Loukmaan Adams is getting ready to become a daddy for the third time.
The Daily Voice can exclusively reveal that the Cape Town actor and singer’s family is expanding with his wife, Shaakira, expecting their second child, another girl, in September.
Shaakira, 28, and Loukmaan, 42, have a 10-month-old daughter, named Nurah, and Loukmaan also has a 9-year-old daughter, named Layan, from his first marriage.
The latest addition to the family is due on Loukmaan’s birthday on 11 September.
“We’re excited and ner- vous at once,” says Shaakira.
GROWTH SPURT: Shaakira. Photo: Patrick Louw
“Nurah is a sweet baby and I’ve just become accustomed to this pyjama drill thing and now we are going at it again.”
Their news comes after Loukmaan’s younger brother, Emo and his wife Michelle, welcomed their fourth child on 28 May.
Shaakira and Loukmaan, who have been married for just over a year, blame the Love Jazz Cruise in January for the “surprise” pregnancy.
“You see, I was just lying there, and then the boat did these things to a person and it mos moves side to side and then boom, Shaakira fell pregnant,” he jokes.
Shaakira says they found out that they’re expecting about a week after returning home from the cruise.
“I think it’s safe to say the cruise was a successful event,” she laughs.
“We didn’t plan this one, unlike with Nurah, but we accept the blessing and we embrace the journey that lies ahead.”
BLESSED: Loukmaan and Shaakira Adams. Photo: Patrick Louw
Loukmaan says he is grateful to have his parents, Boeta Maan and Mareldia, around to enjoy their grandchildren.
“I really appreciate my parents and I’m happy that they can spend time with their grandchildren.
“They have seven grandkids right now and this baby will be the eighth.”
Loukmaan was also recently announced as an Ambassador for Red Cross Children’s Hospital and says: “Since I have babies of my own, I really appreciate this hospital more and I value what they do for children.”
Shaakira, a travel agent, says she is glad to have hubby at home more now.
“Loukmaan used to sleep out when he travels for gigs, but these days he makes sure he comes home at night,” she says.
Loukmaan also revealed that this holiday season, he will be taking a “sabbatical” for the first time.
“Usually I work over the festive season, but I’ve come to realise family is more important to me now,” he says.