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"Elizabeth Banks&amp;apos; brood is getting bigger!\r\nThe Pitch Perfect star and her husband of nine years, Max Handelman, welcomed their second child recently via surrogate, Banks announced on her website Nov. 14.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;As 2012 winds down and Thanksgiving approaches, I have much for which to be thankful -- personal, professional and Presidential,&amp;quot; Banks, 38, writes. &amp;quot;However, nothing can match the joy and excitement my husband and I felt when we recently welcomed our second baby boy, Magnus Mitchell Handelman. Magnus joins older brother Felix, thus commencing a decade or more of close hand-to-hand combat.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Like Felix, Magnus was born via gestational surrogate,&amp;quot; the actress continues. (Felix, 20 months, was born in March 2011.) &amp;quot;This experience has exceeded all expectations, taught us a great deal about generosity and gratitude, and established a relationship that will last a lifetime.&amp;quot;\r\nNow, &amp;quot;I . . . turn my attention to managing two boys under two,&amp;quot; Banks says. &amp;quot;For which I am thankful. And all their poop. For which I am less thankful. Wish me luck.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nEarlier this year, the Hunger Games scene-stealer opened up to Lucky magazine about her family&amp;apos;s ongoing relationship with the surrogate who carried Felix -- and why they chose surrogacy in the first place.\r\n&amp;quot;It was a womb issue for me. Embryos wouldn&amp;apos;t implant,&amp;quot; Banks explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a big leap, inviting this person into your life to do this amazing, important thing for you. And it&amp;apos;s hard losing that kind of control. But our surrogate is so extraordinary, and she&amp;apos;s still in our lives. She&amp;apos;s like an auntie.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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