Katie Courichas a new name — grandma!
“John Albert Dobrosky was born on his due date, Saturday, March 23rd at 8:23 am, just shy of seven pounds. He will be called Jay in honor of his maternal grandfather,” she wrote, referring to her late husband and Ellie’s father, Jay Monahan, who died in 1998 at age 42 from colon cancer.
Katie Couric holds her grandson.Katie Couric/Instagram
Katie Couric/Instagram
She also shared a photo of her daughter Carrie meeting her new nephew. Another snapshot showed Couric’s husband,John Molner, holding a celebratory cigar as he stood next to Dobrosky.
Katie Couric’s grandson.Katie Couric/Instagram
Along with Carrie, 28, Ellietold her mom the newsbefore the trio attended aTaylor SwiftEras Tour show earlier this year.
Before heading to the concert, Ellie and Carrie participated in one of the tour’s most popular traditions,bringing beaded friendship bracelets to trade— and used the accessory to tell their mom that Ellie is pregnant.
Katie Couric’s daughter Ellie and husband Mark Dobrosky; Katie Couric and her grandson.Katie Couric/Instagram
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In the sweet clip, Carrie handed her mom a bracelet and the formerTodayanchor thought out loud as she tried to decipher what it said (“brand, brandy, B, granny…”) before saying what the beads actually spell: “Granny to be.”
Still laughing at her attempts to decrypt the bracelet’s message, Couric’s face went blank as she realized what the message meant.
Then Ellie said, “I’m pregnant,” and her jaw dropped.
“You are?” Couric said, covering her mouth, seemingly in shock. “Wow.”
After the mom-to-be asked Couric if she is “freaked out,” the journalist said, “No,” and laughed again.
In the caption, Couric wrote that she has “been dying to tell” her followers the good news.
“This is what happens when you go to a @taylorswift concert last summer and forget your friendship bracelet and your daughters say, ‘Don’t worry, we made one for you!’” she wrote, adding the hashtags “#omg #omg #omg #omg #needmy🤓.”
source: people.com
