‘Little angel’: Gary Ablett’s exciting baby news

Geelong great Gary Ablett Junior is a father for a second time after wife Jordan gave birth to a little girl.

Jordan took to Instagram Thursday to announce the exciting news with a heartwarming post.

Grace Honour Ablett was born on Wednesday.

“We are overjoyed to share with you all that our precious little boy, Levi, has become a big brother to his very own little sister; Grace,” her post read.

“Thank you god for sending this little angel – our beautiful daughter – into our family.”

The post was accompanied by a sweet photo of Cats and Gold Coast Suns champion Gary doting over the newborn.

Former tennis ace and SAS Australia recruit Mark Philippoussis was among a swathe of high-profile stars including champion athlete Sally Pearson and Channel 7’s Jacqui Felgate congratulating the couple on the arrival

The Scud’s wife, Silvana, was also among well-wishers, saying little Grace was a “blessing”.

“Welcome beautiful little Grace. You are such a blessing,” she said.

“Congratulations beautiful Jordan. We are so happy for you and your lovely family.”

Former AFL star Ablett – a 357-game veteran who won two premierships and two Brownlow medals, shared the same post, with a wave of congratulations soon flooding in.

Earlier this year he and wife Jordan shared a video of their son Levi smiling as he ticked off a neat milestone in a lovely family scene.

Levi, who suffers from a rare degenerative illness, was pictured lying down before receiving some help from his father to get to his feet.

The family cheers and celebrates as their little one stands with the help of Gary.

“As you can see, we celebrate the little things pretty hard in this family!” Jordan captioned the Instagram video.

Gary previously said in a TV appearance that the family was “seeing some improvement” with his son’s condition.

“He’s going OK, he’s got a pretty serious condition but we are seeing some improvement.”