AFL star Nathan Jones, and his wife Jerri, welcomed their first child on June 23, and have named their daughter Bobbi Grace. Bobbi Jones weighed 3.3 kg (7lb 3oz) at birth.

Nathan has played for Melbourne since 206, and is the team’s co-captain. He won the trophy for best and fairest in 2012 and 2013. Jerri and Nathan are high school sweethearts, and were married in 2012.

Actor Matthew Le Nevez, and his partner Michelle Smith, welcomed their first child last month and have named their son Levi.

Matthew is a NIDA graduate who has appeared in several films and television series. He won an AFI Award for the mini-series Marking Time, and a Logie for the television movie The Society Murders. He has appeared in sci-fi show Farscape, and fantasy series The Seeker. Matthew became a fan favourite after joining the cast of hit drama series Offspring in 2011 as Dr Patrick Reid, and there was an outpouring of grief when Patrick was killed off last year. Despite leaving Offspring to pursue acting in the United States, Matthew will be joining the cast of Australian drama series Love Child, and has made appearances on Offspring in imagination sequences, with more appearances tipped for the future.

Michelle is an American who works in hospital equipment supply; she and Matthew live together in Los Angeles.

Journalist and socialite Kate Waterhouse, and her husband Luke Ricketson, welcomed their first child on May 30, and have named their daughter Sophia Edie. Sophia Ricketson was born at the Mater Hospital in Sydney, weighing 3.1 kg (7 lb).

Kate is a freelance fashion journalist with her own blog, and has a weekly interview column at The Sun-Herald called Date With Kate. She is the daughter of horse trainer Gai Waterhouse and former bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse, and is the sister of bookmaker Tom Waterhouse. Tom and his wife Hoda had a baby girl named Rose last year, who is Sophia’s cousin.

Luke is a former rugby league star and captain of the Sydney Roosters who began his career in the 1990s. He was chosen for City and New South Wales in rep football, and played for both Australia and Ireland internationally. Luke retired in 2005 after playing 301 games with the Roosters, which still stands as the club record. He is the son of Doug Ricketson, who played rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs and Penrith in the 1960s. Kate and Luke were married in Italy in 2012.