Yolanda Hadid gushes about being a grandmother as she says baby Khai ‘awoke a part in my heart I never knew existed’
Yolanda Hadid gushed on Instagram Friday that becoming a grandmother ‘awoke a part in my heart I never knew existed.’
The 57-year-old was wishing a happy birthday to her daughter Gigi – who last September gave birth to her own daughter Khai.
She also shared that her love for her granddaughter helped her ‘get by’ after losing her own mother Ans Van Den Herik in 2019.
Yolanda and Khai: Yolanda Hadid gushed on Instagram Friday that becoming a grandmother ‘awoke a part in my heart I never knew existed’
Proud mother: The 57-year-old was wishing a happy birthday to her daughter Gigi – who last September gave birth to her own daughter Khai
‘I have always been so very proud of the young woman you grew up to be every step of your life time but watching you give birth and become a mother yourself has given “Proud” a whole other meaning…,’ wrote the Dutch-born blonde.
‘You are extraordinary!!! Thank you for giving me this greatest gift, I wasn’t sure how to get by without my mamma but loving Khai awoke a part in my heart I never knew existed,’ added the former Real Housewife Of Beverly Hills.
Yolanda and her boyfriend Joseph Jingoli, who is CEO of a construction company, were seen out in New York this Friday with Khai in a stroller.
Gigi shares her little girl with her on-again boyfriend Zayn Malik who shot to fame as part of the boy band One Direction.
So sweet: Yolanda and her boyfriend Joseph Jingoli, who is CEO of a construction company, were seen out in New York this Friday with Khai in a stroller
They waited months after Khai was born before announcing her name and they have still not shown her face on social media.
A source dished to TMZ in January that Khai was named in honor of Gigi’s paternal grandmother Khairiah who died in 2008.
Last April after news spread that Gigi was expecting Yolanda told the Dutch talk show RTL Boulevard: ‘I can’t wait to become a grandmother.’
She noted: ‘It is even more special, since I lost my own mother so recently. That is the beauty of life: one soul is leaving us and a new one is coming.’
‘Our little bunny!’: This month Gigi shared a heart-melting snap of the baby in a bunny outfit – with her face obscured – as she rang in her very first Easter Sunday
During the coronavirus pandemic Gigi spent a chunk of her pregnancy self-isolating with her sister Bella and their mother at the family farm in Pennsylvania.
Yolanda dished to Bravo TV in May that she was ‘cooking up a storm’ for her household including Gigi.
After Yolanda’s mother died in August 2019 she and her children were seen traveling to Rotterdam for the funeral.
Yolanda referred to Ans as ‘my guardian angel’ on Instagram and credited her with ‘making me the woman that I am today.’
Yolanda and Ans: She also shared that her love for her granddaughter helped her ‘get by’ after losing her own mother Ans Van Den Herik in 2019