Jenna Bush Hager took a walk through her memories as she looked back at the first apartment she and her husband, Henry Hager, rented in New York City.
The Today star, 41, talked about her favorite space she’s ever lived in Wednesday’s performanceand says it is the house where she welcomed her daughters, which still carries her heart.
“My favorite—I think—apartment was the one Henry and I rented when we first moved to New York,” she told co-host Hoda Kotb. “We lived there for at least six years. We had both Mila and Poppy there.’
Bush Hager shared a heartwarming throwback photo of her oldest daughter, Mila, sitting in their first apartment, saying it’s now a family tradition to take a photo of the kids just before they move in.
Jenna Bush Hager, 41, talked about the first apartment she and her husband, Henry Hager, rented in New York City on the Today show on Wednesday
The mother-of-three shared a heartwarming throwback photo of her eldest daughter Mila, sitting in the empty apartment right before they moved in
‘That’s empty. Then we left,” she said.
“Oh, was it sad?” Kotb asked.
“It was sad, but we would have taken that picture too,” Bush Hager explained. “Now we’ve moved (and taken pictures) with the kids several times with the empty apartment and the kids in it.”
“There’s something about the first (home),” she added, saying it was the place where they brought home two of their three children.
Bush Hager lived with her husband in Baltimore, Maryland after they tied the knot in 2008. A few years later, they moved to New York City to be closer to her twin sister, Barbara Bush.
The couple welcomed Mila in 2013 and Poppy in 2015. Their daughters are now ten and eight, and they also have a son, Hal, who turned four earlier this month.
Bush Hager and her family moved to Fairfield County, Connecticut, last year after their Apartment in New York City for $5.375 million in Spring 2022.
In February, she took to Instagram for a behind-the-scenes look at her impeccably decorated new home, sharing photos from the cozy weekend she spent with her best friend, ceramist Laird Gough, and her husband, Ross Gough.
Bush Hager, the mother of Mila, Poppy and Hal, said it’s now a family tradition to take a photo of the kids in their empty house right before they move in.
Bush Hager and her family moved to Connecticut’s Fairfield County last year after listing their Tribeca apartment (pictured) for $5.375 million in spring 2022
In a November photo, Bush Hager appears to be standing outside her new home. The interior was probably designed by Traci White, her college roommate at the University of Texas
“Scenes from a freezing weekend with my (heart),” she captioned the footage.
The mother-of-three has not publicly announced their move to Connecticut, though her family’s most recent Christmas card paid homage to their “new ground.”
Bush Hager’s post marked the first time she gave fans a peek inside the property, which she moved into sometime last year.
She stopped posting photos taken in her Tribeca apartment in April 2022, around the time the property went on the market.
In a November photo, Bush Hager appears to be standing outside her new home. She holds up Katy Hays’ “The Cloisters,” her choice for the Read with Jenna book club that month.
The stone exterior matches the original illustration on her family’s latest Christmas card, created by Cheree Berry Paper & Design.
The interactive mailing features a door with the letter ‘H’ on the front that opens to reveal a sketch of the couple and their children.
The back features a heartwarming snapshot of Mila and Poppy kissing their little brother Hal, who sits between them on a large rock.
The stone exterior matches the original illustration on her family’s most recent Christmas card celebrating their new home, created by Cheree Berry Paper & Design
In February, Bush Hager revealed the inside of her new Connecticut home in a series of Instagram photos, including her gorgeous black and white dining room
The Hagers also own a Long Island cottage with an outdoor pool, where they enjoy spending their summers
The Hagers also own a Long Island cottage with an outdoor pool, where they enjoy spending their summers.
Both their beach house and former apartment were decorated by Dallas-based interior designer Traci White, Bush Hager’s college roommate at the University of Texas.
Bush Hager talked about her beloved beach house on the North Shore in an interview Porch in 2019, with images of the property.
She said they rented in the area for about five or six summers and fell in love with the cottage during an open day.
“There was something that reminded me of Texas, of being outside. Even so close to the city, it had a remoteness about it,” she told the magazine.
In designing the home’s interior, Bush Hager took old pieces from both her and her husband’s families and reupholstered them, including a 20th-century couch from her side and a pair of wing railings from the Hagers.
“Jenna and her mom (former First Lady Laura Bush) like to look at pieces individually, to find beauty in what’s there,” White told Veranda. “It’s never about ‘new, new, new’.”
The article was published about three years before the Hagers moved to Connecticut, but she seemed to hint that they would one day leave New York City.
In the interview, Bush Hager spoke about her love of the outdoors and how she envisioned her three children having their own backyard where they could run around barefoot.
“There’s something wonderful about being out there watching the rain with your friends and kids,” she said. “You’re outside and you’re barefoot. That’s how Henry and I grew up, and that’s what we want for our children.’