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Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s daughter announces the family is expecting a new baby


Dale Jr. and Amy Earnhardt are expecting their second child, Amy announced on Instagram on Wednesday with the help of their first child, Isla. In an adorable video, Isla, who will celebrate her second birthday on April 30, told the world that her parents are expecting an addition to their family.

Considering Dale Jr. was voted NASCAR's 15-time most popular driver - he's now retired from full-time racing but competes once a year in the second-tier XFINITY Series - the NASCAR world was beyond excited for Isla's birth in 2018. (As a newborn, Isla even had her own model car.) And their second child should be no different.

Paired with the video on Instagram, Amy wrote: "Isla has some news!#gonbabeaseester".

Although Amy did not mention her due date, in a second Instagram post, she shared the video of her telling Junior the good news: "And this is how Dad reacted when I told him a few weeks ago ".

In the replies, Dale Jr. said: "Shocked and confused me was very happy".

In 2018 when Isla was about 5 months old, she "saw" her father race for the first time. It was his once-a-year race, this time at Richmond Raceway, and Dale Jr. said he was just so happy to have her be part of his racing life, however brief.

"I was thrilled to have Isla there," he told the Associated Press. "She won't remember what happened today, but if I never run another race, I got to have her at one event and we got a picture at the car before the race that she'll be able to have the rest of her life.

"It doesn't matter to me if she ever thinks that's a big deal, but I want her to have some understanding, I guess, of what I did before she was born."

Since Isla was born in April 2018, Dale Jr. has been particularly vocal about his emotions and experiences as a father. About a week after Isla was born, he opened up about his first week as a dad and said, in part:

"Every time I look at Isla, I want to cry. Every time I look at Amy and her together - when Amy's holding her or feeding her - I just can't believe this is in my life."