Mandy Moore's 2 Kids: All About Gus and Ozzie

Mandy Moore and her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, are parents to two sons

Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith are parents to two boys.

The "In Real Life" singer and Dawes frontman got married in a backyard ceremony in 2018 and welcomed their first baby, August "Gus" Harrison, on Feb. 20, 2021. Their second baby, Oscar "Ozzie" Bennett Goldsmith, was born in Oct. 21, 2022.

In February 2023, Moore spoke to PEOPLE about the joys and challenges of raising two young children.

"You wake up with endless gratitude every day, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is hard work," she said. "And the lack of sleep is something that is a constant and makes everything feel all the more challenging. But, I think, it's just having grace for ourselves as parents and as humans and recognizing that each day is going to present its own challenges, but its own immense joy as well."

A few months later, Moore revealed that her three rescue cats — Peanut, Fig and Olivia — helped her and Goldsmith prepare for parenthood, even calling the felines their "OG children."

"I feel like they really prepared us for parenthood and the ways of being responsible and looking out for something outside of yourself," the actress told PEOPLE of her cats.

Here's everything to know about Mandy Moore's kids, Gus and Ozzie.

August "Gus" Harrison Goldsmith, 3

Moore and Goldsmith welcomed their first son, August "Gus" Harrison, on Feb. 20, 2021.

The couple chose the name August for many reasons.

"It was last August when @taylordawesgoldsmith and I found out we were having a boy (it's also Taylor's birth month) and we always loved the name ... so it was settled very early on in our book," she wrote on Instagram.

In an interview with Romper in December 2020, Moore revealed that she plans to "raise an intelligent, feminist, loving, compassionate young man, who respects women, and who understands boundaries."

Moore and Goldsmith hosted Gus' first birthday party at a park and it didn't go as expected. "I was so excited to get him in front of a cake and the quintessential first birthday, smashing the cake everywhere," she said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February 2022. "Couldn't have cared less about the cake."

After joking that Gus was "not a sugar guy," Moore explained that he had his eyes on something else. "He was curious about it, but much more interested in the cheese board that Mom had for the adults."

Like his parents, Gus is also musically inclined.

"He has no choice," Moore told PEOPLE in May 2022. "He loves it when Dad plays the guitar and when Mom and Dad sing to him. But the gibberish songs I sing to him while I'm changing his diaper, those will live in our house only!"

Just days after giving birth to her second child, Ozzie, Moore shared on Instagram that Gus is "relishing his role as Big Bro," along with a sweet photo of the toddler smiling from ear to ear at the newborn.

In February 2023, Moore celebrated her eldest's second birthday with a sweet Instagram post.

"Happy 2nd Bday to the brightest light. What a thoughtful, curious, wild, loving guy you are, Gus," she wrote. "I don't even have the words to describe just how much you changed everything in the most magnificent way possible. Thank you for making me a mom!"

Ahead of the holidays, Moore shared her excitement about celebrating Christmas with her kids now that Gus is old enough to understand their celebrations.

“Now, he's aware [of Christmas] in a way that he wasn't until this year," she told PEOPLE in December 2023. "Last year, he was just sort of starting to grasp Christmas trees, but now he understands the concept of Santa and all of that it's so much more exciting."

Oscar "Ozzie" Bennett Goldsmith, 1

Moore gave birth to Oscar "Ozzie" Bennett Goldsmith in October 2022.

"Ozzie is here!" she wrote in the sweet birth announcement alongside a carousel of black-and-white photos from the hospital. The actress noted that baby Ozzie "arrived a little late but with much aplomb (and an easier/speedier delivery than his big brother, much to the delight of his parents)."

She continued the caption, "Every adage is true: our hearts have doubled in size and the immediacy of the love is astounding. He is beyond words and we are so grateful for our family of four!"

Moore and Goldsmith first announced their second pregnancy on June 3, 2022, with a picture of then-15-month-old Gus wearing a "big brother" T-shirt.

"One incredibly seminal chapter of my life just ended and the next one, as a mother of two, is about to start … and are we ever so deeply grateful and excited. Baby Boy Goldsmith #2 coming this fall!" she wrote on Instagram, adding, "Gus is gonna be the BEST big brother!! Xo."

Moore was touring her In Real Life album while pregnant, so she shared important updates while on the road. In June 2022, she explained that she was "keeping on schedule" with her maternity appointments.

"Grateful for OB visits in new cities along the way to make sure baby boy is a-okay," she wrote, along with an ultrasound picture.

She later canceled the tour to focus on her health.

"When we booked these shows, I wasn't pregnant and although I truly thought I could power through, the way we are traveling (long hours on the bus and not getting proper rest) has caught up, taken its toll, and made it feel too challenging to proceed," Moore wrote. "I know that I have to put my family and my health (and the health of my baby) first and the best place for me to be right now is at home."

In a July 2022 interview with Today Parents, Moore said that she wouldn't be able to receive an epidural during the labor of her second baby because of an autoimmune disorder called immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).

"My platelets are too low for an epidural," Moore explained, adding that delivering Gus with no epidural "was awful." She added, "But I can do it one more time. I can climb that mountain again."

Moore shared a few intimate photos of Ozzie's delivery in honor of his 1-month birthday.

"I'm still able to access everything about that moment, which simultaneously feels like one second ago and also unimaginable to fathom life before," she captioned the post on Instagram. "Baby boy came into this world to the soundtrack of Willie Nelson's 'Stardust'. Good choice, sir!"

In October 2023, Moore and Goldsmith celebrated Ozzie's first birthday with a small party at home.

"Our sweet Ozzie is 1. How?!! I honestly can’t remember a moment before this beautiful beaming ball of pure love was in our lives," the A Walk to Remember actress wrote on Instagram. "The happiest, smiliest guy who NEVER complains except to let us know if his food isn’t available fast enough and who has total 'you seem like your hands are full right now, I’ll just wait' second kid energy. We love you to the moon, Oz."

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