Jesinta Franklin shares never-before-seen throwback photo of her husband Buddy with their son Rocky as she celebrates his fourth birthday

By MARY MRAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 05:13 GMT, 23 March 2025 | Updated: 05:13 GMT, 23 March 2025

Jesinta Franklin celebrated her son Rocky’s fourth birthday on Saturday.

The model, 33, shared a never-before-seen throwback photo of her husband Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin with their son Rocky to mark the milestone.

The image saw Buddy holding his newborn son shortly after they welcomed him into the world.

‘I always spend the eve of the kids birthdays looking at photos and crying,’ Jesinta captioned the image.

‘Nothing will ever top the feeling of meeting your baby for the first time. Your world changes forever.’

Jesinta and Buddy are also parents to five-year-old daughter Tullulah.

Jesinta Franklin (pictured) has celebrated her son Rocky’s fourth birthday on Saturday

The model, 33, shared a never-before-seen throwback photo of her husband Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin with their son Rocky to mark the milestone

It comes after Jesinta recently shocked her fans by revealing the very surprising name she used before becoming famous.

The glamorous AFL WAG shared a photo to Instagram which captured her maiden name printed on an award she received from her university days.

The model’s hyphenated maiden name, which she used in her childhood, was printed on the award: ‘The 2009 winner of the Collegiate Scholarship for academic excellence is awarded to Jesinta Campbell-Hogg.’

Jesinta captioned the photo with some amusing words: ‘The things you find while spring cleaning. @BondUniversity.’

The Miss Universe Australia 2010 winner studied journalism at Bond University on the Gold Coast in 2009, prior to beginning her career as a fashion model.

The stunner was born in 1991 to parents Valerie Campbell and Andrew Hogg and in 2019 she revealed the surprising reason she combined their two last names.

‘Mum was always a modern woman and decided to keep her surname. Dad’s last name is Hogg and I didn’t want to be Jesinta Hogg… so I took both,’ she told The Sydney Morning Herald.

Upon commencing her career as a model, Jesinta dropped the Hogg and was known as Jesinta Campbell.

Jesinta married former Sydney Swans star Buddy in November, 2016

Jesinta married former Sydney Swans star Buddy in November, 2016.

He has since waved goodbye to his $10million Sydney Swans contract after a legendary career in AFL.

Jesinta said in August 2023 that her husband has now turned his focus to fatherhood after retiring from sports.

‘It was so sudden, so it’s just about family time basically. I’ve got a lot of work on so it’ll be daddy care,’ she told the Herald Sun at the time.

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Jesinta Franklin shares never-before-seen throwback photo of her husband Buddy with their son Rocky as she celebrates his fourth birthday

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