Glamorous socialite and heiress Lou O'Neil expecting her second child with husband Jake
Heiress Lou O'Neil has announced she's expecting her second child with property developer husband Jake.
The glamourous socialite took to Instagram on Friday to share a series of snaps that showed her cradling her burgeoning baby bump.
Lou was positively glowing in the images, wearing a flowing white long-sleeved dress that showed off her precious cargo.
She was seen posing next to an ornately decorated table, topped with a bouquet of pink peonies with a pink candle at the centre.
One photo showed the happy couple posing together and beaming broadly, with Jake looing every inch the proud dad.
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Another photo showed son Otis, 1, inquisitively pointing at the floral display as mum cradles him in her arms.
Captioning the sweet images, Lou revealed that Otis would soon have a little sister to dote on.
'Halfway with baby number 2. We can't wait to meet our baby girl,' she wrote, adding in a subsequent post that her daughter would arrive in October.
The post was met with an outpouring of congratulations from friends and followers.
Block star and influencer Elle Ferguson jumped in with a gushing: 'Yay, congratulations, beautiful,' while shopper to the stars Gab Waller added a simple 'Congratulations,' augmented with a red bow emoji.
Another chimed in with: 'That little girl will be very loved and have the best wardrobe thanks to mummas style. Congrats.'
The well wishes didn't stop there with one follower making note of the stunning images.
'Lou Lou these images are soooo dreamy. Last slide HALLMARK,' they wrote, referring to a photo showing Otis with his back to camera, investigating the floral display.
The auspicious news comes after Lou and Jake welcomed their first child back in 2023.
'Otis Donald O'Neil,' she captioned an adorable clip of their newborn son, revealing he was born on November 17.
The couple then hosted a lavish gender reveal party in May of that year
At the time, Lou shared footage of the moment she and Jake learned the sex of their newborn, surrounded by family.
She pulled open pocket doors to find a tower of blue bows signifying that the couple had a baby boy on the way.
The gender reveal was styled by creative studio The Make Haus, with guests given blue and pink bows in order to guess the baby's gender prior to the reveal.
The couple's first pregnancy announcement came a year after they tied-the-knot at the heritage-listed Carthona mansion in Sydney's Darling Point.
The nuptials were a coming together of two of the country's wealthiest families.
Jake, who works for family business Addenbrooke, is the second-eldest son of millionaire superyacht broker and Rose Bay marina owner, Denis O'Neil and Charlotte O'Neil.
Lou is the daughter of the late Donald Hay, brush pioneer and founder of Hayco.
Jake and Lou originally dated in high school before reuniting in 2020.
Lou, a beauty and fashion content creator, isn't the only wealthy outsider to marry into the O'Neil family.
Aussie Home Loans heiress Deborah Symond O'Neil tied-the-knot to eldest son Ned in 2018 in a lavish ceremony in the Whitsundays.
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