John Legend is every inch the proud dad as he holds his newborn daughter Esti in an adorable snap
John Legend appeared absolutely smitten with his newborn baby in a snap shared to his Instagram on Wednesday.
The Ordinary People singer, 44, who welcomed Esti Maxine Stephens with his wife Chrissy Teigen, 37, on January 13, held the baby in his arms with a wide smile on his face.
“Our new love,” the Grammy Award-winning musician, who also shares six-year-old daughter Luna and four-year-old son Miles with Teigen, captioned the heartwarming photo.
‘Our new love’: John Legend appeared absolutely smitten with his newborn baby Esti in a snap shared on his Instagram on Wednesday
The singer, who has been married to Teigen since 2013, looked comfortable in the snap, wearing a black and white knit turtleneck.
Meanwhile, little Esti was dressed in a pink jumpsuit.
Her 15.1 million followers raved about the father-daughter duo, with one of them calling Esti her ‘twin’.
Proud parents: The Ordinary People singer, 44, welcomed Esti with wife Chrissy Teigen, 37, on Jan. 13; The couple photographed in September 2022.
Another fan wrote: ‘It’s literally been five minutes and she already looks like you dude.’
Meanwhile, SNL star Keenan Thompson just dropped five red heart emojis.
The day before his wife shared the close-up of her bouncing baby’s face.
The model, who has been documenting her postpartum recovery on social media, took to Instagram Tuesday afternoon to share an adorable photo of her new daughter.
Close-up: The day before, his wife shared the close-up of their bouncing baby’s face, writing ‘look at you out here looking like a baby’
Baby joy: The proud parents originally announced their gender by sharing a sweet snap that showed the baby being held by his older siblings: daughter Luna, 6, and son Miles, 4.
The newborn looked cute wrapped in a gray blanket as she rested her head on her own arm while Chrissy cradled her.
Chrissy captioned the snap to her 40.5 million followers: “Look at you out here like a baby.”
The proud parents also previously posted a sweet snap showing the baby being cuddled by her older siblings.
Her joy: Legend originally announced the baby news to a crowd, while performing at a private concert; Pictured at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles in September 2022
Sharing the baby’s name, the post read: ‘She’s here! Esti Maxine Stephens – The house is full of people and our family couldn’t be happier.
‘Dad sheds tears of joy every night to see Luna and Miles so full of love, and I’m learning you still need c-section diapers!? We are in bliss. Thanks for all the love and well wishes, we’re sorry!
The A-list dad has also spent a lot of quality time with the couple’s older children, recently taking them to his elementary school’s Lunar New Year Party on Friday.
A-list dad: Legend recently had some quality time with the couple’s two oldest kids when he took Miles and Luna to his elementary school’s Lunar New Year party on Friday.
Legend posted an adorable photo of him holding hands with Miles and Luna while wearing traditional clothing.
Legend first shared the news while performing at a private concert last Friday night, telling the crowd that he and his wife welcomed the “little baby this morning.”
“What a blessed day,” the singer said, adding that although he “didn’t get much sleep,” he felt “energized” after spending “a lot of time” by Chrissy’s side in the hospital.
Healing: Chrissy touted the benefits of a postpartum tummy wrap on Instagram on Friday, exactly one week after giving birth to her baby boy and John’s baby girl
Going forward! Teigen, who has been married to Legend since 2013, documented her latest pregnancy on social media with plenty of updates.
Chrissy announced she was expecting on Instagram in August, posting photos of her burgeoning baby bump.
The happy news came almost two years after she and John lost their son Jack at 20 weeks pregnant. She later revealed that the death of her late son was the result of a life-saving abortion, not a miscarriage as she originally claimed.
She explained that she made the “difficult decision” to terminate the pregnancy after accepting the fact that she and Jack would probably survive.
‘Let’s call it what it was: it was an abortion. An abortion to save my life for a baby who had absolutely no chance. And to be honest, I never, ever put that together until, actually, a few months ago,” Chrissy confessed, according to THR.
Heartbreak: The happy news of the pregnancy came nearly two years after she and John lost their son Jack at 20 weeks into her pregnancy.