Lauren Alaina and her husband Cam Arnold welcomed their first child on Wednesday (June 11), a baby girl named Beni Doll Arnold.
Lauren Alaina Welcomes First Child With Husband Cam Arnold
Alaina took to social media on Friday (June 13) to share the exciting news with her fans in a post that featured a series of images of the couple’s new bundle of joy. Beni Doll Arnold made her arrival on June 11 at 8:44 AM — thirteen days past her original due date of May 29 — weighing 7 lbs, 13 oz and measuring 19 inches long, according to Alaina’s post on social media.
“The right words are hard to find to describe how parts of my heart that I didn’t even know existed were unlocked at 8:44 am when they laid you on my belly for the first time. I will never be the same,” the Grand Ole Opry member captioned the announcement post. “You, to your dad and me, are absolute perfection. We are honored God chose us to be your parents. Thank you to everyone for all of the love, prayers and support for our precious daughter.”
The first photo shows Alaina and her husband lovingly kissing their newborn daughter’s head in a hospital room. The carousel continues with sweet family-of-three portraits, solo shots of baby Beni Doll resting in a hospital bassinet wearing a pink onesie and a knitted pink bow, beside a custom name plaque. Additional images capture Lauren and Cam beaming with joy as they each hold their baby girl.
Celebrates Arrival Of Baby Girl With New Song, “Heaven Sent”
To celebrate the arrival of her beautiful baby girl, Lauren Alaina also released a new song that serves as a powerful tribute to her late father and daughter, titled “Heaven Sent.”
“I have a little surprise for everyone. To celebrate the most precious miracle on Earth, I have decided to release a song I wrote about my daughter. We learned she was coming in a time of deep sadness after the loss of my daddy. I wasn’t sure when I would share Heaven Sent but watching my own husband become a father the last couple of days has made me want to share it with you now. She came just before Father’s Day. My first without my own father. A day that will forever be hard to me, but I now have a new and perfect reason to celebrate it. Beni’s daddy. My sweet and steady husband. Beni truly is a gift from God that my old man sitting up there in ‘Heaven Sent.’ It’s out now everywhere.”
“Heaven Sent” is an extremely personal and timely song that dives into the idea of receiving a gift from the heavens above after suffering through a period of misfortune. Alaina wrote “Heaven Sent” alongside award-winning singer/songwriter and labelmate, Michael Hardy (HARDY), who she previously collaborated with on the chart-topping hit, “One Beer,” and Ben Johnson.
“I woke up one morning with a different kind of tear in my eye / Out of the blue standing at the sink staring at two pretty little pink lines / With all the hell that I’ve been through, something down here finally made sense / My whole world, a little baby girl / That my old man sitting up there in / Heaven sent,” Alaina sings throughout the sentimental chorus of the track.
Alaina’s “Heaven Sent” follows her previous release of “All My Exes (feat. Chase Matthew),” “Household” and “Those Kind Of Women.”
