Aussie tennis legend Ash Barty has shared a photo of her newborn baby girl alongside her big brother as the retired star celebrates her son Hayden’s second birthday.
The former world number one took to social media on Wednesday to post a heartwarming photo of herself, husband Garry Kissick, son Hayden and newborn daughter Jordan posing in front of several cup cakes with two candles burning.
‘Cake for breakfast,’ wrote Barty.
‘Happy 2nd birthday little man! We love you!’
Barty gave birth to her daughter last month after revealing she was expecting over Christmas last year – humorously confessing at the time that she was ‘terrified’ of having two young children in her Queensland home.
The Australian Open champ’s big news in June was met with message after message of congratulations online, including well wishes from Tennis Australia and the Australian Open, with Kissick also sharing the announcement.
Ash Barty has shared a photo of her newborn baby girl alongside her big brother Hayden as she celebrated his second birthday with husband Garry Kissick
The Aussie tennis great welcomed daughter Jordan (pictured) last month
‘It’s been probably the best part of my life, being able to share this next chapter with my husband Garry, and we have no idea what we’re doing but he’s alive and he’s happy,’ Barty said of Hayden earlier this year.
‘Terrified for what is going to come next but we’ll figure it out, I’m sure.’
The 29-year-old said she was readying herself to deal with ‘chaos’ with her second child.
‘As an athlete I used to be the most meticulous, organised person and now it’s absolute carnage,’ Barty said.
She announced she was expecting Jordan in a post on Christmas Day, showing her followers a picture of Hayden standing in front of their tree wearing a T-shirt bearing the words ‘I’m going to be a… big brother’.
Barty captioned the photo, ‘Merry Christmas from our growing family to yours!’
After winning the 2019 French Open, taking the Wimbledon crown in 2021 and making a dream come true with her 2022 Australian Open title, Barty stunned the sporting world by retiring at the peak of her powers on March 23 that year.
She and Kissick met in 2017, married in July 2022 and revealed Hayden’s birth by posting a sweet photo of him for her fans along with the words, ‘Our beautiful boy. Welcome to the world, Hayden!’
Barty and Kissick are pictured with Hayden, who played a role in the photo she used to announce she was pregnant again
Barty said raising Hayden (pictured celebrating his first birthday) has been ‘the best and hardest thing I’ve ever done’
The three-time Grand Slam champion said she was bracing for ‘chaos’ in her household when she revealed she was pregnant with Jordan
Ash later opened up about the joys of motherhood, revealing that raising her son has been rewarding in many ways.
‘It’s the best, and hardest thing, I’ve ever done,’ she said.
‘Hayden is amazing, I feel so very lucky. Garry and I are really just enjoying what is a pretty quiet time together at home as a little family.’
Barty might be bracing for a turbulent time now that she has two very young kids to look after, but she said Hayden gave her a nice, calm introduction to motherhood.
‘He’s been a very good boy, very kind to me as I’m learning,’ she said in January last year.
‘It’s amazing how quickly it’s all gone, how much my life has changed but how natural it all feels.
‘An amazing thing. And it’s probably helped me appreciate my own mother, and my two sisters as well, in how they’re raising their own children.’
