He When it calls to the heart The family has two new members!
On Wednesday, Erin Krakow and her husband Ben Rosenbaum announced that they had welcomed their first child in April 2026.
Erin Krakow and Ben Rosenbaum welcome ‘precious new member of the family’
“Our precious new family member came into the world in early April,” the couple said. People via email. “Our daughter has been the best gift and we love getting to know her better with each passing day.”
The couple, co-stars of the Hallmark Channel series, said they “loved” their new role as parents, although they admitted they were feeling “a little more tired” than usual.
Krakow plays Elizabeth Thornton in this full-length period drama. (Season 14 will premiere in 2027.) She told People that the years she spent performing with babies on set prepared her for motherhood. Meanwhile, Rosenbaum, who plays the occasionally hapless Mike Hickam, had an even better workout.
“Ben has been covered in oil, disaster makeup, or some other messy situation on almost every season of When it calls to the heart – which was probably the best preparation ever,” they shared. “It’s really true that there are never too many burp cloths!”
‘When Calls the Heart’ star Chris McNally announces birth of baby girl
Krakow and Rosenbaum are not the only ones When it calls to the heart stars with a new little one. Also on Wednesday, Chris McNally confirmed that his partner, Julie Gonzalo, had welcomed their second child, a girl. McNally plays Lucas Bouchard in When it calls to the heart. He and Gonzalo met in 2017 while co-starring in a Hallmark Channel movie. Their first child was born in June 2022.
“We are incredibly grateful to have this new baby girl in our family,” they said. People.
“Our first few weeks were a little confusing,” the couple added. “Lots of love, very little sleep, and a fair amount of stress. We seem to have forgotten how small newborns are. It seems impossible that our oldest could have been so small! However, there have been plenty of family hugs, which has helped make the exhaustion easier to handle.”
So far, 2026 has been a great year for babies in When it calls to the heart. On Mother’s Day, Kevin McGarry (who plays Nathan Grant) and his wife, Kayla Wallace (who played Fiona Miller on the show before joining the landman cast) revealed that they had welcomed their first child.
McNally and Gonzalo told People that it was “incredibly special” to have so many co-stars sharing such a similar experience at the same time.
“Having three babies arrive in such a short time among friends on the same program is not something we could have planned,” they said. “It’s been really nice to have people close to you going through the same stage of life at the same time, but if we all seem tired in the next season of When it calls to the heartYou know why!
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