Influencer Emilie Kiser is expecting her third child, sharing the news just over a year after the death of her three-year-old son, Trigg, in a drowning accident at the family’s Arizona home.
The 27-year-old announced the pregnancy on Instagram, describing it as “a bright light” for her family after a year marked by grief, scrutiny, and painful public attention.
Kiser and her husband, Brady Kiser, are already parents to 15-month-old Theodore, known as Teddy.
What Emilie Kiser said about the pregnancy
In her Instagram post, Emilie shared a series of family photographs and wrote that she and Brady are preparing to welcome another baby.
“We are so grateful and excited to share that we will be welcoming another baby into our family,” she wrote.
“This news feels very surreal and has already been such a bright light to us during some of our darkest days.”
She also made clear that the announcement does not mean every part of the pregnancy will become public content. After the year her family has had, that boundary is not exactly difficult to understand.
“As I stated last year, my family’s privacy will always be my priority,” she wrote.
“Because of that, I’m not sure how much I will be sharing about this pregnancy and next phase of life, but I appreciate your understanding as I navigate those boundaries.”
Emilie added that the baby has already brought “so much hope and joy” into their home as they move toward “this next chapter” as a family.
What happened to Trigg Kiser
The pregnancy news comes a little over a year after Trigg died following a drowning accident.
The toddler fell into the backyard swimming pool at the family’s Arizona home on May 12, 2025. He died in hospital six days later.
In the months after his death, the tragedy drew heavy public scrutiny, particularly as police reviewed the circumstances around the accident.
Police recommended a felony child abuse charge against Brady after their investigation. Prosecutors later said they would not pursue criminal charges.
Previously released police records alleged that Brady lost sight of Trigg while caring for newborn Teddy. Investigators claimed surveillance footage showed the three-year-old had been unsupervised for longer than was first described.
Why some investigation details stayed private
More recently, Emilie won a court fight to keep the most graphic parts of the investigation from being released publicly.
A judge ruled that portions of the police report, including descriptions of officers’ body camera footage, were so emotionally distressing that keeping them private was justified.
The ruling found that the potential harm to the family outweighed the public interest in releasing that material.
For a family whose worst day had already been examined in public, the decision marked a rare limit on how much tragedy gets turned into spectacle.
How Emilie has spoken about grief
Although Emilie has kept many details of her family life private, she has gradually spoken about the grief of losing Trigg.
Earlier this year, she responded to a follower who asked how she had “healed” after her son’s death.
“You don’t heal from the loss, you learn to live with the grief,” she wrote.
She said therapy had helped her develop empathy, forgiveness, and the strength to stop worrying so much about public opinion.
Emilie later gave her first full interview since Trigg’s death on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast, where she described how losing a child changed her understanding of life.
“Losing a child really shows you in the scariest, most real way possible just how quickly life can change,” she said.
How the tragedy affected her marriage
In the podcast interview, Emilie also spoke openly about the strain the accident placed on her marriage to Brady.
She said she initially felt intense anger toward him and questioned whether their relationship could survive.
Over time, she said, she came to believe the tragedy could just as easily have happened if she had been the parent at home that evening.
“This could have just as easily been me in Brady’s position,” she said.
Emilie stressed that nothing could excuse what happened, but said recognizing how easily their roles could have been reversed helped her find compassion for her husband.
Now, as the Kisers prepare for another child, Emilie says she is focused on protecting her family’s privacy while leaving room for hope after a year defined by loss.
