Diane Kruger Dedicates Sweet Thanksgiving Message to Her Boyfriend and Baby's Father Norman Reedus

Diane Krugerhas a lot to be thankful for this year!

Ahead of Thanksgiving, Kruger, 42, shared a heartfelt post on Instagram, praising her boyfriend Norman Reedus.

“Favorite time of the year,” Kruger captioned the photo, which is a fresh-faced selfie of the actress sitting in a car.

“Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I have A LOT to be thankful for this year and I count my lucky stars to have met you @bigbaldhead and for sharing life’s many blessings with you,” Kruger added, tagging Reedus’ Instagram account.

PEOPLE confirmed Kruger and Reedus, 49, recentlywelcomed their first child togetherearlier this month.

Kruger and Reedus have yet to share anything about their child on social media.

The new mom and Reedusmet while filming the 2015 movieSky, in which Kruger’s character embarks on a journey of self-discovery after leaving her husband and getting involved with Reedus’ character.

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Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus

They promoted the film together at the Toronto International Film Festival beforegoing public with their relationshipin March 2017.

“I didn’t know [Reedus] before the film,” shetold PEOPLE at the time. “We share a lot of intimate scenes. I was really nervous about meeting him and not being able to have a drink with him, or talk with him.”

Kruger previously datedThe AffairstarJoshua Jackson(who costarred with Reedus and Kruger inSky) for a decade beforebreaking up in summer 2016. Reedus was in a five-year relationship with model Christensen, 49, whom he split from in 2003.

source: people.com