{"id":870,"date":"2022-08-17T03:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T02:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=190639"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:04:16","slug":"a-look-at-israel-houghtons-kids-as-he-and-adrienne-welcome-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2022\/08\/17\/a-look-at-israel-houghtons-kids-as-he-and-adrienne-welcome-first-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Houghton is now a father-of-five after birth of first child with Adrienne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton are celebrating parenthood as the couple announced that they welcomed their first child via surrogate. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the emotional Instagram post, the television host touched upon the challenges they faced before having their son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While their baby son, Ever James, is Adrienne&#8217;s first child, she is the stepmother to Israel Houghton&#8217;s kids from his previous relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LOOK:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/celebrity-news\/honey-boo-boo-looks-unrecognizable-in-throwback-photo-from-5-years-ago\">Honey Boo Boo is unrecognizable in throwback pics <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-many-kids-does-israel-houghton-have\">How many kids does Israel Houghton have?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel had four children from his previous relationship. Including his son with Andrienne, he is now the father of five kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/adrienne-bailon-husband-israel-houghton-family-job-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Life and Style<\/a> magazine, Andrienne is the stepmother to her husband&#8217;s two daughters &#8211; Mariah and Milan &#8211; and his sons: Israel and Jordan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was previously married to gospel singer Meleasa Houghton. They tied the knot in 1994 and their marriage ended in divorce in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/celebrity-news\/kourtney-kardashian-gives-a-peek-inside-her-crazy-lady-backstage-shenanigans\">Kourtney Kardashian gives a peek inside her backstage shenanigans<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChVAIZQpACj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:640px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChVAIZQpACj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChVAIZQpACj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (@adriennebailon)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adrienne Bailon welcomes her first child <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adrienne was vocal about the fertility challenges she was posed with for over five years when she was trying to have a child of her own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She revealed in her Instagram post that Ever was born via a surrogate, who the tv host called their &#8220;angel&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her caption <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChVAIZQpACj\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reads<\/a>: Ever James. For this child, we have prayed. Just to hear our baby cry<br>Skin to skin and face to face. Heart to heart and eye to eye\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every delayed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything. All we feel is joy and overwhelming love &amp; gratitude. Grateful to God, to our angel surrogate and to all of our friends and family who have stood with us for over 5 years on this journey,&#8221; her post reads further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long have they been married? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, the duo remained friends for years before romance sparked between them. She would try to set him up with her friends following his divorce, but it never worked out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, Israel told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/adrienne-bailon-and-israel-houghton-the-truth-about-our-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">PEOPLE<\/a> that he knew they always shared a special bond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They got engaged in 2016 and got married in December 2019 in Paris. 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