Arthur Gourounlian was the proudest father this week as his daughter, Blake reached a massive milestone.
The Dancing with the Stars judge shared a video of the tot taking her first steps.
“I knew it was going to happen in December,” Arthur wrote alongside a video of Blake tottling around the house.
She’s absolutely flying!
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Of course Blake, who celebrated her first birthday on September 1st, was inundated with messages of congratulations.
“Good girl Blake. Now I think Daddy & Papa need to ask Santa for roller skates,” her auntie Aoife Dowling wrote.
“Whoop! Best girl,” Pippa O’Connor commented.
How fab!
Brian Dowling re-shared the video to his Instagram Stories, writing: “It’s happening”
The happy couple welcomed baby Blake in September 2022 via surrogate. However, they have been dealing with trolls since sharing their happy news.
Speaking to the Irish Independent, Brian said: “Surrogacy is a controversial thing.
“I think it gave homophobic people the chance to attack us in the guise of concern – concern regarding my sister, concern regarding my child. When Blake was on The Late Late Show with us, a woman attacked us – ‘Oh my God, keeping Blake up so late…’”
Arthur added: “People always come for us. We’re in the limelight, we promote things – because everybody has to work – Blake sometimes will do sponsored things for baby food brands, and we get – ‘Oh you had a baby just to exploit her…’”
