Carlos PenaVega says he and Alexa discuss having one last baby
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The gist
Carlos PenaVega wrote in the couple's memoir that they discuss having one last baby, if they can.
Their daughter Indy was stillborn in 2024, and they say grief strengthened their marriage.
Background
Carlos PenaVega is an actor and singer known for Big Time Rush, and the husband of Alexa PenaVega, the actress known for Spy Kids. The couple married in 2014 and share sons Ocean and Kingston and daughter Rio; in April 2024 they revealed that Alexa's pregnancy with their fourth child, daughter Indy, ended in a stillbirth. They write in their memoir "Joy Isn't Canceled: What Grief Taught Us About Pain, Peace, and Purpose" that they relied on their faith while grieving, and Carlos' comments about another baby appear in the book's afterword.
How it unfolded
- 2014Alexa and Carlos PenaVega married.
- Apr 2024The couple revealed that Alexa's pregnancy with their fourth child, daughter Indy, ended in a stillbirth.
- Aug 2026Alexa said on Christian Bevere's "Dear Future Husband" podcast that losing Indy strengthened her and Carlos' marriage.
- Nov 3, 2026In the afterword of the couple's memoir, Carlos wrote that they talk about "having one last baby, if we can."
Who’s saying what
- Carlos
- He wrote that conversations about another baby "feel hopeful in a way I didn't think they ever would," and that grief taught him to say what he was really feeling.
- Alexa
- She said losing Indy was "still a big blow," but that for the couple the loss "ignited us" rather than broke them apart.
Still unverified
Alexa's spiritual explanation of a smell she associates with Halloween is her own account of what she experiences, rather than something a cited Bible passage independently establishes.