Actor posts first picture of second child with Camila Alves

Jan 30, 2010 11:05 GMT  ·  By

In the first days of January this year, Matthew McConaughey and model Camila Alves welcomed their second child, a daughter they named Vida, which in Portuguese and Spanish stands for “life.” After making the announcement himself on his official website, the actor has now offered fans a first look at Vida, with a photo taken shortly after she was born, as Us Magazine can confirm.

“Meet Matthew McConaughey’s new daughter Vida! On his official website, the actor, 40, and girlfriend Camila Alves have released the first photo of their baby girl, who was born Jan. 3 in Los Angeles (she weighed in at 7 lbs., 7 oz.). ‘Our latest family member, Vida Alves McConaughey,’ McConaughey wrote under the baby’s photo. Alves, who makes her debut as host of the Bravo hairstyling reality show Shear Genius on Feb. 3, tells the new Us Weekly (out now) that the baby ‘is doing great’,” Us Magazine writes.

As also noted above, the couple has another child, a boy named Levi that was born on July 7, 2008. Camila and Matthew are not married and, according to reports, neither are they planning on doing so, despite gossip that the model’s mother wants him to “put a ring on it,” as the popular song from Beyonce goes, and is desperately trying to talk some sense into her daughter, who is too in love to listen to common sense. However, as long as they’re happy, such details matter very little for the two.

And happy they are. “New Year and New Baby! Happy New Year everybody!!! Vida is Portuguese for ‘life’ and that’s what God gave us this morning. Camila’s recovering wonderfully and we are both truly honored to welcome this little lady into our family. Thanks for all your well wishes and prayers along the way. Another blessed day, we give thanks, just keep livin’. Matthew and Camila,” the actor wrote on his website at the beginning of this month, when he announced Vida’s birth.

Camila is also talking to the media about the chemistry the two siblings, Levi and Vida, share, saying Levi is at a very “fun stage” in life, where he’s learning to speak and showing clear signs that he simply “loves saying Vida’s name.”