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It’s a girl for Frankie Ballard!
The country singer, 37, and wifeChristinawelcomed their first child, a daughter named Pepper Lynn Ballard, on Saturday, Feb. 8, theyannounced Thursday on Instagram.
“Thank you Jesus for my sweet family of 3. My cup is running over and full to the brim. Pepper Lynn you’re a precious angel and beautiful gift from Heaven and I love being your Mommy?? Cue all the tears ?”
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Frankie Ballard (L) and wife Christina.Evan Davies
Ballard and his wife, who owns footwear retailerOld Smokeys Boots, revealed theirpregnancy news exclusively to PEOPLEin November. Said the dad-to-be, “Purpose is the gasoline of any great creative fire, and a growing family reminds me just how bad Iwant to make music for mine.”
Alongside the couple’s pregnancy announcement, Ballard — whowed Christina in March 2017— said that learning he would be a first-time father was the “most unique feeling.”
“I can only describe it as a combination of emotion and words. Shock-tacular, grateful, awe,” the"Sunshine & Whiskey" singer said, adding that his experience at their first ultrasound “blew my hair straight back.”
“I had a thousand prayers answered in one appointment,” he continued. “To see toes wigglin’ and a strong heartbeat sent electricity through my bones.”
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Speaking to PEOPLE on the red carpet at the2019 CMA Awardsin November, Ballard said, “I’m so thrilled to be on this red carpet in the first place, but to have our growing little family is a dream come true.”
The then-expectant father also shared that “the mystery was “intact” about their child’s sex, but he and his wife were working on both boy and girl moniker options. And while they already had a boy name in the bag (Frank Robert Ballard V), they weren’t sure on a girl one just yet.
source: people.com
