Al Roker holding granddaughter Sky.Photo:Al Roker / Instagram
Al Roker / Instagram
Al Rokeris loving every second of beinga first-time grandfather.
The longtimeTodayweatherman was beaming on Monday’s episode of the NBC morning show as he opened up about his new granddaughter,Sky Clara Laga— born on July 3 to his daughterCourtney Roker, 36, and her husband of two years,Wesley Laga.
“It is magical, it really is,” said Al, 68, while discussing the milestone of becoming a grandparent in a conversation withTodayco-anchorsSavannah Guthrie,Hoda Kotb,Craig MelvinandSheinelle Jones. “The thing is, everyone tells you it’s going to be ‘this thing’ and you don’t know; it’s like when they tell you about having your first child. And then to hold this little girl, knowing almost 35 years ago I held her mom? And here she is, 5 lbs., 15 oz. 19 inches long and she’s just perfect.”
“I’m telling you, she’s a great sleeper,” he added of Sky. “Sleeps for four hours, wakes up, goes to the bathroom, sleeps another four. We’re on the same schedule!”
Asked the origin of Sky Clara’s name, Al insisted it “had nothing to do with the fact that I’m a weather person” — though it couldn’t be more fitting. Clara, meanwhile, is the name of Courtney’s godmother, Al noted.
He went on to give an update on his daughter and son-in-law, sayin both are “doing well.” Said Al: “You know, Courtney had a [cesarian section], so she’s struggling a little bit with that. And Wes, you know, I think the gravity of being a dad. But he still has that buoyant personality.”
Especially loving the new addition to the family isNick Roker, Al’s 20-year-old son with wifeDeborah Roberts(the two are also parents to daughterLeila Roker, 24; Al shares Courtney with ex-wifeAlice Bell, whom he was married to from 1984 to 1994). “Nick is over the moon,” Al shared. “He said, after he finished holding her, ‘I’m enthralled.’ "
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Since then, the pair have been soaking up the early moments of parenthood. “I feel like the luckiest woman in the world and know I am extremely blessed,” Courtney wrote, captioning a picture of Wesley holding Sky. “My husband is the definition of a super dad! Loving my little family each day 💕.”
“My heart is now outside my body🥰,” she added in another post.
As for Al, he’s ready to shower Sky with not just love, but also gifts.
“Already planning the ways to spoil her,” he wrote on social media — “and then hand her back.”
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source: people.com
