Kelly Clarkson and Baby River's New Photos Are Absolutely Adorable

Kelly Clarkson embraces her new role of glowing mom in Redbook's May issue, getting cuter than cute with her daughter in gorgeous photos. Although Kelly has shared sweet snaps of baby River Rose Blackstock before, her new photo shoot features memorable close-ups of the duo she just might want to frame.

When Kelly wasn't doting on her and husband Brandon Blackstock's baby, the singer opened up about criticism of her weight in the months since she gave birth in June. "I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it," she said. "There are just some people who are born skinny and with a great metabolism — that is not me. I wish I had a better metabolism. But someone else probably wishes they could walk into a room and make friends with everyone like I can. You always want what someone else has."

Kelly also touched on her relationship with Brandon, who is Reba McEntire's stepson. "I always swore ours would not be a relationship where we have to schedule sex," she said. "That is never going to happen. We put each other first. I call it the oxygen-mask mentality — take care of yourself first!" As for the duo's dynamic, Kelly said she sees Brandon as his own man and not her other half. "He's a whole and I'm a whole. I've never believed in someone taking care of me, and that's probably because I grew up poor and without a lot of family stability." Keep reading to see photos from her Redbook cover story, which hits newsstands on April 21.