Karoline Leavitt offers a look into her Sunday morning routine with her son.

The 27-year-old White House Press Secretary took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday, March 30 to share about what her Sunday morning looked like. In the video, she opens with a shot of her kitchen counter top that had a muffin tray, a bowl of batter, a container of blueberries on top with kitchen utensils and a cutting board in the background. Then Karoline pans to her almost-nine-month-old son, Nicholas Robert “Niko” Riccio, sitting in his high chair with pieces of muffin on his tray and looking at the camera.

Throughout the video, there was a caption written: “Sunday morning muffin with my sous chef.” Karoline paired the post with country singer Craig Morgan’s 2005 track, That’s What I Love About Sunday.

Karoline shares her son Niko with real estate developer, Nicholas Riccio. The couple welcomed their first child together on July 10, 2024. Karoline and Nicholas first met in 2022, got engaged in December 2023 and then married in January 2025.

Karoline Leavitt's Instagram Stories with a screengrab of her son and her saying on Sunday morning they make muffins
Karoline makes muffins on Sunday morning ( 
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Karoline Leavitt/Instagram)

Karoline Leavitt, husband Nicholas Riccio and son Niko
Karoline welcome Niko in July 2024 with her 59-year-old husband, Nicholas ( 
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karolineleavitt/Instagram)

The pair have a 32-year-gap as Nicholas is 59. In a Feb. 21 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, Karoline spoke about their their sizeable age gap.

“It’s [a] very atypical love story, but he’s incredible,” she said. “He is my greatest supporter, he’s my best friend, he’s my rock.”

The two met through an event that a mutual friend threw at his restaurant in New Hampshire. At the time, Karoline was speaking at the event as she was running for a seat in Congress in New Hampshire. Her bid was not successful as she lost to Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas.

This all comes as the Karoline unexpectedly left the Wednesday, March 26, White house press conference when she was asked questions pertaining to the leak of the government’s Houthi attack plan.

The Atlantic had posted an article about the Trump Administration accidentally texting their war plans against Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a messaging app called Signal. Then a follow-up article about the attack plans that were shared.

Karoline blasted Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg for the articles he wrote about the scandal coined Signalgate, saying he spread a ‘misinformation campaign.’ She also refused to answer CNN reporter’s, Kaitlan Collins, follow-up question about the leak.

Previous to criticism of Karoline’s conduct in that conference, she has also received backlash for lying about tariffs in an exchange with Associated Press journalist Josh Boak.