Marques Houston is officially a girl dad. The former IMX singer and 21-year-old wife Miya Dickey welcomed daughter Zara on Thursday, December 2. The doting dad recently shared a photo to Instagram cuddling with his adorable daughter. 

“Miya chose the name Zara because she just felt like it was exotic. [There was] no special reason,” Houston told Us Weekly. “She just wanted our girl to have a memorable name that wasn’t the average name. It still feels surreal, like, it hasn’t set in yet that we are actually not just babysitting one of our friends’ kids. But not getting any sleep definitely reminds us that we are now parents.”

Houston and his wife were engaged in 2019 after five months of dating and wed in a beautiful ceremony in August 2020.

Congratulations to the beautiful couple on their beautiful baby girl.