Maria Menounosis soaking up every minute of mom life.
Speaking with PEOPLE at TheWrap’sPower Women Summiton Tuesday, the new mom, 45, raved about her happiness as a parent as she prepares to step into a new year.
“She makes me so happy and so I’m so grateful to be healthy and I remember last year going into the year being like, ‘I’m ready to do stuff again. I’m so gonna crush [it],’ and then boom! I got hit again. This year I think I’m just gonna ride the happy wave and just see what happens.”
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Maria Menounos laughs with daughter Athena.mariamenounos/Instagram
mariamenounos/Instagram
In October, Menounoscelebrated her daughter’s first Halloween, posting a photo of the festivities on her Instagram Story.
Maria Menounos and infant daughter Athena.Maria Menounos/ Instagram
Maria Menounos/ Instagram
On a Septemberepisode ofHeal Squad, the new mom talked about her decision to share a photo of Athena on social media for the first time.
“I posted for the first time so that everyone can see her face,” Menounos said, noting that she and husbandKeven Undergarohad previously discussed not sharing her photo.
“That picture that I posted of the three of us happened. I’m like, ‘Oh my God, she’s owning us.’ She’s in the middle, with her one hand on your chin and the other one on mine. It just happened and it was perfect,” she raved.
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“In that picture, she’s 2½ months. That she’s smiling with us, looking up at the camera, it all added up,” Undergaro added.
Still, Menounos said she doesn’t plan to share Athena unless a “life-changing situation” presents itself: “I’m really going to try not to, for her sake.”
source: people.com
