NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire is having a baby...his fourth, to be exact.
Barely a month after tying the knot, the New York Knicks' $100 million power forward and his wife Alexis are expecting their fourth child.
Stoudemire confirmed the news on Twitter.
"A 4th baby STAT is on the way. We are so blessed," he tweeted.
The story originally broke on PEOPLE, where Stoudemire, 30, said he was blessed with the chance to extend his family.
The couple already have three children, Ar'e, 7,Amar'e Jr., 6, and Assata, 4.
"We're both huge on having a nice size family. It was something we've been talking about for a while. It happened naturally and at the right time so it all worked out," he told PEOPLE.
"It was just perfect timing," adds Alexis, 29, who told the magazine that she was experiencing morning sickness but overall, "can't complain!"
Stoudemire and his wife are expecting their newborn in the spring.
The Knicks forward was considered the start of the Knicks' rebuilding process after New York signed the multiple-time NBA All-Star in the 2010 offseason. Stoudemire went on to start in the 2011 NBA All-Star game that season, although a slew of injuries and personal issues such as the death of his brother, Hazell, who died in a car accident in February 2012.
On Tuesday, Stoudemire returned to full-time action for the Knicks after surgery in his left knee forced him to miss the first two months of the regular season.
On Friday, the Knicks forward paid tribute to his late brother on Twitter.
"Thinking about my brother Hazell today, Happy Birthday big bro always looking down on us," Stoudemire tweeted.
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