It’s a girl! Jimmy Bartel welcomes a baby daughter with girlfriend Amelia Shepperd – before revealing her unusual name
Jimmy Bartel has welcomed his first baby girl to the world with girlfriend Amelia Shepperd.
The AFL star, 39, who shares two boys with ex-wife Nadia Bartel, announced the birth of his daughter Paloma Lucie on Tuesday.
In a heartwarming Instagram post, the footy player shared a black and white photo that provided a glimpse of his new bundle of joy clutching his finger.
‘Daddy’s little girl is here. Paloma Lucie Bartel, you have me wrapped around your little fingers already,’ he captioned the post.
‘Amelia, I’m in awe of you. Love you so much. Aston and Henley [his sons] will love you so much.’
Jimmy Bartel, 39, (left) has welcomed his first baby girl to the world with girlfriend Amelia Shepperd
Jimmy’s post was quickly inundated with well-wishes from his famous friends.
‘Wonderful news,’ wrote TV presenter Rebecca Maddern.
‘Congrats mate,’ added former AFL star Brent Staker, before Brisbane Lions star Josh Walker wrote, ‘Congrats Jim.’
In a heartwarming Instagram post on Tuesday, the footy player announced the birth of his daughter Paloma Lucie with a sweet black and white photo
Sport journalist Chloe-Amanda Bailey soon joined the chorus, also adding kinds words. ‘Huge congrats,’ she wrote.
It comes after Jimmy recently confessed to The Herald Sun he was ‘scared’ of fathering a daughter.
‘I am petrified at the moment. (We are) having a little girl. My two older sisters, they only have boys. This is my mum’s 11th grandchild and this is the first girl,’ he said.
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‘Daddy’s little girl is here. Paloma Lucie Bartel, you have me wrapped around your little fingers already. Amelia, I’m in awe of you. Love you so much. Aston and Henley [his sons] will love you so much,’ he captioned the post
He added: ‘A few things are going through my head, well how do I do their hair. So, I am a bit scared to be honest.’
Jimmy and Amelia announced that they were having a girl during an intimate gender reveal party in October just a few months after their one-year anniversary.
His sons Henley, four, and Aston, seven, were at the party, popping a balloon that exploded to reveal a flurry of pink confetti.
‘Baby Bartel, you’re already so incredibly loved,’ the footy star captioned the short video.
Jimmy also shares two sons with his ex wife Nadia Bartel – Henley, four, and Aston, seven. All pictured
