Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann's Family Is Beyond Cute, and We Have the Proof!

Despite the fact Mariska Hargitay spends her time fighting crime on screen as detective Olivia Benson [1] in Law and Order: SVU, off camera she's raising the most adorable three kids with her husband, Younger star Peter Hermann [2]. After getting married in 2004, the pair welcomed their first child in 2006. Mariska and Peter went on to adopt a daughter and another son in 2011. Unlike some other superprivate celebrities, Mariska and Peter are OK with bringing their children into the spotlight every now and again and share sweet photos of them all on social media. And who can blame them? All three are absolutely adorable!

Read through to meet the kids and get a closer look at this sweet family of five.

August Miklos Friedrich Hermann

August Hermann was born via emergency C-section on June 28, 2006 when Mariska was 42 years old. For the new mom, August was a long-time coming. "Nobody wanted to be pregnant more than me [3]. From the minute I found out, I was wearing full-on maternity pants," she said. "My stomach was totally flat, mind you, but I was just so excited."

During her third trimester, Mariska was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, causing her to change her diet. "The first time you're pregnant, you're like, I gotta eat more! I have to make sure he has enough of every single food group! I did get into eating too much," she confessed. "This pregnancy was really hard for me at the end. I wasn't mobile."

Amaya Josephine Hermann

Mariska and Peter formally adopted their daughter Amaya from Africa on April 7, 2011. For the couple, adoption was always on the table. "Having lost my mom at a young age [4], I then grew up with my stepmom, and I have half siblings, and so I know that families can be built in all sorts of different ways, that there isn't just one way to create a family and that it isn't just about biology," she said in an interview with People.

Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann

Later that year, the couple adopted their third child, Andrew. After bringing him home on October 19, 2011, they were officially a family of five. "We adopted Amaya, and Andrew, I always describe [him] as this angel that fell out of the sky, because he was a little unexpected," she said, adding: "It's something that happened very quickly, when adoption can take a long time. We were so beautifully and surprisingly . . . not because we're not in sync, but surprisingly in sync about something so huge. So momentous."

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