Cooper Hefner and Actress Scarlett Byrne Hefner Expecting Twins: 'Could Not Be Happier'

Cooper Hefner, Scarlett Byrne Hefner and their daughter Betsy.Photo: cooper hefner/ instagram

Cooper Hefnerhas twice as much good news to share this holiday!

The businessman turned political candidate, 30, and his wife, actressScarlett Byrne Hefner, are expecting twins in March, Cooper confirms to PEOPLE.

The couple are already parents to 15-month-old daughterBetsy Rose.

On Thursday, both Cooper and theHarry Potteractress revealed the exciting news on their respective Instagrams.

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“Scarlett and I will be welcoming two new members of the family this spring. We couldn’t be happier as we wait on the arrival of our twins,” the son of the lateHugh Hefnerwrote alongside a photo of himself and Scarlett, 31, with Betsy.

“A very Happy Thanksgiving to all!” he added.

Wrote Scarlett, who played Pansy Parkinson in the hit franchise, “Thankful for our growing family. Cooper and I are very excited to share that we will be welcoming twins at the beginning of 2022. Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving.”

Cooper and Scarlett welcomed their first child on Aug. 24, 2020 in Los Angeles. At the time, Cooper told PEOPLE that he and his wife were “filled with such joy” and “couldn’t be happier.”

The couple named their daughter after Cooper’s grandmother Betsy Aldridge-Conrad, who died that July. “My grandmother meant the world to both Scarlett and I,” Cooper said.

In late October, the Air Force reservistcompleted a stateside deploymentat New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, where he helped Afghan families resettle after coming to the United States.

Cooper opened up about the impactful experience in a post on his Instagram page alongside images ofscenes from the base.

“Deploying to support families starting a new chapter of life in the United States has been extraordinarily rewarding,” he wrote. “Bright days ahead for our Afghan friends.”

source: people.com