Bindi Irwin is celebrating a milestone moment for her and husband Chandler Powell’s daughter, Grace.
“This is the first photo Grace has ever taken of us. 🥹 She asked me if she could take a photo on my phone, looked at it, and said, ‘cuuute,’” Irwin, 26, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 5. “Everything about these few minutes in time makes my heart happy. It’s the little moments that really mean the most.”
In the image, Irwin was all smiles as she cuddled up next to Powell, 28, while they sat on a swing outside.
Irwin and Powell, who tied the knot in 2020, welcomed daughter Grace the next year. After Grace’s arrival, Bindi noted that the little one’s name honors several family members — including late dad Steve Irwin. (The Australian wildlife expert died unexpectedly in 2006 after being injured by a stingray.)
“Grace is named after my great-grandmother, and relatives in Chandler’s family dating back to the 1700s,” she via Instagram at the time. “Her middle names, Warrior Irwin, are a tribute to my dad, and his legacy as the most incredible Wildlife Warrior. Her last name is Powell, and she already has such a kind soul just like her dad. There are no words to describe the infinite amount of love in our hearts for our sweet baby girl. She chose the perfect day to be born and we feel tremendously blessed.”
As Grace has gotten older, Bindi quipped that her daughter is the one to run the show at the zoo.
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“She is so much fun,” Bindi exclusively told Us Weekly in 2024. “Honestly, she’s the one that runs Australia Zoo at this point — 100 percent. She’s like, ‘I run this zoo and I will take care of everyone,’ but she’s 3.”
Bindi shared that she’s finding a way to pay tribute to Steve and make sure Grace knows her grandfather.
“He’s not here, and it’s so hard not having him around to be able to run around with Grace,” Bindi said of her dad. “Because I know if he was still alive today, we would never see Grace. He would just take her and be like, ‘Let’s go climb the mountain and climb the street and go see these animals.’ But being able to show her documentaries is so incredibly special because she’s all in. As soon as we turn on Dad, knows who he is and she starts doing her imitations. So I’ll say, ‘Crikey.’ And she’ll be yelling, ‘Crikey,’ through the living room and It’s really sweet.”