Aston Merrygold confirms birth of first child and reveals super cute name

Congratulations!

Author: Alex RossPublished 31st Jan 2018
Last updated 31st Jan 2018

Former JLS singer and Strictly Come Dancing star Aston Merrygold has announced the lovely news that his fiancée Sarah Richards has given birth to the couple's first child.

Aston announced the happy news to his fans via social media, where he confirmed Sarah had welcomed a little boy into the world on Tuesday 30th January.

Sharing the most adorable photo of himself cuddling his newborn son, Aston revealed the couple have decided to call their little bundle of joy Grayson Jax. Alongside the photo he wrote, 'Grayson Jax Merrygold 30/01/2018 @sarahlourichards life is now complete ❤'.

Fans of the 'Beat Again' singer were quick to congratulate the couple on their happy news. One user wrote, 'Oh my gosh! How cute! Will be the best adventure of ur lives love every minute! sic, with another saying, 'Congratulations to you both he is gorgeous sending love to you all xx'. sic

Others complimented the new parents on their name choice, 'Such a cool name!!' one wrote.

Baby Grayson is Aston and Sarah's first child together. The couple met five years ago when she was a backing dancer for his former group JLS.

Back in September last year the pair announced they were expecting their first child in a super cute reveal on social media.

Just before Aston was about to star in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, he shared a photo of himself and Sarah sat at their dinner table with a sign saying 'reserved', the pair had both blue and pink balloons with the photo saying, 'Could it be pink?' and 'Could it be blue?'.

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As if this wasn't exciting enough, Aston then proposed to Sarah over the Christmas period.

Revealing his news to his followers, Aston shared a photo of the couple standing in a heart shape of red and white rose petals, with a poster behind which read 'Follow Your Dreams'. To top it all off Aston even chose 'Cloud 9' as the location of the photo, as he captioned it, 'Allow me to introduce you all to my fiancée💍 #TheMerrygolds #shesaidyes #enganged #wifey #mummydaddyandbabymerrygold'.

Cute!

Congratulations to Aston and Sarah on the birth of baby Grayson! 👶