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Real Housewives of Potomac star Candiace Dillard Bassett is a new mom!
According to PEOPLE, Dillard Bassett, 37, welcomed her first child, son Jett Maxwell Lee Bassett, with her husband, Chris Bassett, 46, on October 3.
"He is just the cutest little thing," Dillard Bassett told PEOPLE. "Chris and I couldn't be happier. It's so cliché to say, but he's brought such joy to our lives in ways I never would have been able to describe before. It's pure love!"
"I just look at him and envision all the adventures we’re going to have,” she continued. "Throughout my pregnancy, when I would talk to him in my stomach, I would say, 'I can't wait to see who you're going to be.' And that's been the joy in my heart that's continued after his birth. It's exciting to think about. I'm so ready for a lifetime of being on the sidelines, cheering him on."
Dillard Bassett said Jett's first name means excellence and abundance in Hebrew.
"The meaning of his name was really important to me. I mean, there were a lot of names I liked that had meanings I did not like, so that just automatically tossed them out," the new mom recalled. "But as soon as I read the meaning of his name, I was like, 'This is it. This is his name.' "
"Naming him took longer than I thought," Dillard Bassett added. "I had been throwing names out to Chris the entire pregnancy and most of the ones I liked he was like, "Those sound like nepo baby names.' And I was like, 'Why are you just trying to kill my vibe?' But Chris agreed with Jett. He was like, 'Jett's a cool name, he's going to be a cool kid. They can call him J.B.' "
Dillard Bassett announced her pregnancy soon after news broke that she was departing RHOP. Jett will join Owen, 22, Mateo, 14, and Naia, 10, Chris' children from previous relationships.
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