Bode and Morgan Miller welcome a new baby

Four months after the death of their daughter Emeline Grier, 19 months old, in a drowning in a family pool, Bode and Morgan Miller became the parents of a newborn, the couple confirmed Sunday.

The Miller's son was born on Friday at 1:34 pm, People said. The couple married in 2012 and the baby is the third child of the couple and the fifth total for the Olympic skier.

Bode, 40, and Morgan, 31, a model and professional volleyball player who has played for UC Berkeley, are also parents of 3-year-old son Nash Skan. Miller has two children from previous relationships: his son Samuel, age 5, and daughter Neesyn, age 10.

When Morgan was pregnant with her new son for about five months, she and her husband were shaken by their parents' worst nightmare: the death of a child.

On June 9, Emiline went through a back door and fell into the pool of a community neighbor of Coto de Caza, in Orange County. Emeline died the next day.

Since then, the couple has been committed to educating other parents about the danger of not being supervised by swimming pools or other bodies of water for young children – even for a few minutes or even seconds.

In a tearful interview at the end of July, the couple declared Emeline's drowning day, that he had enjoyed an active Saturday but filled with families. They went to a birthday party, visited the family and then returned home. While Bode Miller took their eldest daughter, 10, to a softball game, Morgan took their other children to visit their neighbors.

"We are going back and forth several times a week. They are our family, "Morgan Miller said. "And it was only a normal day there."

She said the adults were sitting on the couch and drinking tea while Emmy was playing in front of them.

"And Emmy came and went, which was all 15 feet. And all of a sudden, it was too quiet for me, "Morgan Miller told Guthrie. "We are in a conversation and I got up. And I turned around and went straight to where the boys were, and said, "Where's Emmy?"

But Morgan Miller knew that something was really wrong before anyone answered.

"I turned around and the door that led to the backyard, which was closed, had that little ray of light across the side," said Morgan Miller, barely able to speak through her tears. "And my heart sank and I opened the door and she was floating in the pool. And I ran and jumped in it.

Morgan Miller took Emmy out of the water and started CPR while her neighbor was dialing 911. An ambulance transported the toddler to the hospital. At first, the doctors thought that Emeline could survive, but they soon realized that she had been without oxygen for too long.

"Guilt is a very painful thing," Morgan Miller said. "And even if it's awful and living with it, it's awful, and I hope, I pray and beg that it's getting easier, I'm now a lot more aware in this area to make sure that it does not to happen again. "

In the United States, drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 14, and three children die each day from drowning, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In California, an average of 51 children die each year, reports California's Department of Development Services.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urges parents to "never, even for a moment, leave children alone near open water points, such as lakes or pools, or near the water." Water in homes, including bathtubs and spas. .