Elisabeth Hasselbeck gives birth to third child, son Isaiah Timothy

Elisabeth Hasselbeck took a break from The View to give birth to a bouncing baby boy yesterday. Elisabeth welcomed Isaiah Timothy Sunday afternoon, and mother and son are doing well. Isaiah joins Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck’s two older children, Grace Elisabeth (4 years old) and Taylor Thomas (21 months old). Hasselbeck’s due date was August 11, so the baby was all of two days premature, which doesn’t count, right? I kind of like the name Isaiah Timothy, but what is the abbreviation/nickname for an “Isaiah”? “Is”? “Isa”? Isa’s not bad, actually. That’s kind of cute:

It’s another boy for Elisabeth Hasselbeck and her husband of seven years, former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.

The 32-year-old View co-host welcomed son Isaiah Timothy at 2:49 p.m. Sunday in New York City, according to a blog entry posted to the ABC talk show’s official site.

“Elisabeth and Isaiah are doing great and we’re excited about the addition of another baby boy into our family,” Tim Hasselbeck said in a phone interview posted on the site.

Weighing in at 7 lbs., 7 oz., Isaiah joins siblings Grace Elisabeth, 4, and Taylor Thomas, 21 months, at home.

Elisabeth announced the pregnancy on-air in January. Her due date was Aug. 11.

[From People]

Since I don’t follow The View with any regularity, I have no idea how long Elisabeth will take for her maternity leave. Maybe she won’t even come back. There are constant rumors swirling around The View that Barbara Walters would love to get rid of Elisabeth, and that Babs is always telling Elisabeth to tone it down. But Elisabeth probably brings in more ratings than anyone else (except maybe Rosie O’Donnell), so I doubt Barbara will get rid of her any time soon.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck and her husband, Tim, are shown on 5/5/09. Credit: WENN.com

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