Hoda Kotb and Her Daughters Welcome a New Family Member to Their $2.9 Million Home: ‘Meet Our Newest Addition!’

Former “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb has expanded her family by welcoming a new puppy into the $2.9 million upstate New York home she shares with her two daughters.

The 60-year-old, who announced in September 2024 that she would be stepping down from the hit morning show in order to spend more time with her kids, revealed the “newest addition” to her family in a sweet Instagram video that showed them welcoming adorable pup Waffles at their abode.

In the clip, a woman can be seen dropping off the cute canine to Kotb and her daughters, Haley, 8, and Hope, 6, outside of their Bronxville property, which the former news anchor purchased in the spring of 2024.

“It’s official! Meet our newest addition — WAFFLES!” she captioned the heartwarming video.

In the post, Kotb joyously claps her hands as Waffles is carried out of a car, before being handed to the mother of two, who then passes the puppy down to Hope and Haley, who are seen jumping for joy as they prepare to meet their new pet.

Hope then holds the beige-colored pup with the help of her mom as the dog wags her tail back and forth.

“Look how cute she is,” Kotb says.

Waffles’ arrival at the Kotb household comes just six months after the on-air anchor officially stepped down from her NBC role after spending decades with the network.

Speaking to Today.com ahead of her last day on the show, Kotb opened up about her desire to embrace a new routine with her kids at the four-bedroom, five-bathroom, center-hall Colonial.

She was excited to have a more “normal” day-to-day regimen after years of early mornings, she explained.

“I’m just going to let us be a family with a normal rhythm of life. See what we become,” the on-air celebrity, who was replaced by Craig Melvin, said.

“I’m going to let [my daughters] take more trips and stay up a little later because part of the reason I put them to bed at that hour is because I’ve got to go to bed. I’m like, ‘Goodnight! Everyone’s going to bed.’ They’re like, ‘It’s 6:30!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, lights out!'”

Since then, the popular TV host has devoted much of her energy to her children, regularly sharing updates from her new life in the suburbs with her 2.7 million Instagram followers.

That new life, she revealed recently, also includes the girls’ father, Kotb’s former fiancé Joel Schiffman, who recently spent time at the Bronxville dwelling while celebrating Father’s Day.

Kotb took to Instagram to share sweet images of her former partner enjoying a fun-filled day in and around her home, proving that—despite their split—the duo are putting their past behind them in order to focus on co-parenting their daughters.

In one image, Schiffman, 67, could be seen grinning from ear to ear while sharing a sweet embrace with his kids inside 60-year-old Kotb’s kitchen at her $2.9 million home, which she purchased in April 2024, shortly before she quit the “Today” show.

A second snap showed him strolling hand in hand with Hope through what appeared to be a local mall.

Kotb gushed about Schiffman in the caption, penning, “A great father’s day for a great dad! Happy Father’s Day Joel!”

Although Schiffman and Kotb once lived together in New York City with their kids, the mother of two made the decision in 2024 to move her children to the suburbs in a bid to give them more “normality,” while it’s thought her former partner remained in Manhattan.

However, he made sure to take a break from the honking taxis and towering skyscrapers to make a trip to Bronxville, which is a mere 30-minute drive from Manhattan.

Schiffman’s journey upstate comes just weeks after Kotb revealed that her move had been motivated, at least in part, by her daughter Hope’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

During a May 28 appearance on “Today,” Kotb explained there was another reason behind her decision, conceding that she wanted to spend more time with her daughter, rather than worrying about her health constantly because she was away from her.

“As anyone with a child who has Type 1 [diabetes], especially a little kid, you’re constantly watching, you’re constantly monitoring, you’re constantly checking, which is what I did all the time when I was [on the ‘Today’ show]. You’re distracted,” she shared.

“You just get a priority check in your life. I can be here and sweating what’s happening to Hope in the morning and in the night, or I can be there and feel relief that I can see.”