Lance Armstrong Welcomes Son Maxwell Edward
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Update: Lance has uploaded a second photo.
Originally posted 12:05 a.m.: It’s a boy for Lance Armstrong! Girlfriend Anna Hansen delivered the cyclist’s fourth child, son Maxwell Edward Armstrong, on Thursday evening at 8:56 p.m. Baby boy weighed in at 7 lbs., 5 oz and is 20 inches long.
Breaking the news via Twitter, Max — apparently already schooled in how to Tweet! — writes, “Wassup, world? My name is Max Armstrong and I just arrived. My Mommy is healthy and so am I!” The newborn then shared a photo of himself!
Lance, 37, and Anna announced the pregnancy in December. Max joins siblings Luke, 9 ½, and twins Isabelle and Grace, 7 ½, from the Tour de France winner’s previous marriage to Kristin Armstrong.
Source: Lance’s Twitter
- Posted on Jun 5, 09 at 11:55AM
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June 5th, 2009 at 12:19 am
He’s a cutie! Max is becoming such a popular name!
June 5th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Max totally fits with his other children’s names! Luke, Isabelle, Grace & Max =)
That picture of Max is adorable, made me laugh!
June 5th, 2009 at 12:31 am
How exciting! Congrats to Lance and Anna! Welcome to the world, baby Max. =)
June 5th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Awww he is sooo cute!! I had to laugh at him sticking his toungue out. Totally cracked me up. *lol*
June 5th, 2009 at 1:42 am
he’s making a silly face! lol. very alert baby!
June 5th, 2009 at 1:59 am
I am not a fan of Lance at all, but I have to admit that is one cute baby boy. I like the name Max =D
June 5th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Max/Maxwell/Maximillian is such a popular name in Hollywood
Christina Trista Charlie Jennifer Kerry John Scott. Now lance there are 8 baby boys with the name max.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Aww that picture of Max is so cute! Love his name too! Congratulations to Lance and Anna!
June 5th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Congrats!
My friend also yesterday gave birth to a baby boy named Max, it sure is a popular name. Her Max was 9 lbs 2 oz.
June 5th, 2009 at 5:51 am
No matter the little “scandal” how quickly Anna gor pregnant after dating Lance for just a couple months and Lance dumping Sheryl coz she wanted kids and he didn’t, that picture of Max is adorable with his wide eyes and sticking his tongue out. Congrats to Lance and Anna.
June 5th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Like all his kids’ names, we have a Max in family, my sister’s eldest son, so am a bit partial to it, but also liked it before then anyhow, even if it is popular, least it’s not cruel! Congrats to the new parents. Hope his older kids are excited/not put out by their baby brother, I’m sure he got them prepared for the new baby coming into their lives. I’m sorry, but I think the pic screams newborn boy, not cute at all, apart from the tongue poking out, is amusing, but will be more intersting to see what he looks like as he gets older and over that ‘newborn’ look, lol..
June 5th, 2009 at 5:58 am
is funny how some people like quite similar names, my sis was going to call her 2nd baby Grace (one of Lance’s other kids) if a girl, but she had a 2nd son, Jake, which I think is also kinda similar to ‘Luke’ to in some ways?!
June 5th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Max is a very cute twitter baby. What a cool way to annouce his arrival
June 5th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Is Lance still with Anna? I don’t think there have been any pictures of them together in a long time. I was just wondering. I also think Sheryl Crow’s son Wyatt look amazingly like Lance. I have always wondered about that too….
June 5th, 2009 at 10:16 am
hilarious picture of a newborn.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:10 am
HeatherR…I’m not sure what you were implying, but Sheryl Crows son is adopted….
June 5th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I know Sheryl Crow’s son is adopted (so she says) but I have always wondered about it. I love a good conspiracy theory
She adopted Wyatt not too long after ending her engagement to Lance so I always kinda wondered if maybe they’d planned to have a baby together and used a surogate before they broke up. Probably just my imagination getting carried away with me…Lol
June 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Congrats to Lance & Anna. Max is an awesome name(I have a son Max) I also loves your other childrens names (I have a daughter Isabelle)…Hope the family is well. xx
June 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
He and Sheryl Crow were the perfect couple… They should have a baby together…
June 5th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
What a cute miracle baby!
June 5th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
That is such a cute picture, what a beautiful baby.
I love the name Max, infact our dog’s middle name is Maximillion.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Ha, that baby is smart! He knew he was getting his picture taken in that first one, and he’s all like, “I’ll keep my eyes shut and make a face! That’s what you get for trying to intrude on my time!” LOL.
June 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
in the twitter photo max looks very aware for a newborn.
i don’t want to read into it too much, because it’s just one photo, but he looks very relaxed and alert for having just been born.
June 5th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
i used to love the name max, but then it became too popular. Max fits perfectly with the other kids though.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Interesting…I am sure the paternity test is being done as I type this! Not trying to be overly crass/rude — but my bf (an oncologist) was extemely surprised Lance could father a child considering the horrendous cancer treatments he underwent. Is it possible? Probably. Likely to happen spontaneously — not really.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
How could some of you people write such cruel things such as a paternity test and that the baby is “not cute at all.” What rude people! ALL babies are beautiful, especially to their parents, and you should never say such things! Where are your manners?
June 5th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I believe Lance had sperm frozen before he underwent treatment for his cancer. This would allow future spouse/gf to become pregnant and he still be the biological father.
Congrats!
June 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Christina, Lance froze his sperm before treatments.
June 6th, 2009 at 12:01 am
He’s on the record all over the place talking about this ’surprise’ pregnancy and explaining that althought extremely rare, his sperm regenerated and the baby was conceived au natural.
June 6th, 2009 at 12:47 am
christina- Exactly! Let’s just see this for what it is: A miracle!
June 6th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Well, from this cancer survivor (me) to another (Lance)
You rock!
But, I just have one question for you Lance.
DO YOU LIKE APPLES!
June 6th, 2009 at 2:58 am
Christina, my brother’s best friend had the same type of cancer as Lance. He too froze sperm for when the time came to start a family. But totally unexpected, his wife got pregnant naturally. They were over the moon at this unexpected surprise. It’s very reassuring for a man who’s had testicular cancer that everything’s back to normal down there. And there was absolutely not doubt that the baby was his. They now have three children, all conceived naturally.
June 6th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Well, I’ve read good things and bad things about this announcement. I read that Lance and Sheryl’s relationship broke up, because her “biological clock” was ticking. Now he’s fathered a child with another woman. Not sure what to say about this. The baby is really cute.
June 7th, 2009 at 1:05 am
Diane- Well, clearly this pregnancy wasn’t planned, as Lance didn’t think he could concieve children naturally. Therefore, it’s not like he was trying to have a baby! Oh, and aren’t people allowed to change their minds?
June 8th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Another max wow. Congrats to him.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Congrats on beautiful & precious miracle son!!!! Enjoy!!!!