TV host Hoda Kotb welcomes daughter

Published February 21, 2017 11:01 PM EST

TV host Hoda Kotb, 52, announced via social media on Tuesday that she is now the proud mother of a baby girl, whom she adopted.

"She’s a Valentine’s baby so she’s a little nugget," said Kotba during a phone call to the TODAY show. "She is the love of my life!"

Haley Joy Kotb is the first child for the co-host of the 9 a.m. hour of the Today show alongside Kathie Lee Gifford.

Kotb's boyfriend, Joel Schiffman, a financier, has one adult daughter from a previous marriage.