Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Says It’s ‘Adorable’ to Watch Ken Urker as a Dad as He Shares His Favorite Parts of Fatherhood (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard; Ken Urker and Aurora Raina Urker.Photo:Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram (2)

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram (2)

Blanchard and her boyfriend exclusively shared with PEOPLE ahead of the season 2 premiere of her reality seriesLife After Lockupwhat fatherhood has been like for Urker sincethey welcomed Aurora on Dec. 28.

“It’s adorable. It really is,” says, Blanchard, 33. “It’s one of those heart-touching moments because it’s like, this is new for the both of us, but also Ken was young when we met, and so it’s adorable and really heartwarming to see him grow and mature through this process.”

“I’ve learned that he is a lot more patient than I gave him credit for,” she adds. “So it’s been wonderful to watch him grow as a person through the last year, but also step into this new mature role.”

Ken Urker and Gypsy-Rose Blanchard with their newborn in a photo shared on Jan. 1, 2025.Ken Urker/Instagram

Ken Urker/Instagram

As for Urker, he listed his favorite parts of fatherhood, so far.

Ken Urker and Aurora Raina Urker in a photo shared on Feb. 14, 2025.Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram

“I really am just soaking in all these moments and enjoying them to the fullest,” the proud dad concludes of his time with Aurora, with Blanchard adding, “I want to spoil her and just make her happy.”

She previously told PEOPLE that Ken picked the name Aurora.

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However, the name stemmed from the aurora borealis.

“Back whenever Ken and I were together seven years ago, both of us had a fascination withthe Northern Lights, and the proper term is the aurora borealis,” she said in December of when she and Urker dated during her time in prison for her role inthe killing of her mother, Dee Dee.

The couple’s relationship started as pen pals during her prison stay.

“I think it was maybe in 2018, we wrote each other’s future kid’s name on pieces of paper and Aurora is what we both picked without even knowing each other was picking it,” she added.

Seven years later, Urker described to PEOPLE who he was back then.

“When I first reached out to Gypsy, I was 24 and I was just living a bachelor life, and when I reached out to Gypsy, there was never the intention of developing a love for her and ending up in a relationship,” says Urker in February 2025. “It was purely out of support and compassion. But I guess that’s another example of you just never know what’s going to happen in life, and I’m happy that we are where we are now.”

source: people.com