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"SVU star&amp;apos;s surprise!\r\nJust six months after adopting her second child, a girl named Amaya Josephine, Mariska Hargitay has once again added to her brood -- bringing home a son, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann, a source confirms to Us Weekly.\r\n\r\nWhy such a quick second adoption for the Law and Order: SVU star and husband Peter Hermann, who also have a biological son, August, 5?\r\n&amp;quot;He was a preemie,&amp;quot; born in the United States about three months early, explains the insider. &amp;quot;He and Amaya are just a few months apart.&amp;quot; Hargitay, 47, and theater actor Hermann, 44, adopted Amaya back in April.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Their hearts were so opened by the [first] adoption,&amp;quot; the source says of Hargitay and Hermann, married since 2004. &amp;quot;So they couldn&amp;apos;t imagine NOT taking the opportunity to bring another baby into the family.&amp;quot;\r\nOf course, expanding the brood from three to five within six months hasn&amp;apos;t been easy.  &amp;quot;They are very tired and overwhelmed with the change,&amp;quot; admits the source. &amp;quot;But overjoyed.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Mariska is thrilled and amazed with all the new blessings and great fortune,&amp;quot; continues the source. &amp;quot;She has more love than she imagined!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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