Bindi Irwin Cradles Newborn Daughter Grace Warrior, 4 Weeks Old, In An Adorable New Family Photo With Husband Chandler Powell

Apr 23, 2021 by apost team

Bindi Irwin and husband Chandler Powell delighted fans on Thursday when the couple posted yet another adorable family photo with their newborn daughter and their Cavalier King Charles spaniel. The 22-year-old Bindi gave birth to her first child, Grace Warrior Irwin Powell, on March 25, 2021, which she and Powell, 24, announced to the world on social media. The couple’s announcement soon went viral as Irwin fans from around the world heard the news. As if the birth of the animal-loving couple’s first baby wasn’t special enough, Bindi and Powell revealed that Grace was also born on their first wedding anniversary.

Since that special day, both Irwin and her husband have been keeping fans up to date via social media, posting photos (and a video) with the newborn regularly. Besides Thursday’s photo of Piggy the spaniel and Grace, other highlights include the first publicly released video of the child, which was taken when the baby was just 3 weeks old.

Bindi’s romance with Powell has captivated fans of the Irwin family since July 2019 when the two announced their engagement. From what fans have heard of the couple, it often seems like Bindi and Powell are a match made in heaven. Take the couple’s wedding as an example. Although the global pandemic forced Bindi and Powell to change some of their arrangements, they still managed to have what seemed like a magical wedding in the gardens of the Australia Zoo in Queensland on March 25, 2020. Their ceremony even included a koala — not to mention a beautiful floral arrangement.

Powell posted Thursday’s popular family photo to his Instagram account, where he received more than 100,000 likes and 700 comments. The photo, a selfie that appears at the bottom of this article, features Powell smiling into the camera while he holds the couple’s fur baby, Piggy the King Charles spaniel. In the background, a beaming Bindi holds the couple’s other baby, 4-week-old Grace. Alongside the post, Powell wrote a simple caption: “Family photo❤️.”

When Grace was born, Bindi broke the news a day later on Instagram. The heartfelt post included a photo of Powell and Bindi holding their newborn together, as well as a second photo of Grace’s first outfit and an information card with details about the birth.

“Celebrating the two loves of my life. Happy first wedding anniversary to my sweetheart husband and day of birth to our beautiful daughter,” Bindi wrote on Instagram, where the post received more than 1.4 million likes. 

“Her middle names, Warrior Irwin, are a tribute to my dad and his legacy as the most incredible Wildlife Warrior,” she continues. “Her last name is Powell and she already has such a kind soul just like her dad. There are no words to describe the infinite amount of love in our hearts for our sweet baby girl. She chose the perfect day to be born and we feel tremendously blessed.”

Bindi and Powell first announced that they were expecting a child on Aug. 11, 2020 in a surprise post to their social media accounts. At the time, Bindi said that she was still somewhere in her first trimester.

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She updated fans on Instagram again on Sept. 22, 2020, writing that she and Powell were expecting a baby girl. The 22-year-old star posted the announcement alongside a photo of herself, her husband, a giant Aldabra tortoise and a sonogram of their unborn child.

Bindi, who has become a conservationist and television star in the spirit of her late father Steve Irwin, married then-24-year-old Powell on March 25, 2020, according to CNN. In keeping with the family’s love for animals, Bindi and Powell held the secret wedding in the gardens of Australia Zoo in Queensland. As bizarre and unusual as that many seem, the zoo still belongs to the Irwin family — in fact, the family lives there together — as it’s the same facility that Bindi’s grandparents opened in the 1970s. And now, it’s become the place where Bindi and Powell tied the knot.

“Chandler, When I went to write my vows I found I couldn’t stop writing them,” Bindi wrote in a April 17, 2020 Instagram post alongside a photo from the wedding. 

Days after the then-21-year-old conservationist Bindi tied the knot at the secret candlelit zoo wedding in Queensland, Australia, Bindi’s mother reflected on the fact that her husband didn’t get the chance to see their daughter married.

In the March 28, 2020, post to Terri Irwin's Twitter account, the then-56-year-old widow wrote an emotional tribute along with a photo of the late Steve holding his baby son, Robert Irwin, at a wedding. Both Robert and Steve were wearing khaki, Steve’s perennial color of choice.

“Remembering @RobertIrwin’s first wedding. I love that Steve and Robert both wore khaki. I know Steve would have worn khaki to Bindi & Chandler’s wedding, too,” Terri wrote on Twitter. “I wish he could have been there to see the most special day in his daughter’s life. We miss him so much.” In a reply to her mother’s emotional message, which has received an outpouring of support from users on the platform, Bindi Irwin wrote that her mother’s message was “beautiful.”

The late Australian zookeeper, Steve, was best known for his charming role on the show “The Crocodile Hunter.” He died in 2006 at the age of 44 after a stingray pierced his chest while the star was filming a documentary, leaving behind children Bindi and Robert, according to CNN. 

The 44-year-old father’s death led to an outpouring of support from fans, environmentalists and friends of the idiosyncratic television host. Steve’s show, “The Crocodile Hunter,” was so successful that it appeared in more than 100 countries on cable television. The television star was also a frequent guest on talk shows like “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” to “Live With Regis and Kelly.” He is perhaps most well known and remembered for his enthusiastic catch phrases like “Check out the size of this bloke!”, “Whew, he’s getting cranky!”, “Isn’t she a beauty?” and “Crikey!”

Since 2018, Bindi has amassed a following of her own loyal fans partly through her appearances on the Australian reality television show “Crikey! It's the Irwins.” Robert and Terri — and now Powell — also appear on the show, showcasing their lives as they care for animals at the Australia Zoo. The show’s third season broadcasted its finale on April 18, 2021, and the network hasn’t yet announced whether it will be renewing the show.

Have you been following Bindi and Powell’s lives? What’s your favorite photo of Grace? Let us know — and be sure to pass this on to friends, family members and fellow Irwin family fans.