Best Quotes From Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on Parenthood
Kardashian and West just announced that they are expecting their second child.
— -- Get ready for more effusive observations on parenthood from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West now that they are expecting baby No. 2.
"Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West are expecting their second child, due at the end of this year," Kardashian's rep confirmed to ABC News today, a day after the news broke in a preview for a future episode of her reality show. "They are overjoyed and looking forward to his/her arrival."
Kardashian was already opening up about her latest good news.
"We are so beyond excited," she told Glamour, just before the magazine published its June issue with her on the cover.
"I’m a completely different person," she continued about motherhood and her growing family. "If it all went away, and I was just a mom, I would love my life."
Here are a few more favorite quotes from Kardashian and West on parenthood since becoming parents to baby North West:
Kanye West:
"I just don’t want to talk to America about my family. Like, this is my baby. This isn’t America’s baby." -- New York Times, June 2013, before North was born.
"When I look in North's eyes, I'm happy about every mistake I've ever made. I'm happy that I fought to bring some type of reality to this world we choose to stay in right now, driven by brands and corporations." -- Paper magazine, April 2015
"I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well." -- Kris Jenner's short-lived talk show
"After I lost my mother, there was times I felt like, I would put my life at risk. I felt like sometimes I didn't have something to live for. Now I have two really special people to live for." -- "Kris Jenner Show"
Kim Kardashian West:
"I love being a mom! It’s the most rewarding feeling! I really love every phase! Just the way my daughter laughs with me, all of the small things in life you appreciate." -- parenting blog Romy & the Bunnies last year
"I am a strict mother. I’m really fun and playful, but I’m really strict on nap time, and sleeping in her own crib. And maybe on weekends, [North will] come and sleep in the bed with us. But...I’m not crazy strict." -- Daily Mail, June 2014
"I was saying that earlier to my friends, ‘I wonder what [North’s] first job is gonna be.' And they were like, ‘What? She’s gonna have a job?’ And I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? Of course she is.’ She will have to work for what she wants." -- London Evening Standard, October 2014
"More kids can’t come soon enough!" -- People, January 2015