The Block's Elyse Knowles reveals daughter's unusual name: 'Beautiful'

Australian model and winner of The Block Elyse Knowles has given birth to her third child, a baby girl, announcing the happy news on Instagram. The model, who is engaged to Josh Barker, shares two other kids with him, sons Sunny, 3, and Zaii, 1.

"The boys with their baby sister Java 🌻," Elyse captioned the cute video of her kids. "5~12~24."

The 31-year-old won the 2017 season of The Block with Josh, selling their house at auction to Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes for $3.067 million. Post The Block-win, Elyse went on to become Myer's ambassador, succeeding Jennifer Hawkins after her 12-year run.

Elyse and Josh welcomed their first child Sunny in 2021 shortly after revealing their engagement, and announced their second pregnancy in January 2023, before announcing their pregnancy with baby Java in June 2024.

People were quick to send the fam of five well-wishes, with many commenting on little Java's full head of hair.

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"A baby girl! The dark hair 😍 biggest congratulations xx" one person commented. "Congratulations guys! This video is just beautiful - their little smiling faces. What a fab early Christmas present," someone else said.

"Oh honey you blow me away 🌈 She’s beautiful and possibly a brunette how amazing xx" another commented, with someone else saying, "Oh my goodness! Look at all of that hair!! congratulations 💞."

Elyse Knowles opens up about family life

After winning The Block, Elyse and Josh relocated from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 2019, purchasing a $2.3 million beach house which they later renovated.

Elyse opened about a motherhood after the birth of her first son, telling Stellar magazine that she suffered anxiety leaving the house for the first time.

"I got quite anxious leaving home for the first time. My heart was racing. I didn't know if I could do it," she admitted.

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"Having [Sunny], having our dogs and getting out there... And Sunny was screaming in the car and it made me quite scared. I found it hard to breathe and I had to tell myself, "It's fine, what could go wrong? Everyone has babies... you just have to go for it," she said.

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