It is no shock what Invoice and Melinda Gates are 'grateful' for this Thanksgiving: their daughter, Jennifer Gates, simply introduced that she and hubby Nayel Nassar expect!
An image is value a thousand phrases, so Jennifer Gatesdidn’t have to write down a lot when she introduced her being pregnant on Thanksgiving (Nov. 24). “Grateful,” wrote Jennifer, 26, as she confirmed off her child bump whereas standing subsequent to her husband, equestrian millionaire Nayel Nassar. In her Instagram publish, Jennifer posed in a deep forest inexperienced costume as she cradled her bump, whereas Nayel, 31, beamed with delight whereas subsequent to his pregnant spouse. Jennifer included a inexperienced coronary heart and a child bottle, probably indicating their bundle of pleasure will arrive in March 2023.
“I couldn’t be extra excited to satisfy this toddler and watch you two turn out to be mother and father,” commented Jennifer’s mom, Melinda French Gates. Karlie Kloss left a string of “hearts for eyes” emojis, whereas clothier Vera Wang wrote, “WOW. Congratulations to an exquisite couple and your new addition!!!!” “I'm overjoyed for you, we want fantastic individuals to make extra fantastic individuals sending a lot love,” added celeb occasion planner & designer Marcy Blum. Different followers stuffed the feedback part with messages like “Congratulations” and such.
Jennifer’s being pregnant comes over a yr since she and Nayel tied the knot in a ceremony in Salem, New York, in October 2021. The couple exchanged vows in entrance of 300 visitors in a Muslim ceremony (Nayel is an Egyptian-American, born in Chicago and raised in Kuwait.) Jennifer and Nayel started courting in January 2017, and each are achieved equestrians – and each are alums of Stanford college. He proposed in January 2020, and after a yr of COVID, the 2 lastly grew to become husband and spouse.
Seven months earlier than Jennifer’s wedding ceremony, her mother and father – Melinda and Invoice Gates – introduced their divorce after twenty-seven years collectively. “During the last 27 years, now we have raised three unimaginable youngsters [Jennifer, Phoebee, and Rory Gates] and constructed a basis that works all around the world to allow all to steer wholesome, productive lives,” their joint assertion learn. “We proceed to share a perception in that mission and can proceed our work collectively on the [Gates] basis, however we now not imagine we will develop collectively as a pair within the subsequent part of our lives.”
“It’s been a difficult yr, each collectively with the pandemic and for our households going via transitions,” Jennifer advised Vogue in Oct. 2021, forward of her marriage. “However our love for each other has been a relentless. With the ability to have a good time our wedding ceremony with our closest family and friends was a dream come true.”