Tara Pavlovic welcomed her first child with husband Nick Shepherdson, a baby son, Paddy, on Friday.
And on Sunday, the new mother was absolutely swooning over the newborn, to the point of tears.
Sharing a sweet video of Paddy sleeping in his crib, the 30-year-old revealed she couldn’t take her eyes off the new arrival.
Good news: Tara Pavlovic (right) has welcomed her first child with husband Nick Shepherdson (left). The former Bachelor star shared a clip of her son later that day, saying she ‘obsessed’
‘So obsessed,’ she wrote in the caption of her Instagram Stories post. ‘I can’t stop crying every time I look at him’.
The former Bachelor star shared the good news of Paddy’s arrival in an Instagram post earlier on Sunday, sharing a sweet photo of her newborn son.
She wrote in the caption: ‘Welcome to the world Paddy George Shepherdson.
In love: On Sunday, the new mother was absolutely swooning over the newborn
Aww! ‘So obsessed,’ she wrote in the caption of her Instagram Stories post. ‘I can’t stop crying every time I look at him’
‘Words can’t describe how beyond in love we are with you. We are so grateful that you arrived happy and healthy and we will love and protect you forever.’
In the image, little Paddy lays alongside an ornate plaque that reveals he was born on April 30, at 2.26pm, weighing in at 3.505 kilos and at a height of 52cm long – with the tot having arrived slightly earlier than expected.
Tara revealed she was expecting her first child in October, only a month after she and Nick had married.
Welcome: Tara shared the good news in an Instagram post on Sunday, sharing a sweet photo of her newborn son. She wrote the caption: ‘Welcome to the world Paddy George Shepherdson. Words can’t describe how beyond in love we are with you’
Tara shared a drone clip of the happy couple sitting on a beach while spraying Champagne, with the words written in sand: ‘Baby Shep due May 2021.’
‘Nick and I are so excited to finally share that we are expecting a little baby BOY in May 2021,’ Tara captioned the short clip.
‘We are both so grateful and we just can’t wait to meet the little fella,’ she added.
Coming soon: Tara revealed she was expecting her first child in October, only a month after she and Nick had married. Tara shared a drone clip in which the couple are sitting on a beach with the words written in sand: ‘Baby Shep due May 2021’
Baby love: Tara documented her growing bump in a series of Instagram images
She continued: ‘Not going to lie, if he is anything like Nick, I am already worried about his teenage years.’
Tara and Nick tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in September 2020, after being forced to postpone their wedding in April due to the pandemic.
The former reality star gushed over Nick as she announced the news, before revealing that they fed guests McDonald’s at the reception.
Delayed: Tara and Nick tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in September 2020, after being forced to postpone their wedding in April due to the pandemic
Sweet: ‘I finally got to marry my best friend yesterday, I love you Nick,’ Tara captioned a picture of their wedding rings
Tasty! The former reality star revealed that they fed guests McDonald’s at the reception
‘I finally got to marry my best friend yesterday, I love you Nick,’ she captioned a picture of their wedding rings.
A picture shared to Instagram illustrated their fast food feast with a table crammed full of cheeseburgers and an array of other treats from the fast food giant.
She captioning the image: ‘The food at the ceremony was beyond delicious. Such beautiful flavours.’
Love: She and Nick had known each other for 10 years before exploring a relationship together in 2018
Case of the ex: The couple went public with their romance in August 2018, just two months after reports Tara had separated from her Bachelor In Paradise fiancé Sam Cochrane (right)
The couple went public with their romance in August 2018, just two months after reports Tara had separated from her Bachelor In Paradise fiancé Sam Cochrane.
The pair had known each other for 10 years before exploring a relationship together in 2018.
Tara rose to fame on Matty ‘J’ Johnson’s season of The Bachelor in 2017.
Fame: Tara rose to fame on Matty ‘J’ Johnson’s season of The Bachelor in 2017 (pictured)