- Taylor Lautner, 34, and his wife Tay, 29, announced on Thursday, March 26 that they are expecting their first child together, sharing a series of intimate maternity photos on Instagram with the caption “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?”
- The entire Twilight cast flooded the comments almost immediately, with Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Mackenzie Foy, Kellan Lutz, and Jackson Rathbone all dropping messages of love, with Rathbone joking the baby should be named “Taylor Taylor Lautner Lautner.”
- The couple had been openly discussing their parenthood journey on their podcast The Squeeze, including Tay’s fertility concerns after a decade on birth control, before getting the all-clear from her doctor.
Jacob Black is going to be a dad. Taylor Lautner just dropped one of the sweetest pregnancy announcements the internet has seen in a while, and the reaction from his old Twilight family made it even better. This one had everything: a witty caption, a sun-drenched field, sonogram photos, and a comment section that basically turned into a Twilight cast reunion.
The Announcement That Made Everyone Smile
Taylor and Tay shared a joint Instagram post on March 26 featuring a series of photos from a pregnancy shoot in a grassy field, with Taylor kissing Tay’s baby bump while she held up sonogram images, both of them grinning in a way that is genuinely hard to fake.
The caption was a playful nod to their famously identical names, asking, “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” and hinting, not too subtly, that a third Taylor Lautner might be on the way.
The internet caught on immediately. Fans began speculating that the baby’s name is already decided, and nobody seemed to think that was a bad idea.
The Twilight Comments Section No One Knew They Needed
Here is where the post went from sweet to genuinely special. Nikki Reed was first in, writing that her heart was bursting and she could not wait to watch their parenting journey unfold. Peter Facinelli, who played Carlisle Cullen, dropped a stunned “Whaaaat? Amazing. Congrats. love you guys.” Mackenzie Foy, Kellan Lutz, and Jackson Rathbone all followed.
Rathbone, who played Jasper, took it the furthest, suggesting the baby be named “Taylor Taylor Lautner Lautner” and telling his former co-star, “You’re gonna be such a fun dad.”
For a franchise that wrapped over a decade ago, the warmth in that comment section felt remarkably real.
The Love Story Behind the Announcement
If you are not fully across how Taylor and Tay got together, the origin story is worth knowing. They first met in December 2017 at a game night organised by Taylor’s younger sister Makena Moore, who had already decided Tay was her brother’s future wife and casually engineered the introduction without telling either of them what she was doing.
They went Instagram official in 2018, got engaged in 2021, and married in November 2022 at Epoch Estate Wines in Paso Robles, California. When Tay took Taylor’s last name, she became, legally and officially, another Taylor Lautner.
To avoid the obvious confusion at home, the couple settled on a simple system: “boy Tay” and “girl Tay.” Functional. Adorable. Very them.
Why This Moment Feels Bigger Than Just Baby News
Tay had previously been open about her nerves around fertility, sharing on their podcast The Squeeze that her doctor had flagged concerns after she had been on birth control for ten years without a break. She described the relief of getting the all-clear as giving her genuine peace of mind.
That level of honesty, shared publicly before the pregnancy was even confirmed, makes the announcement feel earned in a way that a lot of celebrity baby news simply does not.
Tay is a registered nurse, mental health advocate, and founder of LEMONS by Tay, a self-care platform she built alongside her podcasting and public life. She is not just Taylor Lautner’s wife. She came into this with her own story already written.
And now there is a new chapter starting for all three of them. However many Taylors that turns out to be.
