On Wednesday, Vanessa Morgan shared the first footage of her daughter Kaia Autumn Skye, whom she welcomed on July 27 with babydaddy James Karnik.
‘Been enjoying all the baby snuggles these past three weeks with our angel,’ the 32-year-old Wild Cards star – who boasts 9.2M Instagram/TikTok followers – captioned her slideshow.
‘Beyond grateful.’
Vanessa wrote that she chose the name Kaia – just like Cindy Crawford‘s daughter Kaia Gerber – because it means ‘the sea’ or ‘pure life.’
Morgan (last name Mziray) also Instastoried a sweet snap of her three-year-old son River Kopech holding his new baby sister.
On Wednesday, Vanessa Morgan shared the first footage of her daughter Kaia Autumn Skye, whom she welcomed on July 27 with babydaddy James Karnik
The 32-year-old Wild Cards star captioned her slideshow: ‘Been enjoying all the baby snuggles these past three weeks with our angel. Beyond grateful’
‘This beautiful journey,’ the Riverdale alum marveled while walking on the beach with her blended family.
Vanessa’s baby news received congratulatory comments from her Riverdale co-star Skeet Ulrich, Wild Cards co-star Giacomo Gianniotti, and Margaux co-star Madison Pettis.
Morgan’s official birth announcement came 20 days after she posted a more informal TikTok of the 26-year-old Vancouver Bandits forward center carrying little Kaia out of the hospital.
‘The famous hot dad walk while leaving the hospital didn’t disappoint,’ the half-Scottish, half-Tanzanian stunner captioned the clip.
‘Ok fine, knock me up again!’
At 6ft9in, James is 19 inches taller than Vanessa, but they’ve been an inseparable Canadian couple as far back as 2022.
Before Karnik, Morgan ‘went through two years of pain’ due to ex-husband Michael Kopech, who notoriously filed for divorce from her on June 19, 2020 – one month after she discovered she was pregnant with their son.
The 28-year-old LA Dodgers pitcher has since welcomed son Vander and daughter Clover with his second wife Morgan Eudy Kopech, who has a six-year-old daughter Veda from a prior relationship.
Vanessa wrote that she chose the name Kaia – just like Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber – because it means ‘the sea’ or ‘pure life’
Morgan (last name Mziray) also Instastoried a sweet snap of her three-year-old son River Kopech holding his new baby sister
‘This beautiful journey,’ the Riverdale alum marveled while walking on the beach with her blended family
Vanessa’s official birth announcement came 20 days after she posted a more informal TikTok of the 26-year-old Vancouver Bandits forward center carrying little Kaia out of the hospital
Morgan captioned the clip: ‘The famous hot dad walk while leaving the hospital didn’t disappoint. Ok fine, knock me up again!’
At 6ft9in, James is 19 inches taller than the half-Scottish, half-Tanzanian stunner, but they’ve been an inseparable Canadian couple as far back as 2022
‘In the moment, it’s so painful. It’s almost like we idolize what our dream reality [was] from when we were a kid,’ the brunette beauty lamented on Rachel Bilson’s Broad Ideas podcast on March 11.
‘You mourn the future that never happened. You mourn the fantasy that you created, and that wasn’t the reality that was the best alignment for me.’
Vanessa added: ‘God saved me. I only saw the bigger picture now. You go through those two years of pain. I went through two years of pain.’
Morgan said the biggest hurdle to get over was ‘the embarrassment’ of a ‘broken family.’
Before Karnik, Vanessa ‘went through two years of pain’ due to ex-husband Michael Kopech (R, pictured in 2020), who notoriously filed for divorce from her on June 19, 2020 – one month after she discovered she was pregnant with their son
The 28-year-old LA Dodgers pitcher has since welcomed son Vander and daughter Clover with his second wife Morgan Eudy Kopech (L, pictured June 17), who has a six-year-old daughter Veda from a prior relationship
![Morgan lamented on Rachel Bilson's Broad Ideas podcast on March 11: 'In the moment, it's so painful. It's almost like we idolize what our dream reality [was] from when we were a kid. You mourn the future that never happened. You mourn the fantasy that you created, and that wasn't the reality that was the best alignment for me'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/08/22/07/88799873-13767841-image-a-20_1724306960543.jpg)
Morgan lamented on Rachel Bilson’s Broad Ideas podcast on March 11: ‘In the moment, it’s so painful. It’s almost like we idolize what our dream reality [was] from when we were a kid. You mourn the future that never happened. You mourn the fantasy that you created, and that wasn’t the reality that was the best alignment for me’
The brunette beauty added: ‘God saved me. I only saw the bigger picture now. You go through those two years of pain. I went through two years of pain’
Vanessa said the biggest hurdle to get over was ‘the embarrassment’ of a ‘broken family’ saying: ‘It’s almost like you feel disappointed to tell people that it didn’t work out’
Morgan will next reprise her role as crime-solving con woman Max Mitchell in the second season of Michael Konyves’ police procedural Wild Cards, which will eventually stream on The CW and CBC Television
‘You get married, you want to kind of have that fantasy and I think it’s almost like you feel disappointed to tell people that it didn’t work out, I’m going to be a single mom,’ Vanessa continued.
‘I think that’s the beauty of life is that it doesn’t always go as planned and it’s the journey.’
Morgan has previously romanced NHL player Nathan MacKinnon (2014-2016) and Degrassi: The Next Generation alum Munro Chambers (2008).
Vanessa will next reprise her role as crime-solving con woman Max Mitchell in the second season of Michael Konyves’ police procedural Wild Cards, which will eventually stream on The CW and CBC Television.
