Matthew Johnson and Laura Byrne welcome their second child together – a baby girl named Lola Ellis

Matthew ‘Matty J’ Johnson and Laura Byrne have announced the arrival of their second child together, a daughter named Lola Ellis Johnson. 

The former Bachelor star, who is already a proud father to daughter Marlie-Mae, one, shared the joyful news to his Instagram page on Thursday. 

Lola Ellis Johnson.. you had us all fooled! Everyone from your Mum, your Nana, the neighbour and even the postman thought you were going to be a boy,’ he captioned a series of photos of the adorable tot. 

‘Playing pranks on us all already.. I love it! I also love that I’m now well and truly outnumbered by 3 beautiful and rambunctious girls at home. Welcome to the family.’  

Alongside the sweet caption Matty J shared an adorable image of Lola grasping his finger and one of her sleeping. 

The hunky media personality, looked every inch the doting dad as he clutched his newborn daughter to his bare chest in a third photo. 

Laura also took to Instagram to share  series of photos of Lola, and reveal her surprise at welcoming a girl, in a hilarious post. 

‘I said I would eat my own poop if you were a girl, and yet HERE YOU ARE,’ she joked. 

‘Already teaching me the worldly life lessons that come with being a mama – such as, just because I feel something to be true (in my waters) doesn’t mean it is and not to make promises to @matthewdavidjohnson I 100% do not intend on keeping.’  

The jewelry designer went on to gush over the new addition to the family, saying that Lola is ‘perfection’ and she and Matty love her ‘endlessy’. 

‘You are perfection. You are dynamite. We love you and your 95 percentile head endlessly,’ she added.  

Matty and Laura, who met on The Bachelor in 2017, welcomed their first child, daughter Marlie Mae, in June last year.

In April 2019, Matty got down on bended knee and popped the question to Laura while on holiday in Fiji.