Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Celebrates Boyfriend Ken Urker’s First Father’s Day

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is celebrating Ken Urker‘s first Father’s Day as a dad.

After rekindling their romance in April 2024, Blanchard, 33, and Urker welcomed their first child together, daughter Aurora Raina Urker, the following December. In her post via Instagram Stories, the proud mom shared a snap of Urker holding onto their little one, whose face is covered by a baby emoji.

“Happy First Father’s Day @kenurker,” Blanchard wrote in text over the photo. “You are an amazing man and father 🥰 WE love you.”

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Blachard previously opened up to PEOPLE about witnessing Urker step into the role of father in March, noting the beauty of their family of three growing together.

“It’s adorable. It really is,” Blanchard said. “It’s one of those heart-touching moments because it’s like, this is new for the both of us, but also Ken was young when we met, and so it’s adorable and really heartwarming to see him grow and mature through this process.” 

“I’ve learned that he is a lot more patient than I gave him credit for,” she continued. “So it’s been wonderful to watch him grow as a person through the last year, but also step into this new mature role.”

Urker — who chose the name Aurora — told PEOPLE they’ve been borrowing a neighbor’s scale to periodically weigh Aurora. They’ve loved “just watching that number grow,” as well as witnessing in real time what her eye color will be and what kind of hair she’ll have.

“I love her to death, and every day I get to see her grow more and more in all these little ways,” he told PEOPLE. “Her eyes opening wider as the weeks go on, and her starting to develop a little bit of a social smile now, and just watching her get bigger.”

“I really am just soaking in all these moments and enjoying them to the fullest,” Urker added. “I want to spoil her and just make her happy.”

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The pair first connected while Blanchard was serving time in prison for her role in the killing of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Urker began writing letters to her after seeing HBO’s documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest, and they began dating while Blanchard was still incarcerated.

Urker proposed to Blanchard in October 2018, but they eventually broke off the engagement. But after Blanchard’s split from ex-husband Ryan Scott Anderson in March 2024, she and Urker reconnected romantically.