Kathie Lee Gifford celebrates the arrival of a new member to her family.
The former host of the show “Hoy” announced Wednesday on Instagram that she is officially a grandmother, showing a photo of her newborn grandson. His son Cody Gifford and his wife, Erika, named the bundle of joy in honor of their late grandfather. Frank Gifford.
“My center explodes. Frank Michael Gifford is here, confirming that our God is good, merciful, and faithful. And he loves us,” the 68-year-old media personality wrote.
Many congratulations were poured into the comments, his grandmother Kris Jenner who wrote: “Congratulations!!!!! What a blessing!!!!!!!!It’s beautiful. “
The proud grandmother posted a photo of the baby on Twitter, this time a photo of the newborn with only a caption revealing her stats: “8 pounds 8 ounces of natural beauty. “
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“What greater miracle is there than the miracle of life?I can’t involve my joy. Thank God for the gift of little Frank Michael Gifford,” he wrote.
Gifford also called the “Today” show on Wednesday to share the news with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager saying the baby was born 3 weeks earlier.
“This baby arrived just as God sought him out,” she said. If I had cooked for the extra 3 weeks, this kid would have been like a 12-pound turkey. “
Our friend @KathieLGifford is officially a grandmother!With KLG, the latest addition to her family!pic. twitter. com/stPT924B6S
The baby’s namesake, Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, died about a week before his 85th birthday in 2015. At the time, Gifford’s circle of relatives and NBC issued a statement about his death confirming that he had “died suddenly” of “natural causes. “”at his home in Connecticut. “
“I was surprised that Cody gave him his father’s name,” Kathie Lee said on the “Today” show. “Cody knew what it was like to grow up in the shadow of a wonderful man, but I guess he never recovered and never will, because of the loss of his father at a young age. “