In September last year, the ever expanding Wiggles family welcomed two new adorable additions in the form of Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie and fiancee Dana Stephensen’s twin daughters.
Announcing their surprise arrival via Instagram, the 35-year-old children’s entertainer mused: “Oh Lulu and Lottie, your mummy and daddy love you with all we have – you are both so beautiful – and I would love to sing to you both forever……… 🌈💜💜🌈.”
The young family have delighted fans by sharing an unfiltered glimpse into what life is really like caring for two newborns.
“Life with newborn twins is brimming full but we already can’t imagine life without them in our arms,” ballet dancer Dana has said.
“It’s certainly very full, busy, relentless and overwhelming at times and I have utmost respect to any multiple parents out there!”
Meanwhile shortly after the girls’ birth, Purple Wiggle Lachy took to his Instagram Stories to share a hilarious photo of his white T-shirt covered in milky throw-up.
“Lesson 1: When dad bottle feeding express milk for the first time don’t get over excited and feed her too much,” Lachy quipped.
Although Dana and Lachy shared the news of their engagement in April 2020, the couple never publicly announced their pregnancy.
Dana also has a young son, Jasper, from a previous relationship with whom Lachy is close to.
The pair’s romance was first confirmed in August 2019, after they fell for one another on the set of a Wiggles DVD special.
Keep scrolling as we round up Lachy and Dana’s best family photos with Lulu, Lottie and big brother Jasper!
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Lachy surrounded by his children as they attempt to find Spot together, and the way his twin girls are holding his hair is simply too cute. Lachy captioned the post, “It takes a village to find Spot 🐶.”
Wiggle Twins
When the girls were six months old, Dana opened up about the realities of having twins. She wrote, “6 months of snuggles and kisses, hair pulling, so many sleepless nights and weary eyes, so much learning and growing, so many feeds in the pillow throne, constant change and learning to surrender each day to the chaos that is raising two very different little humans at the same time.”
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“Daddy’s girls 💜💜.”
Lachy Wiggle
Dana shared this professional photo of her family a month after the twins were born. She wrote, “Life with newborn twins is brimming full but we already can’t imagine life without them in our arms.”
At the end of 2020, Dana shared this rare new snap of her girls and remarked: “Counting our 2020 blessings twice ❤️❤️.”
“Hands full of cutie pies,” Dana mused next to this sweet snap of her growing girls at four months old.
Twins 1
In December, Lachy’s gorgeous twins had an, er, mixed response to the impending Wiggles tour…
Twins 2
At least one of them is ready for it!
“Celebrating the small wins in twin mum life… we made it out of the house and there were pancakes 😊,” Dana revealed next to this adorable snap with one of her girls.
Purple Wiggle Lachy enjoys some baby snuggles after a long day of work with The Wiggles.
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Following in mum’s footsteps!
He’s got his hands full! Proud new dad Lachy with Lulu and Lottie.
This image will hit so close to home for so many parents! Life in the newborn trenches is far from glamorous but it’s good to see the Purple Wiggle embracing it all with good humour.
“Oh Lulu and Lottie, your mummy and daddy love you with all we have – you are both so beautiful – and I would love to sing to you both forever……… 🌈💜💜🌈,” Lachy beamed alongside this first family photo with his girls.
Proud big brother Jasper, will no doubt be a proud older sibling.
Doting stepdad Lachy is extremely close to Dana’s son.
And it’s clear Jasper is pretty pleased by having the Purple Wiggles as his stepdad.
From a double act, to a party of five. Dana went from being a mum of one, to three overnight!
Emma and Lachy from the Wiggles promote the Emma and Lachy show
Engagement bliss: Jasper, Dana and Lachy cuddled up as they relished in their happy news in April 2020.
