We are sending congratulations to Tyra Banks! On Wednesday, January 27th, Tyra and her boyfriend, Erik Asla welcomed their son, York Banks Asla, via gestational surrogate.

According to People.com, Tyra said:

We are so excited for our new baby boy bundle of joy. The journey to now has not been an easy process, as I’ve shared before. But there was a beautiful bright light at the end of the tunnel for me and his father, Erik.

Clay Aiken and Tyra are good friends.  I would guess that Clay was one of the first to congratulate the beautiful family!

In November of 2006, Clay Aiken was a guest on the Tyra Banks Show.  It was a huge hit with the television audience and the live audience reported that it was one of the best shows they had ever seen.  For those who have followed Clay Aiken for many years, the show has been talked about a lot….but….I had forgotten that he had a mini photo shoot before the show.  The following pictures are from the photo shoot.

And…the following is from the show, but I don’t think I can resist posting it!!

The following three videos take a bit more than 30 minutes, but they are so worth it.  

We can all hope that someday there will be another fun conversation with these two good friends.