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Al Rokerhad a lot to be thankful for thisThanksgiving!
TheTodayshow weatherman, 69, shared aphoto on InstagramThursday, in which he could be seenattendingthe annualMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradealongside his family.
“My little Sky’s first @macys #thanksgivingdayparade,” the proud grandfather — who is also dad to daughterLeila Roker— captioned the festive family snapshot.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 celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Al Roker and granddaughter Sky in October 2023.Al Roker/Instagram
Courtney, 36 — who Roker shares with ex-wife Alice Bell, whom he was married to from 1984 to 1994— gotengagedto Laga in April 2020, and the pairwedon June 4, 2021, at The Ashford Estate in New Jersey.
In March 2023, the couple announced that they wereexpecting their first child, and Sky was then born on July 3.One week after her birth, Rokeropened upabout his granddaughter on an episode ofToday, saying, “It is magical, it really is.”
“The thing is, everyone tells you it’s going to be ‘this thing’ and you don’t know; it’s like when they tell you about having your first child. And then to hold this little girl, knowing almost 35 years ago I held her mom? And here she is, 5 lbs., 15 oz. 19 inches long, and she’s just perfect,” he added.
Al Roker.Kwaku Alston/NBC via Getty
Kwaku Alston/NBC via Getty
Roker’s attendance at the Macy’s parade this year was particularly meaningful, after hemissed last year’s festivitieswhile he was recovering fromblood clots in his legs and lungs.
It was the first time that the famed television journalist had missed the parade since 1995.
“Look, I missed last year,” Roker said during this year’s broadcast, which aired on NBC. “I am so thankful to be anywhere this year, but especially here.““I say, ‘Yay, let’s have a parade!’ " he added while corresponding with co-hostsSavannah GuthrieandHoda Kotb.
source: people.com
