Tara Lipinski Shares Cute Pictures of Her Baby Dressed Up as Her

Tara Lipinski Shares Adorable Photos of Her Baby Dressed Up as Her at the 1998 Olympics

By Regina Sienra on November 10, 2023

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Many new parents look forward to dressing their kids up for their first Halloween. While some pick something timeless like a pumpkin or a witch, one particular baby spent her first Halloween rocking a costume closely related to her family history. Figure-skater-turned-broadcaster Tara Lipinski recently welcomed her first child, Georgie, and for her first Halloween, the baby donned a tiny version of her mom's most iconic outfit—the blue skating costume Lipinski wore when she won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

The adorable outfit was created by costume designer Brad Griffies, who specializes in figure skating outfits. To complete the costume, baby Georgie is also wearing a pair of knitted socks that simulate a pair of white ice-skates, just like the ones her mom wore 25 years ago.

Lipinski and her husband, Todd Kapostasy, proudly shared pictures of their daughter in her Halloween costume on social media. The former figure skater posed with her daughter, giving her mini-me a perfect 6.0 score for her performance. Meanwhile, her dad posted a side-by-side comparison with pictures of Lipinski's Olympic routine, comparing Georgie's moves to those of her mom.

As exciting as Georgie's first Halloween is, getting to celebrate it carries extra significance for the new parents. Over the last few months, Lipinski has opened up about her struggles with infertility, which has included extensive IVF rounds and four miscarriages. After years of trying, the couple announced that they had welcomed their first child via surrogate a few weeks ago.

“I feel so much gratitude—it just didn’t happen for so long—and we’re just very, very lucky that this happened for us,” Lipinski told Today about Georgie's birth. Hoping to fight the stigma regarding infertility, Lipinski has shared her story in a podcast titled Tara Lipinski: Unexpecting. In it, she has chronicled her and her husband's journey to finally becoming parents.

For now, the former Olympian has gotten a taste of sharing her love for ice skating with her daughter—and is now looking forward to the future. “I already have a gift of little knit ice skates, which are the cutest thing ever,” Lipinski said. “We’ll go skating whenever she wants. There’s no pressure, but I feel like, at some point, I have to take her out there and show her what mommy did for a very long time.”