Vanessa Bryant has shared a sweet image with of her youngest child while shedding light on her husband and daughter who tragically passed away three months ago.
As it was her 38th birthday she shared a selfie with 10-month-old daughter Capri while marveling over how much she looked like husband Kobe Bryant while wearing the baby dress of daughter Gianna AKA Gigi.
Vanessa gave her youngest a kiss on the forehead in the cute snap captioned: ‘Capri looks just like her daddy (In Gigi’s outfit)! [heart and cake emoji]’
‘Capri looks just like her daddy (in Gigi’s outfit)’: Vanessa Bryant has shared a sweet image with of her youngest child while shedding light on her husband Kobe and daughter Giana AKA Gigi who tragically passed away three months ago
Kobe and Gigi were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on January 26 along with seven other people
Back on January 26, Vanessa and family lost Kobe and Gigi due to a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.
Vanessa has been doing plenty of reflecting as of late as earlier in the day she reminisced about her romance with the late basketball star, who she called the ‘love of my life’, after discovering a love letter from him.
Vanessa revealed she saved one special love note to read on her birthday.
Sharing a photo of her hand covering the front of the envelope from Kobe, Vanessa wrote: ‘Yesterday I found an envelope labeled To: The Love of my Life. From, Tu Papi.,
‘Love of my life’: Vanessa has been doing plenty of reflecting as of late as earlier in the day she reminisced about her romance with the late basketball star, who she called the ‘love of my life’, after discovering a love letter from him
‘I waited to open one more letter on my birthday. It gave me something to look forward to today.’
Vanessa explained that in a heart-wrenching twist, an image Kobe had chosen for the front of the card depicted Vanessa being held by an angel.
She added, ‘The irony is that Kobe had a photo of me drawn with an Angel holding me up by an artist on the cover. Missing the Love of my Life and my sweet little Mamacita- my fellow Taurus.
‘Grateful to wake up to my 3 sweet girls today. Wish we were all together. #MyBirthdayWish’ she concluded her caption.
The couple were married in 2001, with Vanessa recently celebrating their 19th anniversary without him
Longtime loves: The couple are pictured here on March 4 2018
Love and life: Gigi would have turned 14 on May 1 and Vanessa paid tribute to her daughter last week by asking friends, family and fans to wear red, her favorite color
The couple met in 1999 and were married in 2001. Vanessa marked their 19th wedding anniversary last month with a photo of the athlete kissing her cheek.
‘My king, my heart, my best friend. Happy 19th wedding anniversary baby. I miss you so much. I wish you were here to hold me in your arms. I love you.’
Along with Gianna, the couple have three other daughters together; Natalia, 17, Bianka, three and Capri, 10 months.
Gianna, also known as Gigi, would have turned 14 on May 1 and Vanessa paid tribute to her daughter last week by asking friends, family and fans to wear red, her favorite color.
Kobe and Gigi were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on January 26 along with seven other people; John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli, Sarah and Payton Chester, Christina Mauser and Ara Zobayan.
His girls: Vanessa is pictured with Kobe and daughters Natalia and Gianna on February 26 2018
Loving family: Vanessa shared a sweet photo of herself with her daughters Natalia, Biaka and Capri after they got her a stunning array of her favorite flowers in their fountain, along with someplayful piñatas for Cinco de Mayo
Beautiful: Vanessa shared some of her birthday gifts to Instagram. One friend sent her a gray shirt reading ‘Bonita’ (Beautiful) and suede Vans sneakers with a rainbow shimmer
Memories: Another delicately wrapped item featured a gorgeous array of photo insets of Vanessa, Kobe and Gianna
Yum! Her pal La La Anthony, wife of NBA star Carmelo Anthony, sent a box of what looked like sweet treats with some pastel-shaded flowers
Remembering: A stunning pink and crimson bouquet included her daughter’s name on the card
The whole gang: She thanked all four of her daughters, even Gigi, for the colorful display of oddly shaped ballons
Family values: Her nephew Justin Gonzalez shared a sweet birthday tribute to her on his Instagram Stories
Old friends: Erica Reid, wife of L. A. Reid, shared a sweet photo of the two. ‘There are no words to fully describe the incredible being that you are and what you mean to me,’ she wrote