Former footy star Jimmy Bartel has welcomed his second daughter with partner Amelia Sheppard.<\/p>\n
Bartel, who has two sons Aston and Henley with ex-wife Nadia Bartel, shared a picture of himself holding the newborn named Kaia Rae Bartel on Wednesday night, saying his little angel is here.<\/p>\n
\u201cKaia Rae Bartel 28.10.2026,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur beautiful little girl was in a rush to join our family. Aston, Henley and Paloma already adore their little sister.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow lucky is she to have @milly_shepperd as her beautiful mum.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bartel and Sheppard welcomed their first daughter named Paloma in April 2023.<\/p>\n
The footy commentator admitted then that he was a bit scared to become a girl dad.<\/p>\n
\u201cA few things are going through my head, well how do I do their hair,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I am a bit scared to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bartel and Shepperd, who used to work in Queensland as an executive assistant, first went public in December 2021 and have kept a low profile.<\/p>\n
Bartel hadn\u2019t revealed on social media they were expecting another child.<\/p>\n
The Geelong great split from ex-wife Nadia in 2019 and she has since moved on with Peter Dugmore.<\/p>\n
Gold Coast star and former Demon Christian Petracca also revealed his baby joy on Wednesday, sharing pictures of his son Luca.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hearts are full,\u201d Petracca said.<\/p>\n
Two days ago Demons midfielder and former Saints captain Jack Steele announced that last Thursday he and wife Jaz had welcomed a baby girl named Lottie.<\/p>\n
On the engagement front, Brisbane ruckman and former Bomber Sam Draper has proposed to his partner Izzy Burgess while on holiday in Bali.<\/p>\n
\u201cBesties for life,\u201d she wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
Other footballers have gone a step further and made it official, with Carlton midfielder George Hewitt marrying his long-time partner Alice Summers on a picturesque beach. <\/p>\n
Saints forward and former Tiger Dan Butler wed Sarah McCabe on the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former footy star Jimmy Bartel has welcomed his second daughter with partner Amelia Sheppard. Bartel, who has two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[512390,378408,512353,463461,376963,458435,478653,512385,389152,512346,512367,400956,638,512358,512347,478051,512350,512341,512348,512375,465026,512379,64,63,55,639,294133,13146,512384,512371,512365,512364,279313,512387,512383,512351,484594,512342,512376,512377,512372,512368,512344,512369,512349,512389,512362,512380,512355,512381,512391,512356,512359,512388,5023,12112,512361,512360,386614,8280,379547,35062,512386,512354,387508,382098,143207,512345,512352,403586,42543,701,512343,19545,512374,1314,512366,85,512373,144284,477863,390287,512378,512363,512370,512382,483135,41313,512357],"class_list":["post-945126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-milly_shepperd","tag-378408","tag-28-10-2026","tag-a-baby-girl","tag-a-bit","tag-a-few-things","tag-a-girl-dad","tag-a-low-profile-bartel","tag-a-picture","tag-a-picturesque-beach","tag-a-rush","tag-a-step","tag-afl","tag-afl-legend-jimmy-bartel","tag-afl-off-season-baby-boom","tag-all-the-pictures","tag-an-afl-off-season-baby-boom","tag-an-executive-assistant","tag-another-child-the-geelong-great-split","tag-april-2023-the-footy-commentator","tag-aston","tag-aston-and-henley","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-baby-joy","tag-bali","tag-bartel","tag-bartel-and-sheppard","tag-bartel-and-shepperd","tag-beautiful-baby-girl","tag-besties","tag-brisbane-ruckman","tag-carlton-midfielder-george-hewitt","tag-christian-petracca-and","tag-december-2021","tag-demons-midfielder-and","tag-ex-wife-nadia","tag-ex-wife-nadia-bartel","tag-footy-favourite-jimmy-bartel","tag-former-bomber-sam-draper","tag-former-demon-christian-petracca","tag-former-footy-star-jimmy-bartel","tag-former-saints-captain-jack-steele","tag-former-tiger-dan-butler","tag-henley-and-paloma","tag-her-beautiful-mum","tag-his-baby-joy","tag-his-little-angel","tag-his-long-time-partner-alice-summers","tag-his-partner-izzy-burgess-while","tag-his-second-daughter","tag-his-son-luca","tag-holiday","tag-jack-steele","tag-jimmy-bartel-and-christian-petracca","tag-kaia-rae-bartel","tag-last-thursday","tag-life","tag-my-head","tag-night","tag-other-afl-players","tag-our-beautiful-little-girl","tag-our-family","tag-our-hearts","tag-paloma","tag-partner-amelia-sheppard","tag-peter-dugmore-gold-coast-star","tag-petracca","tag-pictures","tag-queensland","tag-said-two-days","tag-saints","tag-sarah-mccabe","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-other-footballers","tag-sports","tag-the-engagement-front","tag-the-knot","tag-the-newborn","tag-the-sunshine-coast","tag-their-first-daughter","tag-their-hair","tag-their-little-sister","tag-their-sweet-baby-girl","tag-two-sons","tag-wednesday","tag-wife-jaz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}