Kathie Lee Gifford & Cassidy Gifford Mediapunch/Shutterstock
Kathie Lee Gifford Is going to be a grandma yet again! The TV broadcaster’s daughter, Cassidy Gifford, announced that she and her spouse are moving in together Ben Wierda They are expecting their first child.
“A whole lot extra to be praising Jesus for this Christmas. Our little peanut arriving June 2023 🙏,” Cassidy, 29, captioned a Friday, December 16, Instagram post of three Christmas stockings hanging on the fireplace mantle.
One large, red knit stocking was used and one small version in white. A newborn-sized red-andwhite sock was also included in the announcement.
Cassidy — who is the daughter of Kathie Lee, 69, and Frank Gifford, who died in 2015 — received supportive messages from celebrity friends including Lauren Bushnell Lane, Lacey Chabert, Jason Kennedy She and her sister in law, Erika Gifford (née Brown).
“🙌 🙌 God is amazing. I am beyond thrilled for you guys 🤗,” Erika, who welcomed son Frank with husband Cody Gifford In June, we replied via Instagram comment.
Us Weekly Only confirmed that Cassidy, 31 and Wierda tied the knot in June 2020. This was only one year after their engagement.
“Ben and Cassidy got married in an intimate setting in his backyard in Michigan,” a rep for the Blue Bloods alum told Use At the time, they noted that the coronavirus pandemic had kept the guest list low. “They’re planning on having a big celebration when it’s safe to do so in the future.”
They later celebrated their second wedding anniversary in Nashville in November 2021. “I’m thankful for so much but above all, for you,” the model wrote via Instagram at the time, sharing wedding photos.
The former Regis and Kathie Le anchor has yet to publicly address her daughter’s pregnancy announcement, but she already loves being a “Bubbe” to baby Frank, now 6 months.
“I knew I was going to love Frank instantly because I love babies,” Kathie Lee gushed to Today August was her first grandchild. “But this is my son’s child — my husband’s son’s son — it’s all such a beautiful tapestry of life and creation.”
She added at the time: “I remember when I was in the hospital [after giving birth to Cassidy] Cody kept on kissing her head. He said, ‘Mom, why do I love her little head so much?’ I said, ‘Because it’s precious. Go ahead and kiss it, just be gentle, honey.’ All of a sudden, Cody is doing this to his own son’s head and getting lost in the smell of it. I just got caught up in the beauty of it.”
