Tyra Banks shared a first
glimpse at her newborn baby boy to Instagram, Sunday, just weeks after he was
born via gestational surrogate. York Banks Asla is swaddled and nuzzled into
his mother’s chest in the model and media mogul’s new Instagram photo. Banks,
42, stared off into the distance in the image, wearing only a simple gray
sweatshirt and a brightly patterned head scarf. “This is the Happiest Valentine’s
Day of my life,” Banks wrote. “York, Daddy @erikasla and I send you so much
love.” Banks and boyfriend, Norwegian photographer Erik Asla, struggled with
fertility before deciding to use a surrogate. “As I gaze into the beautiful
eyes of my son, I think about all the people who struggle with fertility or
carrying a child and continue to pray for them every day,” Banks previously
told PEOPLE in a statement. “My hopes and dreams are filled with
well wishes that they get to feel what my little treasure, York Banks Asla, feels like in
my arms.” She added that the little cutie has her “fingers and big eyes” and
Asla’s “mouth and chin.” “As we thank the angel of a woman that carried our
miracle baby boy for us, we pray for everyone who struggles to reach this
joyous milestone, York Banks Asla, welcome to the world.”
