Al Roker’s Daughter Courtney Is Pregnant With His First Grandchild

After a challenging 2022, Al Roker has immoderate sunshine successful his 2023 forecast. The beloved, 68-year-old Today weatherman is going to beryllium a gramps for the archetypal time! Al’s oldest daughter, Courtney Roker Laga, whom helium shares with ex-wife Alice Bell, revealed that she is expecting her archetypal kid with her husband, Wesley Laga, connected Tuesday, March 14.

Taking to her Instagram, the quality shared an adorable video (above) of her and Wesley’s romance implicit the years. With the caption “A caller escapade is astir to statesman ❤️🍼,” the mates waited til the past moments of the clip to uncover the sonogram of their upcoming bundle of joy! It was wholly cute and made adjacent much sweeter with Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” playing successful the background.

Of course, arrogant papa Al commented, and adjacent included a proposition for what helium would similar to beryllium called by his caller grandchild. “Here we go!!! So precise very happy!!!!! You guys,” Al wrote, adding, “Going for ‘Pop-Pop’.” His wife, and Courtney’s stepmom, Deborah Roberts, added, “”This is truthful precise exciting!!! 😍😍” Al besides shares girl Leila, 24, and lad Nicolas, 20, with Deborah.

Courtney and Wesley, who tied the knot in June 2021 astatine The Ashford Estate successful Allentown, New Jersey, besides gave a connection to her dad’s show. “We are highly excited to invited a caller subordinate into our household and commencement this adjacent section successful our lives,” she told Today.com. “We consciousness genuinely blessed and excited for our small miracle.”

Al Roker wants to beryllium called “pop pop” arsenic a gramps (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

Great quality for Al, arsenic helium has travel disconnected a hard year. In November 2022, Al was rushed to the hospital for humor clots successful his legs and lungs. He was released a fewer weeks later, but was backmost successful nether doctors’ attraction by Thanksgiving, causing Al to miss the iconic Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Day Parade for the archetypal clip successful 27 years!

He didn’t return to the show until January, wherever Deborah sat adjacent to him connected the Today acceptable and explained that Al’s wellness scare was a large one. “It’s not mislaid connected america that this is simply a major, large happening for Al to beryllium here. He is simply a living, breathing miracle. He truly is. I’m not overstating it, I don’t think. Al was a very, very, precise sick antheral and I don’t deliberation astir radical cognize that,” Deborah confirmed.

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