In a family picture, Tom Daley revealed a sweet first glimpse at his newborn baby.
The Olympic swimmer, 28, and his spouse, 48-year-old Dustin Lance Black, revealed their happy news on Wednesday.
Phoenix Rose, the ecstatic couple’s second boy, was delivered on March 28 via surrogate, according to a statement released by The Times.
Tom posted two photos on Instagram of him holding Phoenix Rose and the happy parents beaming at their other child, Robert Ray.
‘PHOENIX ROSE BLACK-DALEY,’ he penned.
‘Our family has grown in the last week, we welcomed Phoenix to the world on 28/03/23 and he’s just perfect 🧡 Robbie is loving being a BIG BRO!’
Fans and celebs raced to applaud the couple on their new addition.
Track and field athlete Jazmin Sawyers wrote: ‘CONGRATULATIONS!! Really happy for you all for your new life as a family of 4!’
Diver and former I’m A Celeb star Matty Lee added: ‘Can’t wait to meet him! Love you all ❤️’
The Olympian disclosed that they chose to use an American surrogate because surrogates and parents do not have the same legal privileges as they do in the United States.
‘We checked into it in the UK and in the US,’ he stated at the time.
‘In the UK it’s a lot more complicated because surrogates aren’t as well protected legally, intended parents aren’t protected legally, it’s just not safe, there’s a lot of hurdles to have to jump over.
‘In the US, everything is regulated in a way that keeps everyone safe and in the US the surrogacy process is a lot more streamlined.’
After both losing loved ones, the actor revealed that he and his spouse wanted to have a child together to continue on their bloodline.
‘Lance and I […] had lost so many people in our families and there was something about surrogacy that we were drawn to that just meant that we could pass on the people that we’d lost, their genes and their thoughts, their feelings, their personalities and being able to bring someone into the world, that felt so extremely special.’’ he told Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast in May 2022.