Lauren Alaina is celebrating one week of being a mother. The American Idol alum and her husband, Cam Arnold, welcomed daughter Beni Doll Arnold into the world on June 11.
“Our whole world, our little baby girl,” Alaina writes. “One week of you and we already can’t imagine life before. I’ve heard people say it goes by so fast and I promise to cherish every minute. We love you so much Beni Doll.”
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When Beni was born, Alaina shared several photos of her arrival, which came more than a week after Alaina’s due date.
“The right words are hard to find to describe how parts of my heart that I didn’t even knew existed were unlocked at 8:44 AM when they laid you on my belly for the first time,” Alaina writes. “I will never be the same. 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.”
Alaina also revealed that she was releasing a new song, “Heaven Sent,” in honor of her daughter’s arrival.
“I have a little surprise for everyone,” Alaina shares. “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,” she continues. “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.”
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Alaina and Arnold were were married in early 2024. Only a few months later, Alaina’s father, J.J. Suddeth, unexpectedly passed away. It’s her father who Alaina says brought Beni to them sooner than they planned.
“I do think that my dad passed away and got a stair up in heaven, and was like, ‘Hey, we got to work something out down there to send the family something good,’” Alaina tells People. “And it has been such an unexpected blessing. We obviously still talk about and are dealing with the grief of my dad, but this baby has healed a lot of that for us … like it’s a little piece of my dad that will live on.”
Find “Heaven Sent” and all of Alaina’s music and upcoming shows at LaurenAlaina.com.