The Blocks Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker welcome second child

Elyse Knowles and her fiance Josh Barker have welcomed their second child.

The Australian model shared a video to Instagram on Sunday announcing their new arrival – a baby boy.

“Zaii Barker. To love and protect. [Born] 18th May,” she captioned the footage.

Dozens of wellwishers, including Lisa Wilkinson, Megan Gale, Natalie Bassingthwaite and Anna Heinrich jumped into the comments to share their congratulations and to compliment the baby’s “beautiful” name.

The couple, who won the 2017 season of The Block, welcomed their son Sunny in February 2021.

In an interview with Stellar that year, Knowles shared the anxiety she felt during the early days of motherhood.

“[During that stage when] you’re housebound, sitting in the same spot on the couch, being a milk bar, I found that really hard because I don’t live like that at all,” the 30-year-old said.

“I didn’t leave the house and I was feeling quite anxious that I was never going to be able to leave.

“But Josh was really great with pushing me out, so we went camping when Sunny was five weeks old. We got out there and did it. Josh said, ‘What could go wrong?’ Which is true. And I’m so grateful he did push me because now I feel confident doing those special things as a family.”

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She added that there had been “lots of surprises being a mum”.

“It has been wonderful exploring him every day and the different challenges you face each day. They teach you to be a stronger woman pretty damn fast, because you have to be.”

The family relocated from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 2019.

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