She’s tackled just about every career path under the sun, but it’s safe to say that Tyra Banks has finally found the role she likes best.
She’s a model, TV personality, actress, author and the CEO of her very own company, but Tyra Banks knows that time spent with her son is always the most valuable – even if it’s just for a few minutes in the middle of the night.
“Even just last night, I picked him up out of his crib and I’m like, ‘I know I’m not supposed to, he’s sleeping all night,'” she began, confessing that being a first-time mum is “heaven” despite her tiredness.
“But I just picked him up and I just held him for 20 minutes at three in the morning, knowing I had to be here bright eyed for a photoshoot.”
“It’s that love.”
Tyra looked totally in her element in this first photo shared of baby York.
Back in March, the modelling maven gave her first interview since welcoming her darling son via a surrogate in January.
Speaking to E! News at her first public event since becoming a mummy, she admitted how tiring parenting can be.
“Some mornings you wake up, and you’re like, ‘Where am I? I don’t know what’s going on.’ And I know it’s not a good idea for me to drive right now because I did not sleep,'” she explained.
“So I balance that and his dad helps, and we go back and forth so that’s good.”
Papa Erik is doing his fair share to help!
York’s dad and Tyra’s boyfriend, Erik Asla, has been a huge help to the 42-year-old, with the new mama adding, “Erik does about 40 percent diaper duty at night. So we’re almost fifty-fifty.”
The couple welcomed their little bundle of baby boy joy with help from a surrogate.
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“The best present we worked and prayed so hard for is finally here,” the model shared on Instagram with a photo of a teeny-tiny baby beanie.
“He’s got my fingers and big eyes and his daddy Erik’s mouth and chin. As we thank the angel of a woman that carried our miracle baby boy for us, we pray for everyone who struggles to reach this joyous milestone. York Banks Asla, welcome to the world.”
While the new papa added, “Witnessing the dawn of life is possibly life’s greatest gift.”
