus far, seems completely normal and grounded and thanks
to Sandra and Bryan's old fashioned values regarding life, they will likely carry those
values with them for years to come.
The children are in touch with their heritage. Sandra and Bryan are raising the kids in the
gated communities of sunny California, but the Bullock kids were born in a part of the
United States far from million dollar mansions and palm trees. Louis and Laila were born
in Louisiana and are African American. Sandra makes sure that they stay connected to their
roots, to where they came from and the influential people who fought for the rights of non-caucasian
races. This is yet another component to their impressive, well-rounded parenting that we
are becoming fast fans of.
Mom's long-term boyfriend has embraced the role of new dad.
When Sandra started the adoption process with her son Louis, she was still married to Jesse
James. When that marriage didn't shake out the way the pair had hoped it would, Sandra
went ahead with the adoption of her son anyhow. Her days of single motherhood didn't last
for very long though, because her longtime photographer boyfriend, Bryan Randall, has
stepped into the role of full-time father. Bullock has said that he is there for her
kids 100% and they are incredibly lucky to have him in their lives.
Possible step-sister? Bryan Randall is not precisely a new parent.
Technically he has been at this thing for decades. Louis and Laila are not the first
kids to be a part of his life. He has a biological daughter from his first relationship. Randall's
daughter Skylar is 23 years old, and there have been murmurings for a few years claiming
Sandra is going to adopt her. Skylar, an aspiring model, is supposedly smitten with her little
"brother and sister" and even calls Sandra mom. Skylar's biological mother passed away
at age 42 from an overdose, so a legal adoption is totally plausible.
The family enjoys everyday activities. No fancy private yoga classes for Louis and
Laila. These two spend their days playing with their parents and engaging in normal,
low-key activities like hiking and soccer. They also lay low and play cards and board
games when they are in need of indoor activities.