Celebrity Adoption: Mariska Hargitay adopts for second time

Actress Mariska Hargitay, whose best known for her role on “Law and Order: SVU,” and her husband, Peter Hermann, recently adopted their second child in the past six months.

According to an article on AllHeadlineNews.com, Hargitay and Hermann recently adopted their son Andrew, who was born over the summer. In April Hargitay and Hermann adopted their daughter Amaya, and also have a five-year-old son August.

The article said that the couple knew they wanted to adopt another child someday, but did not think it would happen this quickly.

“”We never in a million years thought it would happen this quickly, but something inside of us knew this was right and we said, ‘Yes, yes, yes,'” Hargitay said in People Magazine.