Jimmy Bartel has celebrated an important milestone in the life of his youngest child.
The AFL star, 40, announced on Instagram on Thursday that his daughter Paloma had just turned one.
In the post, Jimmy, who shares two other children with ex-wife Nadia Bartel, celebrated his daughter’s first year with a black and white photo.
In the photo, the baby unwrapped a present among several other gift boxes, with a large balloon in the shape of a ‘1’ tied to one of them.
‘My little princess is one. I love you so much Paloma. What a year,” Jimmy wrote in the caption, also tagging girlfriend Amelia Shepperd, the baby’s mother.
Jimmy Bartel has celebrated an important milestone in the life of his youngest child. The 40-year-old AFL star announced on Instagram on Thursday that his daughter Paloma had just turned one year old. In the photo: Jimmy with girlfriend Amelia Shepperd
In the post, Jimmy celebrated his daughter’s first year with a black and white photo. In the photo, the baby unwrapped a present among several other gift boxes, with a large balloon in the shape of a ‘1’ tied to one of them
A year ago, the former Geelong Cats star announced Paloma’s birth on social media.
In another heartwarming Instagram post, the footy player shared a black and white photo of his new bundle of joy holding his hand.
“Daddy’s little girl is here. Paloma Lucie Bartel, you already have me wrapped around your little fingers,” he captioned the post.
‘My little princess is one. I love you so much Paloma. What a year,” Jimmy wrote in the caption, also tagging his girlfriend Amelia Shepperd, the baby’s mother.
“Amelia, I’m in awe of you. Love you a lot. Aston and Henley (his sons) will love you so much.”
Jimmy and Amelia announced they were having a girl during an intimate gender reveal party in October 2022, just a few months after their one-year anniversary.
His sons Henley, four, and Aston, seven, were at the party and popped a balloon which exploded to reveal a flurry of pink confetti.
“Baby Bartel, you are so incredibly loved already,” the footy star captioned the short video.
The father-of-three recently admitted to The Herald Sun that he was ‘scared’ of fathering a daughter.
‘I’m terrified right now. (We’re having) a little girl. My two older sisters only have boys. This is my mother’s 11th grandchild and this is the first girl,” he said.
He added: “A few things are going through my head, how do I do their hair? So, to be honest, I’m a little scared.”
Jimmy also shares two sons with his ex-wife Nadia Bartel: Henley, four, and Aston, seven. In a photo with their father
