Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, announced on Saturday the arrival of their son and daughter.
What they're saying "Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we're becoming parents," Buttigieg wrote on Twitter on Saturday morning.
- "We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family."
The big picture: The couple announced last month that they had become first-time parents, but at that point, the process wasn't "done yet."
- The couple had been trying to adopt for a year, the Washington Post reported in July.
- "It's a really weird cycle of anger and frustration and hope," Buttigieg told the Post. "You think it's finally happening and you get so excited, and then it's gone."
- The Transportation secretary has not revealed his plans for paternity leave, ABC News reports.
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