Kathie Lee Gifford's Daughter Cassidy Is Expecting Her First Baby with Husband Ben Wierda

Mar. 15, 2025

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Cassidy Giffordand Ben Wierda are expecting their first child!On Friday, the daughter of formerTodayshow co-hostKathie Lee Giffordand thelate NFL star Frank Giffordposted a picture of three Christmas stockings hanging against an elegant white fireplace, with the one in the middle being relatively smaller than the others.“Our little peanut arriving June 2023🙏 Jeremiah 1:5,” Cassidy, 29, explained in the caption.“A whole lot extra to be praising Jesus for this Christmas,” she added in the heartwarming announcement.Cassidy’s pregnancy comes more than two years after they wed in anintimate backyard weddingin June 2020 which was kept small due to the COVID pandemic.The couple then had a second bigger celebration in Nov. 2021 in Nashville.“The whole day was really special,” Cassidy told PEOPLE at the time.But for the childhood friends turned sweethearts, a year was nothing to wait considering their love started after only knowing each other for decades.RELATED VIDEO: Kathie Lee Gifford’s Daughter Cassidy Is Engaged: ‘I Am Beyond the Moon and Stars,’ Proud Mom Says"We actually met when Ben was 13 and I was 10. Our moms met through a mutual friend in the Florida Keys, and my family would always go for the holidays. Their kids matched up with ages with my brother and I. You don’t always get along with your family friends' kids, but we hit it off," Cassidytold PEOPLE at the time.While Cassidy said she and Wierda “were always best friends,” it was not until 2015 that they realized their relationship was something more.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“It was very quick. It was only after seven months of dating, which I know sounds very quick, but at that point, we already had done so much life together and knew each other so well for so long,” the mom-to-be said. “Once we started dating, it was kind of a no-brainer for us. We were in it and in it completely.”

Cassidy Giffordand Ben Wierda are expecting their first child!

On Friday, the daughter of formerTodayshow co-hostKathie Lee Giffordand thelate NFL star Frank Giffordposted a picture of three Christmas stockings hanging against an elegant white fireplace, with the one in the middle being relatively smaller than the others.

“Our little peanut arriving June 2023🙏 Jeremiah 1:5,” Cassidy, 29, explained in the caption.

“A whole lot extra to be praising Jesus for this Christmas,” she added in the heartwarming announcement.

Cassidy’s pregnancy comes more than two years after they wed in anintimate backyard weddingin June 2020 which was kept small due to the COVID pandemic.

The couple then had a second bigger celebration in Nov. 2021 in Nashville.

“The whole day was really special,” Cassidy told PEOPLE at the time.

But for the childhood friends turned sweethearts, a year was nothing to wait considering their love started after only knowing each other for decades.

RELATED VIDEO: Kathie Lee Gifford’s Daughter Cassidy Is Engaged: ‘I Am Beyond the Moon and Stars,’ Proud Mom Says

“We actually met when Ben was 13 and I was 10. Our moms met through a mutual friend in the Florida Keys, and my family would always go for the holidays. Their kids matched up with ages with my brother and I. You don’t always get along with your family friends' kids, but we hit it off,” Cassidytold PEOPLE at the time.

While Cassidy said she and Wierda “were always best friends,” it was not until 2015 that they realized their relationship was something more.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“It was very quick. It was only after seven months of dating, which I know sounds very quick, but at that point, we already had done so much life together and knew each other so well for so long,” the mom-to-be said. “Once we started dating, it was kind of a no-brainer for us. We were in it and in it completely.”

source: people.com