‘Bachelorette’ star Blake Horstmann welcomes first baby with ‘Love Is Blind’ alum Giannina Gibelli
Blake Horstmann and Giannina Gibelli are parents!
The “Love Is Blind” alum gave birth on Friday and debuted her baby boy via Instagram four days later.
“His first breath took ours away 💙,” she captioned black-and-white birth photos on Tuesday. “meet Heath Orion Horstmann born on Good Friday 3/29/24 🦋.”
The new mom continued, “everyone is home happy and healthy — his pregnancy and birth were a dream come true ☁️ our lives are brighter, fuller, and forever better.
“thank you for all of the love and well wishes, Heath has so many people who love him 💫 we’re parents!”
Gibelli, 30, and the “Bachelorette” alum, 34, surprised their Instagram followers with their pregnancy news in November 2023.
“first comes love, then comes baby H,” the couple captioned maternity shoot photos at the time.
“we’re so grateful that life has led us here and over the moon to be parents to our sweet baby come spring 2024!” they concluded.
The following week, the then-pregnant star said in an Amazon Live that her positive test came at the end of a “dinner and movie night” when she was “two glasses [of wine] deep.”
Gibelli “gasped” when she saw the results.
As for her boyfriend’s response, the Bachelor Nation member said, “Don’t mess with me. This is mean. Don’t mess with me.”
Horstmann and Gibelli began dating his fellow reality star in early 2022 after meeting on Season 1 of “All Star Shore.”
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Gibelli honored their first anniversary with PDA pics in January 2023, calling Horstmann the “absolute loml.”
She gushed, “Life was leading me to you the entire time and it’s undeniably sweeter with you in it. a whole year, who would’ve thought?! ❤️❤️❤️❤️”
Gibelli previously made headlines for her on-again, off-again relationship with Damian Powers on “Love Is Blind.”
Horstmann, for his part, competed for Becca Kufrin’s heart on Season 14 of “The Bachelorette.”
After ending the show as runner-up, he returned to the franchise for the sixth season of “Bachelor in Paradise” but left the beach single.
Kufrin sweetly shared her support for Horstmann when Gibelli debuted her baby bump, commenting, “Congrats to you and your growing family! Welcome to the best part of life.”
