Sandra Bullock's Best Quotes on Parenting Kids Laila and Louis

Where would Sandra Bullock be without her kids, Louis and Laila? They’ve brought so much joy into her life, and they’ve made the Bird Box actress feel like she has a strong family unit with her boyfriend, Bryan Randall. Sandra loves her children more than anything, so it’s not uncommon for her to say the sweetest things about motherhood in interviews and on the red carpet.

“They’re a happy little family,” an insider exclusively told Closer in August 2020, noting Sandra and Bryan have created a “quiet life together” since they started dating in 2015. The L.A.-based photographer has bonded so much with Louis and Laila that they refer to “Bryan [as] their father and he calls them his children.”

The Ocean’s 8 star and Bryan “consider themselves a solid, committed, family unit” despite having yet to say “I do,” another source explained to Closer in June 2019. And even though Sandra started her adopted family before falling in love with the handsome hunk, “there’s no doubt that he’s Louis and Laila’s dad.”

“They don’t talk about their relationship status that much, but it’s pretty clear what they have is a very special bond,” the insider added, noting despite not being officially married, “Bryan proudly wears a wedding band on his wedding finger.”

Sandra and the California native became a couple after she hired Bryan to shoot photos at Louis’ 5th birthday party. The Blind Side star — who adopted her son in 2010 — completely hit it off with Bryan, and after adopting Laila later in 2015, the two began raising the kiddos together.

“Bryan couldn’t be more involved in their upbringing,” the second source dished, pointing out how much Louis and Laila “adore” their dad. “Sandra still pinches herself that she’s been so lucky finding Bryan.”

Prior to falling in love with the photo guru, the Oscar winner was married to her ex-husband, Jesse James, from 2005 to 2010. Since their turbulent divorce, Sandra doesn’t have any interest in “another marriage,” but “Bryan is fine with that,” a third insider told Closer more recently in July 2021.

“They’re mature adults and they understand each other,” the source explained, noting “they’re unofficially married, but definitely lifetime committed. He’s her soulmate … she says he’s just the best man she knows. She’s not letting him go.”

To see a roundup of Sandra’s sweetest quotes about motherhood and parenting her kids, keep scrolling!

On Louis’ Sweet Personality

While chatting with People, the actress gave a glimpse of her son’s caring nature as she recalled a time she was “putting him to bed.”

“[I] told [Louis] that even when I’m old and gray and more wrinkly than I am now, I’ll still love him and want to tuck him in,” she said. “And he asked why I have wrinkles, and I said, ‘Well, I hope some of them are from laughing so much.’ And he touched my face and said, ‘You’re not old, you’re just happy.’”

On Fighting For Her Family

When Sandra won the award for best-frightened performance at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards, she dedicated her win to her kids.

“I wanted you to see what being a family looks like, that sometimes you’re born into a family, sometimes you need to go find it, sometimes it finds you,” she said at the time. “But no matter how it comes together, that when it does, family is what you fight for, family is what you protect and what you saw in that movie [Bird Box] is what your mommy would do for you.”

On Being a Good Mom

The doting mama wants to be the best person she can be for her youngsters. “Am I the mother my son deserves? Am I living my authentic life, am I good enough, working hard enough, am I able to keep my son safe? Did I pick up all the dog poop in the yard before the playdate?” she quipped to People. “Worrying used to be very paralyzing for me, and now I can talk myself off the ledge. Louis is the one who snapped me out of it.”

On Raising Young Babies

When Louis and Laila were little tots, Sandra embraced the good and the bad times with her children. “The babies are so good. So loud, so loud,” she said on Harry Connick Jr.‘s former eponymous TV series in September 2016. “I have the loudest children on the planet. I don’t know if it’s the acoustics [in our home], but they are amazing.”