Lucy Eve Cohen is 2 years old, and she's ready to party!
In a recent Instagram photo, the spunky toddler clings to her father, Bravo's Andy Cohen, who is holding a giant mylar balloon in the shape of the number two. Both daddy and daughter are wearing plaid.
Cohen captioned the photo: "Lucy is two! It is so exciting getting to know my daughter; she’s a smart, funny sweetheart who surprises me every day. And the female energy Lucy is shining all over this house is welcome and needed! It’s getting really fun over here!"
And the party seemed like a lot of fun, too!
In his Instagram stories, Cohen shared an image of him and close friend Anderson Cooper, labeling it "Birthday Party Dads." Cooper has two young sons, Wyatt and Sebastian, who are similar in age to Cohen's kids, Lucy and older brother Ben.
Cohen added a photo of what we can presume was the birthday party location, Complete Playground, a giant indoor playspace in Lower Manhattan.
Later in his Instagram caption, Cohen quoted TODAY co-host Hoda Kotb, writing, "Marking time through the filter of my children’s growth is blowing my mind at this later stage of my life. Everything feels on double-time but it’s also, as @hodakotb says, right on time."
Benjamin was born in February 2019 and his little sister, Lucy, was born in April 2022, both through surrogacy.
“I want to be everything for them,” Cohen told TODAY co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb in May 2023. “As a single parent, there is the feeling of ‘I need to be there,' and I’m always kicking myself for time not spent with them and trying to dissect what it all means and seeking out parent friends for advice.
“But I wouldn’t change it for the world, by the way,” he added.
Read on to learn to learn more about Cohen's kids, Ben and Lucy.
Benjamin Allen Cohen, 5
Cohen announced the birth of his son, Benjamin Allen, with a sweet selfie on Instagram in February 2019.
“He is named after my grandfather Ben Allen,” Cohen wrote, in part. “I’m in love. And speechless. And eternally grateful to an incredible surrogate. And I’m a dad. Wow.”
In the picture, a beaming Cohen is shown cradling newborn Ben to his chest. Later that month, Cohen opened up about fatherhood to TODAY anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.
“There is a comfort in knowing that he’s there waiting for me,” Cohen said. "I went out for my first night away from him, just for dinner with friends the other night, and I was sitting there and I realized, ‘Wow! I love it that he’s there at home for me.’ It’s an anchor. It’s my family. I was like, ‘I love this feeling.’”
When Anderson Cooper welcomed his son Wyatt in 2020, the two boys became besties, just like their dads.
“We’ll get over there and Wyatt will be sleeping and Anderson will say, ‘Do you want to come into his room to wake him up with me?’" Cohen told People in 2021. “And Ben’s like, ‘Yeah.’ And so they go in there and they wake them up and it’s really cute.
“Ben always gives Wyatt a hug and gives him a kiss,” Cohen added.
The following year, Cohen shared a photo of Ben and Wyatt sitting in the host chairs on the set of "Watch What Happens Live."
"New WWHL co-hosts Ben & Wyatt are taking over my show. Thanks for a great run, Bravo!" Cohen captioned the adorable photo.
Over the years, Cohen has treated his Instagram followers to relatable parenting content — like the time Ben had a tantrum during a drive home from a weekend getaway.
“You just watched ‘Bob the Builder’ for six hours while I packed the car up,” Cohen said as the little one continued his meltdown. “You can’t want to watch more.”
Ben disagreed.
“I do!” he whimpered.
"Bob the Builder," is just one of Ben's favorite things. He's also a huge fan of potato chips.
“Ben, what are you doing hiding behind a chair with two bags of chips at 7 in the morning?” Cohen asked in an Instagram video posted on Aug. 19.
“Eating chips because I love chips,” Ben responded.
“I do it every day,” he added.
Ben is clearly hilarious and could have a future in comedy, but his dad predicts he'll be an architect.
In May, Cohen showed his Instagram followers a structure his son created with Magna-tiles.
“What is this, Ben?” Cohen asked. “Is that an airport? And it looks like there’s a place for boats, too.” Ben informed his dad that created a "boat home" and "helicopter home."
“Wow, this is really good! I think you’re gonna be an architect, Ben," Cohen gushed, to which Ben replied, "You can help me finish it right now … I’ll bring over the Magna-Tiles.”
Cohen stopped sharing photos of Ben's face once he became school age to protect the little boy's privacy.
Lucy Eve Cohen, 2
Cohen surprised fans on April 29, 2022, when he announced the arrival of his daughter, Lucy, with a photo.
“HERE’S LUCY!!!!! Meet my daughter, Lucy Eve Cohen!” Cohen wrote on Instagram. “She’s 8 pounds 13 oz and was born at 5:13 pm in New York City!!! Her big brother can’t wait to meet her!”
The TV personality also shouted out his "rock star" surrogate, adding, "ALL surrogates are rockstars by the way."
During a 2023 appearance on the "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast, Cohen revealed that Lucy was one of the first children born with the help of a gestational surrogate in the state of New York.
Gestational surrogacy uses the egg of the mother and the sperm of the father or sperm donor to create an embryo, which is then transferred to the uterus of the surrogate via in vitro fertilization. It was illegal in New York until February 2021, when the Child-Parent Security Act was passed.
Lucy's moniker has special meaning, Cohen explained on "Watch What Happens Live."
"Louis is a big name in my family — two great grandfathers and my dad, all named Louis,” Cohen, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, said. “So that’s where I got Lucy. I’ve always loved the name Lucy, by the way.”
Her middle name, Eve, also has family significance: Cohen’s mother is named Evelyn.
On Aug. 29, Cohen shared a sweet photo of himself and Lucy.
“Preppies,” Cohen wrote.
There’s also no shortage of adorable Lucy videos. In February 2023, the proud dad blessed the world with 52 seconds of pure joy: his daughter laughing.
Cohen, who described himself to The New Yorker as "an older dad," said it was important for him to give Ben a sibling.
"If something, God forbid, ever happened to me I don’t want to abandon him. So he and his sister will always have each other. And, by the way, of course I’m so glad I did it, and it’s wonderful, and she’s so cute. And I’m so glad I have a girl now," he gushed.
As of March 2023, Ben was still getting used to having a little sister.
“Ben is alternately just trying to love her and kill her,” Cohen shared on “The Tonight Show," as host Jimmy Fallon held up a photo of the day Ben first met Lucy.
So in other words, they're just like any other brother and sister!
In January, Cohen shared a sweet shot of him and Lucy in the pool in "mermaid" mode.
“Me and my mermaid,” the Bravo host captioned the Jan. 5 Instagram photo he shared of him with his daughter as they smiled in a body of water.
