Jeff Gordon's mother on Ella Sofia and Jeff as a dad

He'll call me and the baby will be laying on his chest, and he'll put the phone up so I can hear her sounds. Jeff was the first to change the little messy diapers - he's so eager to do all that.

Carol, who says she couldn't have picked a better daughter-in-law or mother than Jeff's wife, model Ingrid Vandebosch, also recalls the first time the family met their newest member outside the delivery room.

Jeff showed us a picture he had taken of Ella on his cell phone. We all shed a tear.

Source: Us Weekly, July 23 issue, pg 66-67

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