Bindi Irwin, the 22 year-old daughter of the late “Crocodile Hunter” himself, Steve Irwin, gave birth to her first child with her husband Chandler Powell last month. The child was a baby girl who Bindi and Chandler named “Grace Warrior.”
Now, Bindi has taken to Instagram to pen a touching “note of gratitude” for her beloved husband.
“A note of gratitude for this incredible man that I get to call my husband. Grace and I are beyond blessed to have him in our lives. His strength, love and kindness are the greatest gifts in the world. ❤️ @chandlerpowell,” the new Bindi wrote.
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Bindi and Chandler are preparing to give fans an intimate look at their road to parenthood in the Discovery+ special “Crikey! It’s a Baby.” In a sneak peak of the special, Bindi opened up about how hard it is to know that Grace will never meet her late father, according to Entertainment Tonight.
“It’s hard knowing that she’ll never get to actually meet him and it’s devastating because I’ll never get to watch their connection. But, I can not wait to be able to tell beautiful Grace all of these stories about dad, to be able to share with her what an amazing father he was,” she said as she started to cry. “It’s going to be…it’s going to be really special…It’s going to be really special for her to know him through us, to tell her about what an amazing man he was.”
“It is really hard. It’s hard that he’s not here because out of everyone in the world, gosh, he would have loved her the most,” Bindi added. “He would have loved her so much. But I think in a way he is still with us. And his heart and soul lives on in all of us and, so yeah, he’s never really gone.”
During her pregnancy, she opened up about what kind of grandfather Steve would have been to Grace.
“He would’ve been a good, good grandpa. Yeah, he really would’ve been,” Bindi said.
“I don’t think we would’ve ever seen our daughter. He would’ve just whisked her away into the zoo and it would’ve been perfect. But it is so nice that we’ll be able to introduce her to her grandfather through all of the documentaries. It’s really special.”
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