Arie and Lauren Luyendyk welcome their baby twins!

THE BACHELOR PRESENTS: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART - "Week 5 - Semi-Finals" - It's time to hit the road! After a tough round of judging and tearful goodbyes, the final four couples - Bri and Chris, Jamie and Trevor, Rudi and Matt, and Natascha and Ryan - take their relationships and performing talents to Las Vegas, traveling by luxury tour buses. Chris and Bri serenade a happy couple at their wedding. Jamie and Trevor use an empty arena as a backdrop to share their feelings for one another. Rudi and Matt are invited onstage by Reggae and dancehall icon Shaggy to sing backup on one of his hits. Natascha and Ryan let off steam by using heavy construction equipment to crush cars. The couples perform for this week's panel of judges, including Arie and Lauren Luyendyk Jr., music power couple Ashlee Simpson-Ross and Evan Ross, and Train front man, Pat Monahan, who decide who will move on to the finals and have their romantic and musical dreams come true on "The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart," MONDAY, MAY 11 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/John Fleenor)ARIE LUYENDYK, LAUREN LUYENDYK
THE BACHELOR PRESENTS: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART - "Week 5 - Semi-Finals" - It's time to hit the road! After a tough round of judging and tearful goodbyes, the final four couples - Bri and Chris, Jamie and Trevor, Rudi and Matt, and Natascha and Ryan - take their relationships and performing talents to Las Vegas, traveling by luxury tour buses. Chris and Bri serenade a happy couple at their wedding. Jamie and Trevor use an empty arena as a backdrop to share their feelings for one another. Rudi and Matt are invited onstage by Reggae and dancehall icon Shaggy to sing backup on one of his hits. Natascha and Ryan let off steam by using heavy construction equipment to crush cars. The couples perform for this week's panel of judges, including Arie and Lauren Luyendyk Jr., music power couple Ashlee Simpson-Ross and Evan Ross, and Train front man, Pat Monahan, who decide who will move on to the finals and have their romantic and musical dreams come true on "The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart," MONDAY, MAY 11 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/John Fleenor)ARIE LUYENDYK, LAUREN LUYENDYK /
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It’s always exciting when families grow from a Bachelor Nation romance–and it’s doubly exciting when the new arrivals are twins!

Arie Luyendyk Jr., star of The Bachelor Season 22, welcomed twins with his wife Lauren Luyendyk, on June 11, 2021. Lauren safely delivered a boy and girl via C-section, and the couple made the announcement on social media three days later.

No word on names yet, but this Instagram post suggests that one baby’s name will start with an L and the other with an S. Lauren said in an interview with PEOPLE that the names were picked two years ago as they decided what to call their first child, Alessi: “Right after we decided on her name, we actually chose the next two for our boy and our girl. It just ended up working out where we’re now having a boy and a girl. So we’re just gonna use both of those names that we loved.”

Arie made his first appearance in Bachelor Nation as a fan-favorite on The Bachelorette Season 8 in 2012. Six years later, he became the Bachelor and met Lauren. Things got off to a rocky start when Arie let go of her at second place, instead proposing to Becca Kufrin. Shortly after, he broke up with Becca in a painfully awkward televised segment and rekindled his relationship with his runner-up. But all’s well that ends well–Becca went on to become the Bachelorette, while Arie and Lauren Luyendyk wed in January 2019 and seem to be going strong ever since.

Arie and Lauren Luyendyk’s twin daughter remains in NICU

In the couple’s YouTube video documenting the birth, they revealed that their daughter is still in the newborn intensive care unit. “She’s just having some trouble breathing and keeping her heart rate up, but they say that’s completely normal for preemies,” Arie said. “We’ve got this cute little guy to snuggle on for now,” Lauren added as she held their son.

Hopefully, their new girl will be home with the rest of the family soon. Congrats to Arie and Lauren Luyendyk on their latest arrivals!

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Do you have any guesses on what the twins will be named? Let us know in the comments!

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