I need to keep facts accurate to what’s given: Linda Thompson, Brody Jenner’s mom, 76, Instagram post Saturday Sept 26, granddaughter Dolly Jane born Sept 21 (international world peace day), mom is Tia Blanco, older sibling Honey, comments about Tia being a champion during birth, Brody being supportive.

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Linda Thompson has officially hit granddaughter number two with Brody Jenner, and she is not being subtle about her feelings on the matter. Not even a little bit.

Okay So Who Is Dolly Jane?

Brody Jenner and his wife Tia Blanco welcomed their second daughter, Dolly Jane, on September 21. That’s international world peace day, if you’re keeping track, and Linda Thompson absolutely was keeping track because she brought it up first thing in her Instagram post. Grandma math checks out – Dolly Jane joins big sister Honey, who’s apparently already stepping into her big-sister duties like a pro.

“Another precious angel has entered the world and her name is Dolly!” Thompson wrote on Saturday, September 26, just days after Brody made the announcement himself. Five days between birth and grandma’s public celebration, which honestly? Feels about right. Give the family a minute to breathe before the internet descends.

The Honey Update Nobody Asked For But Everyone Wanted

Here’s the detail that actually got me, not gonna lie. Thompson mentioned that Honey is “already the best big sister… so loving and protective of her little sibling.” I’ve seen a hundred of these grandma posts over the years and most of them are just filler compliments. This one felt specific. Like she was actually there watching it happen, not just typing out the standard script.

Linda Thompson Really Went All In on This Post

This wasn’t a quick congratulations and done. Thompson wrote what amounts to a full tribute, and she did not hold back on the praise for her daughter-in-law. She called Tia Blanco a “champion” for powering through pregnancy and birth, and then – this is the part that made me laugh – complimented her for “looking like a supermodel, even moments after giving birth.”

Look, I get it. Grandmas are allowed to be a little over the top. That’s basically the job description.

“What a woman @brodyjenner was with her throughout it all… giving her love and comfort. As a good man should be!”

That line about Brody stuck out to me too. Thompson didn’t just praise her son for showing up, she framed it as the baseline expectation. “As a good man should be.” Not “what a sweetheart” or “so proud of him,” but a statement about what men are supposed to do for their partners during childbirth. Small phrase, but it says a lot about how she’s raised her kids to think about partnership.

Why Grandma Posts Like This Actually Matter

You’d think a celebrity grandma gushing on Instagram is just noise, one more thing clogging up your feed between ads. And sure, most of the time it is. But there’s something kind of nice about watching Linda Thompson – a woman who’s been in the public eye since the Bruce Jenner Olympic days, who’s navigated decades of blended family chaos with the Kardashian-Jenner circus swirling around her – just being a grandma. No spin, no brand deal, just pure joy about a new baby.

The thing is, Thompson has never been shy about being emotional online. She’s posted through breakups, health scares, family drama, all of it. So when she shows up this thrilled about a new grandchild, it doesn’t feel performative. It feels like exactly who she is.

What This Actually Means

Dolly Jane is baby number two for Brody Jenner and Tia Blanco, and honestly, it looks like this family is settling into a groove. Honey’s stepping up as the protective big sister, mom’s apparently thriving post-delivery (supermodel comments and all), and dad’s getting genuine praise for showing up the way partners are supposed to show up. Grandma Linda’s just soaking it all in from the sidelines, which, again, feels like the most normal part of this whole thing.

Will there be a full family photo shoot at some point? Probably. Will Thompson post about it with the same amount of enthusiasm? Almost certainly. For now though, this is just a woman celebrating her granddaughter’s arrival the way most grandmothers do – a little too loud, completely unfiltered, and clearly over the moon about it.