Aaron Carter and fiancée Melanie Martin welcome first child and reveal newborn son’s sweet name
AARON Carter and his fiancée, Melanie Martin, have welcomed their first child as the couple revealed their newborn son's sweet name.
The 33-year-old revealed the exciting baby news earlier this year by showing off a positive pregnancy tests in a home video.
He wrote alongside the snap: "Emergency C Section after 13 hours of labor but my fiancée is in great health. Thank you lord and the incredibly sweet loving staff here.
"Prince is precious, I love you son. Your mommy loves you as I drop tears on the phone. This is me cutting his umbilical cord my precious family."
Aaron added: @missmelaniemartin, I’m so proud of you hunny. You did it. I Love you with all my heart. My beautiful blessings from god."
Fans were all about the news as they took to the comments section to react, as one wrote: "Congratulations!"
Another added: "Being a parent is a beautiful thing. Enjoy all the moments!" while a third chimed in, "You're gonna be a great dad!"
Aaron and Melanie, 29, decided to name their first little one Prince Lyric after iconic pop star Michael Jackson, who Aaron revealed was a friend and mentor to him.
Weeks before their baby's arrival, Aaron shared his excitement with fans, posting: "He’s almost here!!! We’re so ready to be parents. So grateful for your support.
He captioned: "Here we go. I Love you baby! You’re so strong. I’m right by your side."
"Nothing will happen to you with me here and the great staff, nurses and, doctor,"; he wrote, as he also added the hashtag, "Prince Lyric Carter."
FIRST TIME DAD
Back in April, Aaron revealed he was gonna be a dad as a video showed the positive pregnancy test.
In the video, the now father of one said: "Alright, so this is the second one we are testing.
";Because the first one came out like this," he said as he showed a blurry positive pregnancy test."
Melanie responded in the video: "I don't know what's going on. You can see it."
"Well, yeah because you're pregnant. Here we go!" Aaron laughed behind the camera.
As the pregnancy test turned positive, Melanie told the singer: "I love you, baby."
TROUBLED STAR
Aaron, who is the younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick, has been quite the controversial figure the past couple of years.
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Most recently, the entertainer claimed he "hooked up" with his Dancing With the Stars partner Karina Smirnoff and “stole” her from her fiancé Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
During season 9 of the ABC reality competition series, Aaron competed with the professional dancer, 43, and the two ended in fifth place.
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