Chrissy Teigen has shared the first seriously sweet photo of baby daughter Luna, who was born on Thursday 14 April.

Joined by one of their dogs, Chrissy cradles and looks lovingly down at her adorable newborn.

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Too cute.

Alongside the snap, she simply wrote: “hi my lulu!”.

Chrissy and husband John Legend announced the arrival of their newborn on Sunday, with the singer tweeting: “Our new love is here! Luna Simone Stephens, born on Thursday, the 14th. We couldn’t be happier!”

Chrissy shared a photo from the hospital [below], writing: “She’s here! Luna Simone Stephens, we are so in love with you! And sleepy. Very sleepy.”

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She later joked that John is ‘healing perfectly’ on Twitter, adding: “thank you for all the well wishes!!! we are so happy and excited! i dunno what to tweet now. does my twitter change? this is so awkward [sic]”.

Before the couple posted the first photo of the new apple of their eye, producer and close friend of the family, Mike Jackson, shared an insight into how beautiful Luna is.

He told Entertainment Tonight: “She is absolutely beautiful. I think she looks like both of them. She’s gorgeous!

“They’re happy. They’re elated. It’s a long time coming. They went through a lot to have this child.

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"They’re excited — we’re all really blessed that she’s a part of all of our lives.”

Congratulations again, Chrissy and John!