Liam Payne, Cheryl Cole welcome baby boy into the world

Singer Liam Payne has welcomed his first child, a baby boy, with girlfriend Cheryl.

The 23-year-old former One Direction star shared the good news on Instagram by posting a photo of himself snuggling his little bundle of joy close.

"I'm incredibly happy to welcome our new baby boy into the world, it's a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life and my favourite memory I have so far," Payne captioned the photo.

"I'm completely in awe of his incredible mother and how she has been the whole way through this, she's really made my dreams come true," Payne said of Cheryl, 33.

 

A post shared by Liam Payne (@liampayne) on Mar 25, 2017 at 1:25pm PDT

"We haven't named him yet but he's already capturing hearts including mine. I feel very blessed." Cheryl shared the same picture of Payne and revealed that the baby was born on March 22.