The famous English singer and songwriter Joss Stone and her husband Cody Daluz announced exciting news. Weeks after adopting a baby boy named Bear, the couple shared the news of Joss Stone’s pregnancy.
The singer announced the big news on Instagram on December 19, 2023, along with a video of the mother holding up a positive pregnancy test.
The love story of Joss Stone and Cody Daluz began in 2020. They met at the Belize airport while Stone was on her way from Antarctica.
Joss’s husband, Cody Daluz, who is also adopted, is a musician and former Marine in America who has also served as a military contractor. He is a native of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
An article by Your Tango states that Daluz joined the U.S. Marines, which took him all over the world and exposed him to different cultures. However, it is not known whether he remains enlisted or active in military contracting.
During their first conversation, Stone jokingly told him she would like to have seven kids. Daluz replied that he wanted an adopted baby and an adoptive Beagle. “I was saying, ‘My God, I love you. “I knew he was the one,” Stone later recalled, thinking back on their instant connection (Daily Mail).
More about Joss Stone's family and her three kids
In 2021, Joss Stone and Cody DaLuz welcomed a daughter, Violet, their first biological child together. The very next year, they welcomed their second child, a son named Shackleton.
People reported in a past interview about how Joss Stone opened up about the tough experience of giving birth to her second child, Shackleton, after a labor lasting more than 30 hours and culminating in an emergency cesarean.
Stone and DaLuz expanded their family through an adoption in November 2023. They were delighted to welcome a baby boy named Bear who they adopted as a newborn (People).
In an interview with People, Stone stated her happiness related to their adoption, she said:
"We've had it in our dreams for such a long time and we've been trying to adopt for over a year and a half. And we've had some adoptions fall through,"
Posting on her Instagram account Stone recently shared some news about her seven-week-old son Bear, saying he was born with lung problems from being born too soon.